"Avatar" (2009), wow, it's about time a different movie overthrew this one as the highest grossing film in cinematic history. How does this boring "film" deserve such an honor? All right, to be fair, James Cameron is a very talented film maker in the industry. He has written and directed much better movies than this one. But, this "movie" is a very close second just below "Titanic" (1997) as his worst film, in my opinion. "Avatar" has a lackluster and dull storyline, standard to mediocre acting, and a mostly boring soundtrack. The plot line behind this "film" is a very unique and creative one. When I watched the trailers, I thought: "now this looks interesting, it looks like it's going to be great!" Plus, I got really excited when I first saw that James Cameron wrote and directed it. Then, I saw the "movie" and, well..... I was overall just disappointed with it! I just thought to myself: "what in the world happened, James Cameron? You had a great storyline idea, how could you possibly screw it up?!" That's one of the top ten things I hate when it comes to movies and TV shows; wasted potential. Don't get me wrong, there are in fact some redeeming parts of the story. Particularly the scenes on the habitable moon of Pandora. Those scenes were very well-done and most of the action scenes were actually pretty good. Other than that, the story is very boring, cliched and it just drags on way too long. At 162 minutes, it is quite a lengthy "film". A movie like this one should warrant a running time in the range of 100-130 minutes. After 130 minutes, it just starts to drag on a little bit. Maybe if it was 30 minutes shorter it would have had more of an impact. Film Making 101: if you're planning on making a long movie, then you better know what you're doing. You want your audience to be invested all the way through from beginning to end. Sometimes, less is more! I don't mind a long movie well executed, but most of the time, long films are just too dull for me. As for the acting, it's overall just terrible from the whole cast. The only ones that seem to be trying are: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang and Michelle Rodriguez. Those four actors and actresses give the strongest performances of the whole cast. All of the other actors and actresses are just a joke. Which is a shame, they've acted well in other movies and shows! What's their excuse here? The soundtrack, composed by James Horner, does have a few decent moments. But overall, it's just a cliched and predictable soundtrack. That's pretty bad, because James Horner has written so much better film scores. Now for the positives, yes, there are indeed a couple positives for this "movie", the sets/locations and the special effects. All of the sets/locations are nice and give the "film" a great atmosphere. I especially love the sets on the fictional moon of Pandora, they are absolutely beautiful! Finally, the special effects are stellar, especially the motion capture of the characters on Pandora. That was very well done! At the end of the day, "Avatar" is just a disappointing cinematic failure. But, it isn't James Cameron's worst film though. I give it 2 out of 5 stars on my personal scale, which equates to 4 out of 10 IMDB stars. Unless you're only interested in sets/locations and special effects, I recommend staying away from this "movie". You'll just be ripped off!