Avatar has:

A derivative story that's been told better a million times before (shocking, given that the films/stories it rips off - like Pocahontas and Gone With The Wind - weren't good to begin with)
A script with stale dialogue that's worse than most fan fiction and uses stereotypes in lieu of character development
A juvenile plotline that's bereft of originality and feels like it was written in the 1950s
Possibly the least likeable protagonist in a decade
Unimaginative sci-fi tropes, mostly plagiarized from superior books and films


Avatar targeted dim-witted popcorn-eaters and scored big with that disturbing large demographic. After being forced - for nearly 3 hours - to watch an idiot bumble his way through a video game environment that should have killed him in a matter of minutes, anyone with a better than room temperature IQ will find themselves frustrated beyond belief. This is especially true for people who have an elementary understanding of writing or filmmaking.

James Cameron targeted the bottom of the bell curve and hit his mark with the finesse, subtlety, and intellectual verve of a Michael Bay film. If you thought 300 was a masterpiece, Avatar is for you. Everyone else should steer clear.