No, seriously. It's not as good as people say. It did win four Oscars, but those were all in areas where the film truly does excel: visuals and sound.

As for the plot, it's as full of holes as a Swiss cheese and about as smelly.

A great cast can do little to make up for that.

Don't believe me?

http://bit.ly/1mk1xvy

http://bit.ly/1p5u23w

I really can't add much to that.

The plot holes and the major inconsistencies, paired with the philosophical depth of a 14-year- old (is really ANYTHING real???) means there's little going for this film beyond the amazing visual effects and sound. Now, that would go a long way, if not for the fact that it's so ridiculously loooong! What we have here is a sensory tour de force dragged down by an atrociously poor story played out by amazing actors trying desperately to bring life to ridiculously shallow and one-dimensional characters.

I've tried. I've seen it twice by now. That's five hours of my life I'm not getting back.