The Inevitable "Avatar" Review

Sorry, everyone with a blog has written one of these.  It's a compulsion, I know, can't help it, let's just get it over with.

1. Yes, it's worth seeing.
2. You will be beaten over the head with standard issue Hollywood messages by the writer and director.  If the allegorical content had been any more direct, Halliburton and Xe could've both sued Cameron for trademark infringement.  The message-clubbing is akin to being whacked with a Nerf bat though: more annoying than painful.  
3. Go see it anyway, and in 3D.  It's breathtaking.  If the only convenient showing is in 2D then stay home.  Whatever you do, don't say "meh, I'll catch it on video."  It's not that kind of move.  Go 3D or don't bother.

It's not that great of a movie, but it is spectacular.  I can see why it makes and keeps on making money, but it sure isn't Picture-of-the-Year stuff.  Nothing else to say on it, back to your regularly scheduled surfing.