Avatar: Belying Expectations

He visualised an entirely new planet, housed it with a whole set of new species - plants, animals et al. He even imagined animals with handles (so the humanoid species of Pandora could ride them like sky-scooters). He fused Rama and Hanuman to give us the aliens of Pandora. Everything he dreamt for the movie were spectacularly huge (not just the budget). Alas! James Cameroon couldn't visualise even half a good story for the epic called Avatar - even as it was in the making for over 5 years.

Despite all the never-before special effects and the vibrant colours the movie doesn't rise above any of the previously seen SFX movies or disaster flicks. All the characters invariably are uni-dimensional as against the 3-D cinema. I guess Terminators would be the best he's made (no, I didn't like the Titanic either). Pray what did the critics find so great to praise it to the stratosphere!