...Right. Ok, so I'll be honest. The first time I saw this I thought it was a technological masterpiece and was blown away by what I was watching. I rated it 4 stars.

Now, watching it at home on the small screen, I had to struggle to finish it. I was bored out of my skull. Sure, it is still a feast of well made CGI and innovative technology and I applaud Cameron for it. But he should have thought about the plot a bit harder. Just a tad.

Still, the plot is what it is and doesn't do justice to the visual achievements, but that's not what irked me about it now. This film's ego is too big. It…

Do you hate trees? Then don't watch this movie. It's got one of the biggest trees I've ever seen...

That being said, sorry, I still think this is pretty sweeping, romantic, and awe-inducing sensory spectacle. While also being the kind of dorky sci-fi pulp Last of the Mohicans shit that has US military mechs with giant bowie knives committing war crimes, and giant aliens piercing marines through their choppers with giant arrows. (So many random dudes dying memorable deaths by shredding, squishing, etc... The kind of touch we lost when our 80s/90s action guys got phased out.) Obviously narratively derivative and clunky in ways boring people love to talk about endlessly but also completely sincere in its environmental, spiritual, and…