Avatar (2009)

Title: Avatar
Director: James Cameron
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Michalle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore
Year: 2009
Genre: Science-fiction
Certificate: 12
Rating: *

I must say first that yes, this has been a breakthrough in cinema. The visual effects (aside from being jerky at times) were impressive, and Pandora is a relatively believable planet. However, I still cannot understand how exactly this film is being hailed one of the greatest films of all times?

For a start, the script. I was wincing throughout the film, it was so dire. It seems Cameron decided to add in several four-letter words just for the sake of appealing to a wider audience, when all it actually served to do was make him look like a bit of an arse, if I'm honest. Now, I am a great fan of Sigourney Weaver - she was brilliant in Alien - but here? No, her acting was absolutely appalling, her character empty. In fact, the only decent acting in the entire film was by Joel David Moore, and his part was excruciatingly small.

One last thing before I finish - never ever do a sex scene between two blue, computerised characters. It just looks wrong. Seriously.