Ok. It's been out long enough that I think I can post this without too much hate mail. Avatar is the highest grossing movie ever... No, you don't get it... The highest grossing movie E-VER! Really?!

Really...

Don't get me wrong- it was good... great, even. But not the best movie of all time, not by a long shot. Sure, the effects were top-notch (we expect nothing less from the most demanding director of all time). The story was... eh. Nothing really new. Was it because of the new 3D technology? The new 3D technology that really was no better than the last iteration of 3D technology. MEH!

I've seen a few decades of sci-fi blockbusters in my lifetime and this does not come close to the best movie, ever. Don't ask me what the best movie ever is because I don't know (probably some Academy Award winner like The Four Seasons or some other non-effects-laden snoozer).

Cameron's (the most abusive director of all time) other films rate way-higher in my book! Aliens, Titanic, T2 were all way more interesting. To be sure, Avatar had an important message about not f@%king with Mother Nature, but it didn't move me to tears like Toy Story 3.

I guess my problem is that I equate the "top grossing movie ever" with "the best movie ever." I think really the only reason it was the top grossing movie ever was the fact that watching the 3D version cost 50% more than the 2D version.

I know Cameron (one of the best directors of all time) can (and has) done better.

Just hammers home the fact that marketing is evil ;)

Disclaimer: I saw Avatar on a 32" hotel flat panel TV in (*gasp) 2D. If it can't hold up on that, then it was all gimmicks that caused the hype. Titanic and Aliens would hold up in that format.