As one friend of mine put it, the plot of Avatar "...breaks no new ground."
That about sums it up. While the movie is wrapped up in brilliant special effects, it is, in essence, a re-telling of so many films that have been designed to make us feel guilty to be American that I had a hard time picking just one film that Cameron ripped off.
There's the "evil corporate greed" theme, the "no-blood-for-oil" theme, the "save the forests" theme, the "oh my we are so mean to the indigenous peoples" theme, the "imperialist American military is bad" theme, and so on and so forth et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
It's pretty sad when the only bad guy Hollywood wants to use in film these days is ourselves.
Oh, and a memo to Blizzard Entertainment: Cameron also ripped off about a dozen elements from your World of Warcraft franchise. You might want to either sue him for it, or hire him for your upcoming movie.
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