All Movies Suck Nowadays Except Avatar, Which is Pretty Sweet

Recently I've been watching lots of movies, and let me tell you that they all suck, except for Avatar, which is pretty sweet.

Lots of people have been bitching about Avatar lately, but what other choices do you have at the theater? Hmm, let's see, if you are interested in how many mediocre actors can be crammed into one mediocre, hastily-slapped-together date movie which aims to exploit the holidays, you could watch Valentine's Day. If you feel that Johnny Depp in 79 different weird guises hasn't yet been enough, you could go see Alice in Wonderland. And if you enjoy seeing the classics mercilessly butchered, you can get a ticket to Sherlock Holmes, or even better, a new movie starring Chow Yun-Fat as Confucius IKIDYOUNOTITISREALDEARGODHOWHAVETHINGSCOMETOTHIS, which seems to me almost as ludicrous as if a movie had been produced about The Rock as a tooth-fairy, or Vin Diesel as a baby nanny. Oh wait.

Anyway, Avatar reminded me of when I was little and threw all my toys - the robots, dragons, airplanes, aliens, and knights - all into a big pile and started making them fight each other, only to have some cruel person come by and inform me that the battle scene I was creating was not only unrealistic but anachronistic. Luckily, nobody told James Cameron that. Say what you will about how the story is a Pocahantas rip-off that should be called "Dances with Smurfs," but I was downright enthralled by this movie. That isn't to say I didn't wince along with the rest of us at all the cheesy dialogue and romantic portrayals of the noble savage, but when Jake tames the dragon thing and then rides it down a sheer cliff face, I wanted to jump out of my seat and start cheering. Unfortunately, morbid obesity prevent me from doing so. Just kidding.

Anyway, in conclusion:

Pros: Visuals, special effects, and the fact that say what you will about how little story line it has, at least it was original (that is to say, it wasn't Twilight 2, Toy Story 3, Shrek 5, Harry Potter 9, or Spiderman 22)

Cons: Michelle Rodriguez.