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Message: <blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 5048717" data-attributes="member: 14197">OK, that's fair.I know this is just anecdotal, but of all the people I know that saw the movie (at least 20), only one had to shunt their brain away from plot holes as you did.  Everyone else just enjoyed it, admitting to some holes but not caring.It's possible that you are in the minority in your belief about it not being a great film.  And what makes it a great film for you may be different that others.  Obviously the box-office receipts show that it was a great film for a large group of people.If I may be so bold, the lesson they are learning is that all these things you mentioned above made a ton of cash.  The lesson is that film making like Avatar will make you lots of money so you can make more movies like the ones you want and still be OK if they lose money.I think despite some of the negative things you mentioned, there are some good lessons in the film for young kids.  And they don't have anything to do with framing it with "Mighty Whitey and the poor, poor subhuman natives".(Actually, I didn't get that Mighty Whitey vibe at all. What if Jake Sully had been played by someone like Taye Diggs?  You have to understand, I didn't see "color" or race in the Earthlings. So if the crew of the mission had been more ethnically diverse would the Mighty Whitey comment even be valid?)</blockquote>