<p>Just saw the 3-D version this evening, and wish those glasses were more comfortable, especially for those of us who are putting them on top of our own glasses. I very much enjoyed the visual experience, agree that the story was mediocre and the dialogue really weak, plus I thought the actor who played Jake was remarkably uncharismatic and wooden for a lead. I think Cameron gets so caught up in the minutiae of the visual spectacle that he neglects other elements that make a movie great. (E.g, everything from the dinnerware to the chandeliers on Titanic were exact replicas, but Jack handcuffed to a pipe with the water rising, at the connivance of Snidely Whiplash, or whatever Rose’s fiance was called, was just cheap storytelling.) I was really hoping that either Jake or his blue girlfriend would die at the end to lend a little more depth and poignance to the tale. I also thought the antiwar and environmental messages were very heavy handed and trite. All in all, while I think everyone should see Avatar for it special effects achievements, it’s not a movie I’d want to see or again, nor one that will stay with me in any way.</p>