Wow, never read this thread as I thought the movie was crap and way over-hyped. I thought it was just slightly bad when I saw it but I've hated it more and more the more I've heard about it since. None of the story was believable or particularly interesting (or original), and I saw nothing special in the visuals (I saw it in 2d though). Anyways, I don't go to movies for the graphics, but I was impressed much more with the aliens in District 9 than the cartoony/cheesy blue people in avatar. The whole thing was basically a crappy disney movie. Speaking of which, I saw this posted elsewhere: