Cameron takes a simple albeit timeless (or tired depending on one's perspective) archetype which is the imperialist vs indigenous struggle and transplants it into the future with breathtaking imagination . Although I found the storyline old-fashioned, the flipped ending of the story was satisfying but the true wonder of the movie is Cameron's ability to not only imagine so amazingly, but to actually bring the rest of us into his imagination so credibly. Could there be a more beautiful and fascinating world? In Cameron's head, I hope so, and I hope the sequel has a more complex story line that approaches the utter spectacle of the visual world in which it is set.