All you have heard about the effects is true, and then some. The plot is familiar to all regular movie goers, call it "Dances With Wolves meets The Matrix with a little He-Man (riding the land and air creatures) thrown in". Cameron has been pushing the technological envelope since The Abyss, and does not disappoint in that regard. But the movie lags in the middle and is about a half hour too long. The characters are extremely stereotyped, no one is wearing a gray hat in this one. You are all bad or good beyond description. All in all, a fun trip, but the only Oscars in store for this movie should be special effects.