The visual effects were amazing. But more importantly, the story was horrible. The story was corny and not well thought out. Without digging, I now know the political leaning of James Cameron. He is a anti-war, green lefty. I wouldn't mind the green/anti-war message but the thinking behind this message was on a second grade level. Environment=good. Corporations = evil. Science= good. War= evil. And then the dialogue. The mineral the greedy corporation wanted was called Unobtainium (sooo clever!). The war strategy was called "Shock and Awe." Hmmm... I wonder what this was referring to? The story was so bad that it ruined the entire experience. I would have rather spent 3 hours just watching the special effects with no story and no dialogue.