Oh good grief! I'd stayed off this thread until I got around to seeing the movie, which I finally did last night. Of course the plot was White messiah nonsense. The point of this cartoon of a movie was the special effects, which were superb (and yes, worth the extra bucks to see it in 3D). As soon as the sexy alien chick leads our crippled-in-real-life but agile-in-alien-avatar-form hero into the native conclave and introduces him to the clan leader, announcing that the leader is also her father, I turned to my companion and said: "Oh, now I get it -- it's Disney's Pocahontas." Every plot turn from then on was entirely predictable: the bad and greedy indusrialists, getting to fly the big bird, the two-dimensional psycho military leader, the final transformation via the tree of life.

But who cares. The visuals were great. Doesn't make it less entertaining as a movie, unless you thought you were paying for an intellectual plot instead of a visual experience.

Same thing when Star Wars came out in the 1970s -- insultingly stupid dialogue ("After you, flyboy," or something like that, as they dive into the garbage disposal) with, for its time, awesome special effects.

As for the 3D technology, my eyes are not compatible with the old red-green versions of 3D. This new format, polarized or whatever, works fine. Worth a try even if you have had difficulty with the older formats.