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Boston Phoenix
What follows should not come as a surprise to anyone who's seen Dances with Wolves, Starship Troopers, Apocalypse Now, Return of the Jedi, District 9, or any of the score or so other movies (including his own, with a witty allusion to the robot-versus-alien showdown in Aliens) that Cameron has spliced together for this ersatz epic. As for the eco-twaddle about nature versus technology, that doesn't interfere with your mindless enjoyment of the spectacle as much as do the sour-looking visuals and the blurry 3-D effects. Nevertheless, Avatar might well be, as some have speculated, the future of movies — in this case, the longest, loudes...
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