No, it isn't okay when a director tries to pass off recycled, cliché garbage as revolutionary. Cameron spent 12 years making this film and he had to lift the storyline directly from Dances With Wolves? Not that I (or anyone else should have) expected more from James Cameron--he makes easy to digest escapism. You have your hand held throughout the entire film. You know who the good guys are, who the bad guys are, who to root for and what's going to happen within the first 15 minutes of the film. No challenges, no surprises. The film is literally a time-sucker. You watch it to waste 3 hours and take absolutely nothing else from it. If that's your thing, you'll fucking love it.
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