Avatar (2009)
I watched this last night with my 14 year old daughter and while I thought it was pretty good, she loved it. Visually it looks excellent, so it was probably right it won visual effect oscars, but I'm not sure why it was touted as a possible best picture oscar. The acting was good, but the plot premise was formulaic. I've heard it's the same plot as Pocahontas, but never having seen Pocahontas I can't really comment on that, but it kept reminding me of the Tarzan flicks - Jane comes from a supposed more civilised society, visits the jungle, mingles with the locals, embraces the local lifestyle, falls in love with a "primitive", helps the locals against her own people and stays behind.
Good film to look at but a more original plot would have made it much better. The kids will love it though if my daughter's anything to go by.
7/10