saw: avatar
The fecundity of James Cameron's world-building is not in dispute—nor his sincerity, ambition or virtuosity. His ponderous worldview, however, makes Avatar the kind of lush, exhilaratingly arduous journey you'll embark upon once out of completism and possibly never revisit. The auteur may be able to convince us that the heavens can uproot mountains but his sermons are earthbound. Grade: B+