Your mileage may vary of course, but:
First of all, I greatly enjoyed the special effects in this movie. But make no mistake about it, the theme of this movie is typical Hollywood. From the moment we sit down and put on our 3D glasses, we are doused with white man’s / American imperialism / corporate greed / military species annihilation guilt second only to the amount of butter and salt doused on our popcorn. And make no mistake about it; this is a movie that really needs to be seen in 3D to be appreciated. I mean "really".
Those of us who are not toting our own personal copy of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" with us to the movie will have to put aside Hollywood's not so very subtle attempt to parallel the plight of the inhabitants of this planet's enchanted forest to the white devil slave masters extinction of the Indians featuring the usual and obligatory psycho, frothing at the mouth military officer bent on disemboweling and wiping out innocents while machine gunning anything that stands in his way. Throw in a side order of the Al Gore "save the green" machine, and Liberals will leave the theater with fists in the air, muttering "right on!" through clenched teeth, steeped in satisfaction that the hero of the story saw the "light " and mended his evil ways. You can be certain that they'll be ready to forsake their corporate Android or IPhone , I Pad, PC or MAC, or Starbucks Latte for a home in the trees. Oh.....wait….they won't, you say?
So then....you might ask, what exactly did someone such as myself, (someone who finds most of this film a bit, shall we say.....over the top???) .... like so much about this movie? Well, for one thing, I enjoyed the spiritualism of it, and most of all as an avid photographer I enjoyed the truly spectacular photography and special effects. I also enjoyed and took no small satisfaction in the fact that (albeit in an awkward manner) the creators of this movie had to give credence (dare I say, *bow*) to the possible existence of some form of higher power. I daresay that would be a concept as foreign to Hollywood in general as it would be finding a Yeti on Sunset Boulevard. Regardless of the manner in which that higher power was portrayed they also had to lend grudging credence to the concept that life and communication with those who came before us may have some continuing link to us after this one sputters to its inevitable conclusion rather than trying to sustain the theory that the Big Bang is the only bang we're ever gonna get for our buck.
Reporting live from Hollywood.