Avatar: Stunning effects, crappy plot

WARNING! SPOILERS!

So yes, I watched Avatar, the movie everyone is crazy about.
Where do I begin?
Ok, I'm not gonna lie to you, VISUALLY, the movie was beautiful. I mean really, stunning effects! But while it was visually breathtaking, it lacked in one important thing: A good plot.
First off, it was way too long. I mean really, 3 hours? A bit excessive in my opinion. And the story is just really overdone.
Ok, so big-bad nasty humans come to this planet, Pandora, because they want some special rocks that are only found on this planet. And the biggest source of the million-dollar rocks is under a giant tree where, guess what, the plant-worshipping natives are living.
Ok, first off, I know it's a movie, but I've always hated the plant-worshipping "be one with nature" thing, it's just annoying. And these blue-people think that if you don't worship the tree spirits, you're a horrible person and there's something wrong with you. Ok, sure... Oh and they also worship some goddess, a.k.a, mother nature.
So anyway, the scientists want to teach the natives the human ways and study the plants and whatnot. Long story short: The main character falls in love with a native girl and is accepted into the tribe, (Pocahontas anyone?) and in the end fights to protect the forest from the big-bad humans, and wins. Then the humans are sent back to their "dying planet" where they "killed their own goddess" and they never came back again. Oh, and the humans blew up the giant tree, which was my favorite part.
So yes, I really hated the plot. I hated that they tried to force you to side with the aliens, I hated that they made it seem like all humans are horrible, greedy pigs, I hated the nature-worshipping plant-crazy natives, and I hated that most of the plot was stolen from a Disney movie. In short, waste of three hours of my life.
So sue me for hating "the greatest movie of all time."
But I still think the stunning effects were wasted on a bad plot, and I still think it was a waste of my time.

;)