Personally, I have nothing against James Cameron. As a matter of fact, I have a lot of respect for his work. From The Terminator to Titanic (even though I hated the annoying teenie boppers that went crazy over DiCaprio at the time, but I got over that).
But when it comes to Avatar,I was slightly disappointed with it. Yeah I saw the movie. Sure,the visuals are great, the characters are interesting, yet sometimes cliché, but the story itself didn't feel very original. Story-wise It's basically "Dances With Wolves" in space. It didn't feel that mind blowing to me like his previous films did. Hell, one scene of the movie, the sky mountain scene, felt like it came out of one of the recent Final Fantasy games(Don't know which cause I'm not a huge fan of the series).
Plus, the use of Michelle Rodriguez as a stereotypical tomboyish officer/army brat felt tiring. She already did that in previous films like S.W.A.T. and Resident Evil for God sakes and it feels like she's playing the same character over and over again. Sam Worthington, on the other hand, is really making a name for himself these days and I liked his performance as Jake Sully in the film. I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for an Oscar yet. I really look forward to seeing more of his movies.
All nitpicking aside, I wouldn't be surprised if Avatar wins all 9 Academy Awards. Supposedly, lightning can't strike the same place twice. But when it comes to James Cameron, he can make that happen somehow, someway...who knows?
FourSwordsKing
That's just a maybe. Sometimes facts can be based on opinions, although facts are just as mindless as opinions. Overall, you make good reasonings.