Technically it was brilliant, the story was nothing amazingly original yet engrossing and its themes and plotlines deeply resonated with myself: Environmentalism, corporate greed, new age spiritualism, racism and colonialism, sustainability, space exploration and alien contact; etc. The characters were fairly cliche, but again I still didn't care because they were archetypes that I could either love or hate. The world-building was deep and fantastic, the music was wonderful, and visually it was an excellent experience. Particularly the flying sequences, which like Miyazaki, I have a soft spot for. The battles were appropriately epic and sweeping, and the tragedy appropriately impactful.

I've seen many better, more deep and thought-provoking storylines in cinema. More honest characters and complex narratives. Does Avatar deserve all its accolades? No, perhaps not. But it has proven to be a film that can widely tap into popular consciousness, and for that perhaps it does.

All that being said, I don't expect you to like it. But I still recommend seeing it.