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> It's the first time where story had no loopholes that threw my out of immersion (and normally Hollywood is able to provide loopholes in even the simplest plot).

I have to say, I really enjoyed the movie. I saw it midnight showing at an IMAX theater in 3D - it really felt like I was IN the movie!

There were some substantial loopholes that bothered me.

The scientists had months to form a compromise with the indigenous peoples, yet there was no feeling of guilt for not trying to communicate the mission, the eminent confrontation which would come if no compromise was met, remorse for not being able to effectively communicate their mission to the indigenous people.

Insufficient supervision was provided to the scientist team, to hold them accountable for the task they were being paid to do. Ultimately, the insufficient supervision allowed the scientists to abandon their mission, and the situation degraded into physical conflict.

Cameron, unfortunately, sucked in political dialog that breaks many viewers out of the movie back into real life, beating the viewer over the head with political statements.

Statements like "fight terror with terror" was completely out of place. There was no demonstration by the indigenous people of actions like suicide bombing and such.

Using the term of "Shock and Awe", which was used to describe the beginning of the military mission in Iraq (which was delineated by the U.S. law to be the result of compounded infractions ranging from dozens of cease-fire violations to thousands of outright attacks), to describe the "pre-emptive" attack against the indigenous (who were gathering but did not yet start performing thousands of attacks) peoples was a little much.

The helicopter pilot commenting of her military work with the indigenous turning into a "marterdom" mission was also a little much.

The tying of "terror" to "priceless black rocks under the ground" smacks a little too much of a common (and somewhat mistaken) Hollywood theme of they way they see the current soldier deployments in the Middle East.

The military person becoming a traitor and defect to the indigenous side to kill his own people smacks too much of the Hasan Akbar case, where he killed a couple of officers and wounded a dozen others in Iraq.

All in all, it was a great movie, excellent execution, but inadequate reflection by the scientists, inadequate supervision with hard benchmarks, and heavy handed political commentary inserted into inappropriate places was a real damper on what could have been one of the best movie piece of a series (yes, more are supposed to be coming) since Star Wars, Matrix, and Lord of the Rings.

I won't pay to see it again, in the theater, because I don't want to further encourage his displaced (and nearly treasonous) aggressions.