While I will agree that Shiny is overestimating how simple it was to make Avatar, I'll have to agree with the points regarding the script (which is more than just dialogue). Aside from the admittedly gorgeous visuals, Avatar is a movie that we've all already seen before. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, it certainly hurts Avatar in the long run. Avatar, quite frankly, isn't everything that it could be. It fails to deliver substance. Sure, it's a technological marvel, and props to Cameron for pushing the envelop visually (and I'll also admit he's one of the few directors these days who seems to have a sense of choreography during action sequences), but that's hardly enough to deserve a Best Picture Oscar. Avatar won the only Oscar it deserved. I found The Hurt Locker very underwhelming, but I understand exactly why it won. If Avatar had won, I would have been extremely disappointed.