I saw it yesterday (Thanksgiving and Christmas Day are THE best movie days of the year). I enjoyed it thoroughly, except for one glaring technical error.
The Story is good, and given the indigenes abilities, is believable. The CGI is awesome, and bodes well for the future of Sci-Fi movies. The 3D worked VERY well, there was no 3D for the sake of 3D, and the only "Comin' at ya!" was appropriate for the scene. (I also came out with much less of a headache than I normally get from 3D movies.)
I think the ending was overly optimistic, though, and I expect the bad guys will be back, with more force.
Be warned, though, that if you're an archer, too, then the way the natives fire their bows is going to give you hives. Accept it, dismiss it, and enjoy the rest of the movie.
4 stars
Technical explanation for those who care:
When you use a finger draw, the bowstring rolls off your fingers as you release it. Because the fingers are normally on the opposite side from the arrow, this rolling pulls the arrow against the bow, and just keeps it in line.
If you were to draw the way the Na'Vi do, with your fingers on the same side of the bow as the arrow, that rolling will pull the tip of the arrow away from the bow, and screw up your shot every time.
Cameron showed the Na'Vi extending a finger along the arrow, probably to make up for that, but you wouldn't do that twice! you'd get friction burns from the shaft of the arrow and the fletchings, and quickly start moving your finger farther out, and there goes your aim.
It's another example of the "I don't care if it's realistic, it looks cool!" attitude towards the audience.
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