3-D's not for me

It’s been a little over two months since James Cameron’s “Avatar” came out in all its 3-D glory. Since the film’s release it has not only gotten everyone talking about the neverending possibilities of computer generated animation, but it has broken the record for the highest grossing IMAX film in history. However, despite all the excitement surrounding its groundbreaking graphics or the epic tale it tells, I have yet to see the film. I have not yet heard one complaint about the movie nor anything beside remarkable reviews, but there is something within that restrains me from giving in and going to see it.  
My reluctance to see “Avatar” is multifaceted.  My first reservation originates from a bad 3-D movie experience I had last year when I saw “Battle for Terra.” This film is a 3-D animated kids film about an alien planet that gets attacked by humans and it all ends up to be a metaphor for being eco-friendly and aware of the future of our earth. To me, this sounds too much like the synopsis of “Avatar.” Also, “Battle for Terra” was so lousy that I literally fell asleep at the climax of the film and to this day I am not sure how the plot’s conflict was resolved.  One of my fears in seeing “Avatar” is that it will just be a rehashing of the trite “Battle for Terra,” and personally I am sick of aliens.
I know that comparing a movie I haven’t seen to a terrible kids movie I saw once and paid little attention to may be irrational, but my qualms with “Avatar” go beyond this.  I am also afraid that movie-goers are becoming too dependent on crazy graphics to enjoy films.
We used to be satisfied by creative cinematography and unique camera tricks. Now audiences receive their thrills from explosions and computer generated images that usually look really cheesy. In the majority of blockbuster films, less and less attention is being paid to story line, camera work and set design because everything can be touched up with computers later.
Lastly, all the hype surrounding this film has just worn on me a bit.  The box office boomed with the last few “Star Wars” films and the “Twilight” saga, and we all know how not good those movies were. Why should I believe everyone this time?
All this to say, I will probably eventually see “Avatar” and I will most probably enjoy it just as much as everyone else has.  No matter how much I have tried to resist the urge to see what everyone is talking about, I do want to see this movie just out of curiosity.  However, my concerns with 3-D and future use of CGI in films still stand. I look forward to “Avatar” proving me wrong, but I’m not going to get my hopes up.