When I saw the trailers for Avatar over the summer, I thought it looked like a really neat idea if for no more than the special effects. After all, it was James Cameron – the man who made Titanic one of the worst-written movies in history. But then the hype machines started belching out the plumes of praise for Avatar, and I really expected this movie to fail on every level *except* visual effects. Boy, was I wrong. I took…