Avatar: Still a Groundbreaker in CGI, but Not in Story
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.

Colin Wilson (born June 13, 1961) is an American film producer, executive producer, and unit production manager. He is best known for producing the films Casper (1995), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Amistad (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Troy (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Munich (2005), John Carter (2012), and The Meg (2018). Wilson began his career as an assistant editor, working on the first three installments of the Superman film series (1978–1983). He worked his way up to executive producer for films such as Avatar (2009), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Suicide Squad (2016). Wilson also produced shows like The Mandalorian (2019–2023), which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2020 and again in 2021. His more recent works have been Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colin Wilson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.
While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films.
For the entirety of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Marion remains in full control of both her body and her personality, a rarity for female characters at the time of the film’s release. She’s granted depth with personal demons from her past and emotional vulnerability when the situation deems it appropriate for her to grow alongside Indy. She avidly rejects the notion of being anything other than a sassy, humane rebel, and Indy’s equal in every way. This she does while still maintaining her femininity.