Avatar

James Cameron is at it again, this time after taking over a decade off. Avatar is a movie set in the distant future, in time when resources back at home are scarce and the chance to make your riches are light years away. After one man discovers a mineral worth millions on the planet Pandora, he does whatever possible to get his hands on the source. One of the two options was to try to reason with the native Na'vi, integrate themselves with the natives through Avatars. And when one of the scientist's behind the Avatar experiment is murdered, his twin brother Jake Sully is called in to take his place. Sully, a former marine who lost his legs in battle, was promised a new set of legs if he filled in where his brother left off, an offer he couldn't refuse. The scientists are given a set time to negotiate with the Na'vi before they turn to brute force. Sully, being a former marine is approached by Colonel Miles Quaritch to help him learn the Na'vi's weaknesses, and after fully integrating himself with the natives and they refuse to leave, Quaritch is ordered to attack. Sully is caught up between using his Avatar to protect his new friends and returning to reality where he is a human, helping provide information on the attack against the Na'vi.

If you plan on seeing this movie, which i strongly recommend, you should see it in 3-D. The visual effects of this movie are absolutely stunning. Pandora is entirely computer animated, but looks as real and intriguing as it gets. With other 3-D movies I've seen in the past there would be something that would occasionally pop out at you or stand out from the screen, but in this movie, everything was three dimensional. It is hard to imagine how much time it took to create every little detail. The way the tree branches moved with the wind and the ground lit up at night when walked upon only added to its realism. The Avatars looked exactly like the actors who played them. And even in the scenes where the humans interacted with the the Na'vi on Pandora, you couldn't even tell that they were filming this all in some studio in front of a green screen. This movie is going to change the movie going experience forever, it is quickly becoming the highest grossing film in box-office history. Start looking for more and more blockbuster films to use the 3 dimensional technology to try an encourage viewers to watch in theaters as opposed to waiting until it becomes available on DVD.

At first, when leaving the theater you will feel that you've seen this story before, numerous times maybe, but after second thought, you will realize how intricate the Na'vi lifestyle really is. The way that they are all connected, connected through Pandora and all its creatures, and even after they have passed away, they still live on. These creatures can use their planet to share their history, store information. The power of Pandora is so strong that it can bring someone back to life, can transfer one persons soul into another living being. A connection between people and earth this powerful is worth fighting for.