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IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1_JBMrrYw8

Plot:
When his brother is killed in battle, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s intentions of driving off the native humanoid “Na’vi” in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na’vi people with the use of an “avatar” identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand – and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

Review:
After seeing several movie trailers about Avatar, it looked like one hell of a good movie. I finally got around to going to see it in 3D, I’ve seen 3D movies before and it was pretty cool and given that James Cameron always seems to make these epic movies that are box office smashes and hang around for a while. I thought I’d give this a shot and see just how good it would be.

Since seeing this, people have been raving about it about how it’s a great cinema experience and it’s the best movie they’ve ever seen. I disagree with them though on that.

Firstly, if you’re long sighted like I am, seeing it in 3D is a waste of your time. You’ll need to take your glasses off to see it in 3D when you need glasses to see anything in the first place. So do yourself a favor and go see the normal version.

Which brings me to the 3D…

When people think 3D, they think seeing things in 3D visually. When I see a movie in 3D I actually want something that feels like its in front of me, like I can touch it if I reach out in front of me. While James Cameron used the 3D to add some depth, it looked like he did it from the screen and backward. Not the screen forward to the audience, and backward. The 3D was good, but it wasn’t great. It’s 3D, it should be able to reach out and grab me!

The plot… well that was pretty thin. It was the basic storyline of Pocahontas as seen in this image.

There isn’t much more than I can say, the plot didn’t seem that original to begin with and predictable. I think in a way it was a let down on the movie and let me down also. Not to mention that I even fell asleep in the movie because some parts of it dragged on. 3 hours for a movie is epic, but lets not forget you can’t spend 45 minutes dragging on the same part of the movie unless it’s the opening scene to Saving Private Ryan.

The special effects were impressive, if you didn’t include the 3D. It’s worth watching for the use of special effects.

Still, if you want to go see this movie, go see it as it’s something that should be watched on the big screen. But don’t forget to go to the bathroom before hand because you won’t get to go for another 180 minutes!

Rating:
3.5/5