Probably the Best a Sci-Fi Film Can Be

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2011)

I love sci-fi, but I also am hard pressed to find a piece of cinema in the genre where the story is woven in sufficiently rich fabric with character development one can 'feel.' Avatar is a blessed exception. Zoe Saldana was magical; Sam Worthington totally believable. I found Avatar to have a strong Dances with Wolves flavor insofar as its message and morality, and I found my emotions were pulled in very similar ways between the two.
I have not seen Avatar in 3D; I watched in in BlueRay on my 42" HDTV with good surround sound. Beautiful. If I'm rating it 10/10 from my living room, it must be 12/10 in a bigger venue.
I definitely think there's room for a sequel; perhaps a trilogy.