A Movie that Makes You Feel Like a Kid a Again

Rating: 9/10 (24 June 2012)

When I first of Avatar, I didn't want to watch it because the plot sounded cheesy, I mean BLUE PEOPLE, war and high tech gizmos? "wow" that's sounds soooo amazing. However my brother wanted to watch it so I tag along. I was just blown away when I watched it! I love Avatar and it's one of the movies that I watched over and over again! I missed that kind of experience. I rarely feel that with the movie these days. I movie you want to watch over and over that takes you back to your childhood cinema experience.
STORY:
When I asked my sister about the plot of Avatar she just told me, "a sci-fi Pocahontas", well it is like that. It may not be an original plot but it gives you the feeling that you want to keep on watching it and see how the journey ends. It's like you're a curious child, you want to discover the Na'vi and experience their culture, you want to what will happen if the humans continues to disrupt the balance of their planet.
CHARACTERS:
I must say that Zoe Saldana did an outstanding work in channeling her emotion to her CGI character which felt really REAL, she totally brings life to the fictional culture of the Na'vi.
When I saw Sam Worthington, I said to my bro, "Who the hell is that?!?", I was ignorant to his existence. However, he just had this charisma in the movie that makes you want to follow his voyage in the movie. He did well in portraying this hopeless paraplegic guy who was astound like an impish kid when he sees the beauty of Pandora and becomes this courageous hero who finally found his goal. The chemistry between Sam and Zoe was AMAZING!
I thought the love story was a bit AWKWARD when I first heard that Avatar has a love story between an 8 foot tall alien and a human but surprisingly it was not. It made me fall in love with them. Cameron did a great job in casting this 2 and saw the chemistry between them.
Sigourney Weaver's Dr. Grace Augustine is one of my favorite characters. I really like her lines even though some people say her lines were a bit cheesy. She's cold and strict but once you get to know her she's warm and caring.
I'm a fan of Giovanni Ribbisi and I was so glad that he was on this film. He didn't have a lot of air time but his acting was so GREAT! You can simply just say "This is one hell of an actor!", making an ordinary scene stupendous is simple breath taking.
Overall Avatar has a great cast!
EFFECTS:
Of course, the motion capture was a marvelous work and the world of Pandora is dream like! When I watched it I wanted to see every details of it! It was definitely eye candy! I had watched some computer animated movies (eg. Final Fantasy, Animatrix, etc.) and the characters gave me this distant feeling from them. They felt hollow. However Avatar's CGI characters made me feel like they exist. I was amazed on how they manage to animate the eyes. *SPOILER* It was in the last part, Neytiri cries, her tears fell and I was like "WHOAAAH" that looked so real!
VERDICT:
I'm not a Sci-fi fan but I love watching this movie! One of the best Sci-fi movies I've watched. It's an enjoyable movie and it carries a big message. If you are into environmental, sci-fi, aboriginal, action, conflicting society love story and this is the movie for you