Immersive, Beautiful, and Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (23 January 2010)

Avatar is a must see. Be sure to see it in 3D if you can.
The 3D element does require that you look where the camera is focused. This took some time to get used to, but once I got beyond the temptation to try to take everything in, particularly the out of focus elements, and submitted to allowing the film's focus direct my gaze I was completely taken in.
Usually I have something more to say in the way of plot, character, setting, cast, etc.. However, I found the movie so immersive that such mundane and unfeeling analysis was driven completely from my mind. I was drawn in and I am now a fan.
I've never seen a 3d movie before, but after this entirely positive experience I might be inclined to see others in 3d too (X-men, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and a few others would be an entirely different experience in 3D.
On the whole I have to say that this movie is in a category all it's own. I'm sure that there will be those who are not thrilled by it, but in my opinion even those who are not typically fond of Fantasy will be pleased by the experience.
I don't choose see movies in the theater often, but this movie I just might see twice, something that has happened only once before (The Fellowship of the Ring).
Moreover, this movie may be enough reason for me to invest in blu-ray, it is that special.
Thank you Mr Cameron, Avatar is an experience I will not soon forget.