Ferngully meets Independence day

Rating: 7/10 (12 March 2010)

It took a while to find an available seat at the Imax, but finally I've made it and seen the movie.
Let's make things straight: This movie is FernGully (or any random Miyazaki anime) told as it was Independence day. Story, plot are from the former, pathos, acting, directing are form the latter. But, honestly, the movie doesn't pretend to be anything different from that. So this is fair enough.
Obviously what makes a difference are the images. And yes, avatar is simply outstanding, nothing like that has been done before, so kudos to Mr. Cameron for this. The stereoscopic effect is excellent and having depth in the image adds something to the experience considering that the movie shoots its best fireworks in the first half-hour this helps to involve you deeply into the world and the story. On the other hand, after seeing so much magnificence, at a certain point you get used to it and you start concentrating on the story and the plot. As I said it's nothing new or different but the amount of detail perfectly crafted that has been put into Pandora makes it enjoyable even if at some points the plot is pure cheese.
But I reckon you would able to appreciate this in a proper Imax theatre where your field of view is completely surrounded by such things, otherwise it would look like a random Blockbuster flick.
So, finally this movie gets 5 stars for the movie itself and 2 more for the visual experience.