A research experiment of fantasy that leads to discovery, adventure, and fun!

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2009)

"Avatar" without a doubt pushes the movie making limit and that can be expected since it's a James Cameron film who's a master of sci-fi and adventure fantasy films. And with this latest he clearly pushes the envelope with the graphics of digital computer 3-D and CGI which is becoming more and more common in film. Still if you don't get caught up in all of the special things you will find that this film "Avatar" is a journey of wonder, adventure, and excitement that involves exploring new lands and new people of a different culture. Neat and crazy to look at the blue aliens and winged creatures. Yet this is a Cameron film it's all about going big to far out lands and pushing the imagination to the max.
The story centers around a paraplegic ex marine Jake Sully(Sam Worthington)who enters an experimental government program that is being ran by a group of scientists. Dr. Grace Augustine(the veteran Sigourney Weaver)is the bitchy programmer of the experiments, which involves putting humans like Jake into compartments that travel them into the distant moon planet of Pandora. With the goal to extract and find the planet's natural resources from the resident aliens that live on the planet who are called the Na'vi. And along the way just like any other planet conflicts, drama, bonding, and war will be found yet most notable is the unlikely love found with Jake's guide that's once he's blue occupied and that happens to be the lovely Neytiri. And this is a fun experimental ride all the way in which the blue alien culture of Na'vi's come to be saved.
With the technology and effects combined with the journey this film takes of showing a future world it certainly lets a viewers imagination run wild. True this genre of film may not be everyone's cup of tea yet it's one to be looked at and respected due to the masterful and precise work of one of the great directors such as James Cameron.