Great effects

Rating: 7/10 (5 January 2010)

The special effects are stunning (especially in 3D). The story is about some brave mining entrepreneurs on the faraway planet of Pandora who battle tremendous odds to harvest the planet's abundant natural resources. The hardships they face include attacks by the "Na'vi" a violent cult of xenophobic religious fanatics. Sigourney Weaver is well cast as an evil scientist who cynically brainwashes an idealistic but naive young marine (Sam Worthington) into betraying his comrades. The film unflinchingly explores the base ignorance and hate of the Na'vi for the human immigrants who are struggling to make a new life for themselves in a foreign land. The battle scenes are stirring but the ending is very sad. I wish the good guys had won.