A privilege to watch.

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2009)

At the movies' end, as the credits rolled, what came to mind was, "A privilege to watch such beauty." I don't know what a person who doesn't love fantasy and sci fi will bring to or take away from Cameron's masterpiece. I've loved both genre's all my life and read most major works and seen all major television and film with fantasy and sci fi themes.
Avatar is as good as it gets. It is stunning. Thrilling. It is not original as really nothing can be anymore. But instead, Cameron has distilled fascinating themes and recreated them through his own vision.
There's much reminiscent of so many things there's no point in even speaking of them. But in the end, Avatar speaks for itself directly to the viewer's heart. It is an emotional film, filled with tender nuance and exquisite visual beauty, as well as wildly-rolling excitement, violence and turmoil.
It packs a big punch to the synapses on a number of levels, be it racial dna memory or merely guilt at what we do to one another and then segues over to the deep, mystical longing for the Mother as the mystery of Earth and Unity and our loss of touch to her.
I kept wondering why it was named Avatar. That is such a wonderful invention of Cameron's.
Enough of that - let's get to flying on dragons. OMG it is glorious.
A gorgeous surprise, you will love this film unless you're dead.