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Rating: 7/10 (26 November 2011)

Don't believe the hype about this film. It's not that bad, and there's nothing to hate about it. James Cameron directs it, and it stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver and Michelle Rodriguez. The colonist marines on the planet Pandora are after a super-expensive rock underneath the colony of the locals, a species of alien called the Navi. The Marine Commander(Lang), appoints a disabled Marine (Worthignton) to take on an Avatar body, with will make him look just like a Navi. Unfortunately, The Marine falls in love with one of the Navi (Saldana) and switches sides. A Conflict is inevitable. In my opinion, District 9 was better, although this is far more visually impressive. James Cameron apparently spent 15 years making this film, and the budget is absolutely huge. While Wikpedia labels it the 5th most expensive film ever made, many people do believed to be the 1st. The budget has been put to better use, though, than it was in some of the films which beat it in that list, like Spider Man 3. Like all the good James Cameron films, it means an enormous breakthrough in CGI, and the shots of Pandora are so very believable. While Sam Worthington is entertaining, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang are the ones giving the more memorable performances. Like many big films, it also uses motion-capture. But don't expect this to be an all-action romp (like Terminator 2 or Aliens), as there is only one large fight, and that is towards the end (There is a lot of build up, and character moments and small skirmishes throughout the film instead). All in all, a good film, but could have been better.