Stunnig visuals and amazing animation.

Rating: 8/10 (20 December 2009)

"Stunning" is the word that comes to my mind. Avatar will be a milestone in movie-making technology - like Jaws, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Lord of the Rings. 3-D visuals effects and animations are superbly realistic - you feel like being there on the Pandora. Pandora is the planet that humans are trying to exploit for mining (reminded me of Nauru)- a theme which will resonate well in many parts of the world.
Story is pretty old-fashioned: exploitation of natives (locals/nature/Indians/ Africans/ American Indian/take your pick) for mining by a greedy corporation (industry/British/Europeans/Colonists) from earth. In fact movie has shades of several Sci-fi and mythical films: Star Wars (battle ships and spacecrafts), Lord of the Rings (strange creatures, and battle scenes), Chronicles of Narnia (blue creatures, horses, harmony with nature), Planet of Apes (human race vs. other race), Matrix (avatar), Eragon (dragon-bird choosing the rider), Jungle Book (flowers, butterflies), Finding Nemo (jellyfish-like seeds), Transformers (big robots)...
But in the end it's quite different - and awesome!