Cameron Shoots...He SCORES!!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2009)

I just saw the 3D version of this movie today and I'm still blown away. Is there anything James Cameron can't do?? The actors were wonderful! They are able to transcend the CGI and give touching, believably intense performances.
The movie was so hyped that I went into it expecting to be disappointed. Nothing can be THAT good, right? Read my lips...It is better than good. It's better than awesome. It is genre, medium, and industry changing. It just is.
Like many other viewers I forgot I was watching CGI. Everything is vividly, eye-poppingly alive. Pandora LIVES...it breathes and you believe it all! The interaction between live-action and CGI is seamless. The world is so immersive...it has an almost 360 degree quality. You feel as if you could turn around and see everything happening around you. It's like you are plunked down in the middle of this very real place.
The Na'vi were a concern when I was sitting in the theater waiting for the show to start. Would they disappoint? Would they be buffoonish (a'la JarJar Binks)? Would they be believable? From the first frame the aliens are real. They are beyond cool. They are alive. They are righteous and they are fierce! They are not comic relief.
You must see this movie and you absolutely MUST see it in 3D.