Great fantasy epic tale which is inspired in real Human history

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2010)

New James Cameron's film AVATAR is an epic that mixes Sci-fi, drama, adventure, fantasy all together, which joined to the 3D technology was really a new and pleasant experience to me. I liked the 3D feature, but most of all I did appreciate the plot and the story which was told. That was one thing I thought I wouldn't like In fact I was afraid I would enjoy the 3D experience provided by this movie but would dislike the plot, but it didn't happen, at all!
AVATAR tells us a story of fantasy in a distant world called PANDORA where Humans seek for a precious mineral which back to Earth would be worth millions. Their greed is so big that they don't care if they have to destroy its nature and a native race called NA'VI However they send an Avatar (a body with NA'VI's shape but controlled by a human) trying to make the NA'VI get out of their land peacefully in order to the Humans get the mineral without nobody getting hurt. But of course they don't, it's their land, for god's sake! So Humans need to use force, and a battle between races begins!
So, in short words, that's AVATAR's plot, but what I found more interesting in all that is that behind all that fantasy, all those strange animals, vegetables and race we can easily link what happened in PANDORA to what really happened in Human history! I really think there're too many bonds between this epic tale and all what happened when European civilizations discovered, conquered and colonized America to pass unnoticed. In fact didn't the European force all native cultures to their rules, destroying those who opposed them defending their lands? And if we think about the Spaniard greed for gold in South America which conduced them to destroy advanced civilizations, as the Aztec or the Inca, we can easily compare the tale in AVATAR to the real facts of history (the difference is that real history facts' disclosure was not the same of the movie)
Therefore, in my point of view, AVATAR has this merit of being a great fantasy epic tale which is inspired in real Human history. And it provides an extra dose of interest, veracity and emotion, at least for me
Not being a brilliant movie AVATAR is a good one providing entertainment, action and emotion to the very ending moments I score it 8/10.