Avatar

I finally did it: I watched Avatar.

That is one movie that I've been wanting to see for ages, but never got around to seeing. Luckily they had it on the plane. So my verdict?

Avatar was officially awesome.

Avatar was also officially subject to a bunch of stereotypical villains that were not particularly real. *although there were a couple of character twists*

Avatar was nevertheless awesome.

That's the short of it, but let's talk the long of it. Which I might point out CONTAINS SPOILERS. As an avid science fiction and fantasy fan, I was only too happy to find Avatar, a Science Fantasy film with awesome reviews. That rarely happens. The story of Avatar is a well plotted out character story about the development of a character that operates on both the straightforward and metaphorical level. A paralyzed person is given the opportunity to break out of his paralysis for the single cost of taking on a dangerous mission to confront with the enemy alien and find out more about the primitive cultures.

Much in the same way as The Last Samaurai, the protagonist falls in love with the new culture and realizes that they are being victimized. When the Humans want to destroy this civilization they are pitted against him, and he must fight his own people.

That's the filtered story line, but beware, the movie contains epicness rarely seen, and awesome action scenes, and a little bit of romance that highlights its fantastical elements. Thankfully, not enough romance to drown the movie out though, as is usually the case.

The acting is solid, and the story is thrilling, the music is magical. Occasionally predictable, rarely boring, Avatar is one of the most epic movies of its kind.

Hopefully it will be the beginning of a new generation of great science fantasy movies.

It's worth a watch. ;)