Avatar

It's like anything new and state of the art. Everyone wants a piece of it, they wanna see it and tell others about and Avatar is no exception. Even before the movie came out the talk about it was everywhere, with its extremely advanced CGI it set a new level of graphics for films out there. Which means if you want really good graphics, you better be willing to shell out some big money for it.

I admit I was in on the hype of Avatar and really didn't plan on seeing the film unless it received a nomination for the 2010 Acadamy Awards. (I will be seeing all films in the Best Picture Catagory). But the constant telling of me to see the film I decided to go and see what all the fuss was about.

I want to say I was blown away by how amazing the graphics were. But going into the film I knew that they would be beyond anything seen in film before. I think what captured my attention most about it was the use of colour in the world of the Na'vi, bright beautiful colours and the glow in the dark effect used was just awe inspiring.

This film is by far one of the most visual stimulating movies I've ever seen... It was like a rainbow exploded in front of my eyes. But so much of this film was devoted to the special effects that the storyline took a big blow. It was your basic so-so story line. A cross between Pocahontas and (as I noticed after my friend mentioned it) FernGully. It was such a disappoinment that if you took away the immensity of the graphics, you'd have "disney" film that could be told in less than, an hour and half.

It is for that reason that I did find the film slightly less then what others may have seen it as. I find a story line to extremely important in film and if you're using graphics or some else to try and cover that, then it's just not as amazing for me.

Be that it may, I do recommend this movie for anyone who is at least 13, not for younger children due to some of the violence and profanity used. If you want to see some a movie that is more visually stimulating then even Transformers or Star Treck, or if your a sci-fi fantasy fan, even if your a romantic sorta person this movie covers it all.

I give it 4 IceCream Scoops out of 5

Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking