Avatar

Sci-Fi is not my favorite genre. I wouldn't have seen this movie if there was anything else on. But the people I was with wanted to see it, and so I agreed to go with an open mind. I was kinda dreading that it was a looong movie - Two and a half hours long!

Avatar is about a young marine paraplegic, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), who has gone to the moon "Pandora" to finish a mission his deceased brother had begun.

While humans cannot breath the air in Pandora, they can link to a genetically bred "body" that is created to look like the natives on Pandora. As Jake sleeps, he wakes in his "avatar" body. While in his avatar, he meets the elusive People of Pandora and eventually becomes one of them. They don't know he is actually human.

When he begins his fact-finding mission, he is supposed to report back to his superiors about the best way to move the natives away from their home, so that a valuable mineral can be mined. But Jake begins to love the natives, especially his lovely female guide. This is where his internal struggle begins, and he begins to be at odds with his human superiors. Once he decides which side he wants to be on, the war begins.

Having said that I don't really like this genre, I have to say that it was a very good movie. While sci-fi buffs might drool over the special effects (which were good), I prefer a good story at the heart of a movie. And Avatar had it. We find ourselves cheering Jake on - his human form as well as his avatar form. We also see, that it doesn't really matter what the outer appearance is - the true person is inside.