Movie #103- Avatar

Paraplegic Marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) decides to take his dead brother's place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's (Giovanni Ribisi) intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the military unit spearheaded by Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang), while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora. When Avatar first came out in cinemas I thought it was so overexposed that I had no inclination to see it. It wasn't until it was out on DVD/Blu-ray that I saw it at my brothers house, when he asked me what I thought of it I had no words, I was actually speechless - which doesn't happen a lot when it comes to discussing films - It took me a minute to form the right words to describe how amazing I thought Avatar was and all I could say was "wow". To which he responded "I know". That was all it needed. I thought it was original and breathtakingly stunning, the world that Cameron has created is one that before could only be found in the imagination and I found myself fully immersed in Pandora for the entire 160 mins. After 15 years and $400 million, Avatar was worth the time and money, it's magical to watch and if you have the player I recommend you pick up the Blu-ray!