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Avatar follows Jake Sully (Worthington), an ex-marine drafted in to replace his deceased twin brother in the "Avatar program". Set on a distant moon called Pandora, Sully's consciousness is "linked" into a 10 foot tall blue alien host body, enabling him to befriend the planet's indigenous population in a bid to gain their trust.
Whilst reporting back to the totally badass Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang), Sully falls in love with the "Na'vi's" race, culture and eventually - blue hotty, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana).
As his respect for them grows, Sully betrays his own people in a bid to help save the Na'vi race from being evicted by greedy, corporate humans. The final reel of the movie sees our hero lead the Na'vi in a battle against mankind, in what is one of the most stunning action sequences you're ever likely to see.
Sully's journey to becoming an accepted member of the Na'vi tribe and winning the heart of Neytiri is what makes Avatar special. It's not over done, it's not too sappy or sickly, it's just nice. It also throws up a couple of interesting moral question: is it wrong to get a semi whilst watching a 10-foot tall blue alien? Or a 60-year-old scientist? There's something about Sigourney Weaver that still flicks a few switches, and ass-of-the-year has to go to Saldana's giant alien warrior.
But what sets this movie apart from any other are the visuals, Avatar is simply a stunningly beautiful movie. From floating mountains and alien creatures to forests of light emitting plant life, all perfectly illustrated with flawless CGI.
Forget any misconceptions you may have about this movie, it doesn't look like a computer game, the aliens aren't like giant Smurf's and it's definitely not your typical Hollywood fantasy movie. It has heart, it has morales, it has action like you haven't seen before and it has Michelle Rodriguez flying futuristic helicopter gunships.
It's all nonsense of course, but in the best possible way; pure Hollywood entertainment at it's best. Take the misses or take your mates, see it at the cinema and see it in 3D. This is, after all, what cinema was made for.
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