I finally got around to watching Avatar the other night. I was invited to a screening at the local NBCC with my good friend Doug. If I’ve spoken to you about Avatar before, you know I was not a fan even before I had seen the movie. I thought it was just another big pile of CGI garbage, an outer space rip off of Pocahontas. Well, it was kind of an outer space rip off of Pocahontas, but wouldn’t you know it, I ended up loving the movie. 

The story may have been weak, but with the back up of all the special effects it just all seemed to work for me. I thought it was brilliantly done. There were scenes when I thought the humans were the CGI and Na’vi were just actors in blue paint. 

There were some things that Cameron could have left out, like the whooping and hollering the Na’vi did whenever they were on their ‘horses’ or their flying bird/dragon/sometypeoflizard things. It made me feel like I was watching ‘Dances with Wolves’ at those parts. But overall, I thought it was great, and have every intention of going out and buying the Bluray of the Director’s Cut when it is released.

So I hereby offer my apologies to all friends and family who loved Avatar. You were right, it is an incredible movie.