MOVIE Review "AVATAR" Score A- 90%

What is ulitimately the highest grossing movie of all time now is a long film. Pushing the boundaries of three hours its longer than it needs to be but shorter than if it were done like KILL BILL and split into two pieces. The animation is almost seamless, I say almost because there are times when we do know that we are watching a computer cartoon. Though most of it is so well done that its forgiveable. Its light years beyond say The New STAR WARS computer imagery, this is not Jar Jar. Overall this film is ground breaking in some ways, and simple in others. The plot is relatively simple in its construct; humans want to mine valuable resources from an alien planet, aliens don't want to move so they can dig, fighting ensues. Where the film succeeds is in the creativity of the animators. Fantastical creatures and plants and landscapes abound and are vitually real for us to enjoy. One thing for sure is James Cameron loves BIG things, following Titanic, he creates a world of huge blue cat people, who's animals are bigger and the animals that eat those animals are bigger, and the Trees they live in are even bigger, only to be out large-nessed by huge floating mountains in the sky. There is lots of war going on in this one, humans with their weapons and the natives with there knives and arrows. In the end this one is just visually stunning, especially in updated 3D the new wave in movie going. Almost everyone who watches movies has seen this one already, but if you haven't check it out on the big screen before its out of the theaters.