My avatar review emailed to some friends

The story, performances and characters are not bad or good--they are typical. The visuals, at least in 3D, are exceptional to the point at which I would say I've never seen anything like them in a film. In fact it feels otherworldly... Like hyper reality if that makes sense. There are moments, many of them, where you forget you are in a theater and feel like you're running in the tree tops or flying on the back of a large bird. I had vertigo and heart racing fear of falling at times.

It is a must see, but not for the story part. The story is terrorism, coming of age, 9/11, odd-love rehash you've seen 1,000x. It doesn't get in the way of the real story: ground-breaking visuals that transport you to another place. Avatar makes a Pixar movie look like an Atari 2600 game.

What did you think?

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