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Avatar, takes place in 2154 where the people have finally made it. The resources of the world came to an end and now the humans have to look for other planets. The world the people are trying to rob is called Pandora which has its own natives – the Na’Vi. To learn more about their habits and build up a diplomatic relationship there is the avatar program where humans can completely control a lifeless puppet which is created from a mixture of human and Na’Vi DNA. As a second goal they try to find the resource called Unobtainium, sadly the main source is located underneath the village of the natives.

The main character Jake who is one of the few who are allowed to control one of the avatars, is just a replacement for his brother. Who was trained for that task about 5 years and than got killed in a gang-shooting on the earth.
Jake, who is partly disabled and not able to walk is more than impressed after his firsts steps in the avatar body. On their first expedition he is attacked by some of the creatures of Pandora and gets devided from the others. Alone in the woods of Pandora he is rescued by the beautiful Na’Vi girl Neytiri. She sees something in Jake that’s why she brings him to the little village of her tribe. At first the rest of the Na’Vi population is not very pleased with that but as the story evolves Jake earns more and more respect from the other Na’Vi soldiers.
As there would be no story, there is of course a bad thing about this, the head of military department has completely other plans than a friendly solution to get the natural resources which are located under the village. Colonel Miles Quaritch tells Jake to provide him with every detail he can get about the military issues the village has. Not so hard to predict what happens next, huh? Right, it isn’t. The story is very predictable but at the same time there are no real flaws. You will not sit in the movie and think “What, how will you explain that?” or “How is this is going to happen?” – solid. If you have just a little love for those kind of stories, you’ll going to love this flick.

Ok, let’s come to the biggest plus point for the movie. The visuals. Man, that movie is gorgeous. And it’s not just that the woods of Pandora are created with such an good eye for details and such creativity. No, everything fits, even the human base is designed with a very good feeling for the complete thing. The film isn’t playing with stupid eye catchers which are dancing a few centimeters in front of your face. It’s more that every scene is perfectly put together for a perfect 3D feeling. Even the subtitles are given a nice 3D effect. ‘Nough said, the visuals are awesome.

Of course the movie has some weaknesses for example that the Na’Vi are bit too human in my eyes and that the characters are very stereotype based, especially the colonel. The story reminds me a bit of “The Last Samurai”. A simple, good guy with his own problems solves them by saving the world. I’m really sitting here and cannot think of a real flaw, a really bad mistake else than those I wrote down. The movie was just great entertainment, I never felled bored, the whole 3D thing didn’t give me headache as in other movies before and after the credits rolled through the screen I wanted to be a Na’Vi at least for a few days.

Go to a cinema next to you and watch this is 3D, now!