Keepin' it Reel: Avatar Published Feb. 10, 2010 By 39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Incirlik -- -- Avatar Synopsis: A wounded Marine, Jake, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi. His mission is to learn their culture and language. Visitors from Earth find themselves in a predicament with each other and the environment of Pandora. Chaz Avatar = Good stuff I suppose the self realization that after watching "Avatar," I wanted to be a giant, blue Alien and live on a planet named Pandora is evidence that this movie was quite good. Actually, it was an epic and visually stunning ... stunner. I knew I had to watch this movie with an open mind as I'm not too keen on movies clouded with heavy visual effects. I also couldn't help but roll my eyes and sigh when I received the 3-D glasses to wear while watching. Perhaps my doubtfulness and the movie's ability to win me over is the fact that stands out the most. "Avatar," directed by James Cameron, delivered on the hype that accompanied the movie. To hear that a movie, directed by Cameron, has been a work-in-progress for more than a decade added to the hype. The 3-D experience made all the difference to me. If you weren't able to watch it 3-D, so sorry for ya, because it was awesome. I would go so far as to say this movie raised the bar on what movies should and will be in the future. The special effects, the storyline and the characters kept me hooked throughout the whole movie. Granted it was a tree-hugger(ish) movie, but since I'm a self proclaimed tree-hugger, it was alright in my book. My verdict is to see it, and hopefully you can appreciate it for what it is: A Cameron epic movie, minus the cheesy love story (kind of). They call me Roy A visual masterpiece I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. While at times some the dialogue was a little cliché, the visual effects more than made up for that fact. The colors and the perspectives used in the film were unlike anything I've seen, which is pretty obvious since nothing like this has ever been done before. Like I said earlier, there were some very cliché points to this movie. The social commentary about big, bad industrial man destroying the nature loving society is kind of overdone, not that it isn't a worthwhile subject. You also have the annoying business man whose only concern is profit, the over-the-top colonel who has little regard for anything other than getting the mission accomplished, and the poor marine who has a second chance on life. While it's easy to look past these common themes, it's annoying they couldn't put a little more time into real character development instead of just mind-blowing effects. I think this is a definite must-see movie. If you have the opportunity to still see it in 3-D, definitely take advantage of it. This wasn't like normal 3-D movies in which they place scenes in it specifically to scare the audience. So in that sense, it is kind of nice. You will see things you've never seen before in this movie. It's a little long at almost three hours, but I didn't really notice. Smallfry Avatar - A must see! So, I definitely saw the best movie of 2010! Even though we have 11 more months to go, I am pretty confident this is the # 1 movie of this year. Avatar has EVERYTHING! The combination of action, suspense, fantasy, and a little bit of drama made the movie outstanding. I would highly recommend you take the time and money to see this film in a movie theater. The huge screen and surround sound are needed in this movie. I actually saw this movie in 3-D and it was incredible. Even though the movie is about 3 hours long, you never get bored thinking about when it will be over. The colors and animation in this movie give it a special touch and make you walk out of the theater wishing you could be in that world. I can't stop telling people how great Avatar is. I give it a 10! I am sure you will love the movie as well, if not, well then you must be crazy. Ha ha. Agree or disagree? Click "add a comment" below to give us your opinion. Click here for an introduction from the critics.