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Yup, you guessed it. I’m going to talk about one of the biggest movies of the year “Avatar”.

What do you get when you combine “The Smurfs”, “Dances with Wolves”, and “Robotech”. You get James Camron’s “Avatar”.
So lets get down to it, shall we? We live in a time where action films are getting bigger. I mean, huge. Not only in terms of scope, but in budget. But, does just throwing money at an intellectual property make it better? or even worth an audience seeing it? No. Just because you throw money at something does not mean that it WILL be good. In this case, the added budget made for a good film.

Yup, Avatar was good. Very good.
Now, I’ll tell you why. My suspension of disbelief (”The temporary acceptance as believable of events or characters that would ordinarily be seen as incredible. This is usually to allow an audience to appreciate works of literature or drama that are exploring unusual ideas.” -http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/suspension-of-disbelief.html) didn’t falter. Which is rather hard for me, being a trained actor.

I generally try to keep these review spoiler free. Now will be no different. However, there are themes in this film that are similar to our own American history, and our own imperialism. Now mix in a helping of inredible CGI, giant smurfs, “Ferngully”, and robots; you get a pretty interesting film. As it sounds original, it really isn’t. But, then again, most things that are done in this day and age aren’t new. However we have to realize that sometimes, different people tell the story better. When you put a different angle on something, and the perspective is slightly scewed, it can open a whole new range of feeling and emotion not found in the original work.
In this case, it takes a concept from history and puts it in a truly amazing world where anything is possible. This is why I love sci-fi.

Verdict: Avatar is awesome, see it on a big screen. The bigger the better.

P.S. If i did include spoilers this review would last at least 10 pages.

So, it’s the 31st of December 2009. Lots of things have been happening for TP. Things that I really can’t talk about on teh interwebs. That’s okay, because in 2010, they will come to you in full amazing fury! Please have a happy and safe new year’s eve. And stay tuned for more liquid awesome.