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SO we finalllllly went to see Avatar on Sunday, we were hanging on until we could get tickets for the iMax (Imax? is everything that starts with an i meant to be written in the apple standard?) 3D showing. I went in with no expectations, I’d previously thought it’d just been supremely hyped and wasn’t going to be that good. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I saw titanic at the cinema 5 times (yes. I know.), so I knew that Mr. Cameron was capable of some good cinematic shit, but my god the hype surrounding Avatar has been pretty immense.

Straight off the bat I’ll say that the story is weak sauce, not terrible, but not very original. If you’ve seen that Pocahontas story outline with the names changed floating around on the internet then you pretty much get the gist. Luckily the film isn’t really about the story, it’s a giant ‘Look how pretty!’ pissing contest entry that should hopefully pave the way into some beautifully rendered digital effects.

It is stunning, no bones about it. There are points in the film where your concept of digital effects and reality become so warped that you start wondering if they did actually find some random 6 legged dog and put it in mask. The massive fly over shots of Pandora were amazing, just as filler they probably cost more than a regular Hollywood film.

I came out with my expectations gladly beaten around the face.

This is a dog in a suit from TOS, the ones in Avatar were much better.

Oh hey, this is the chick that played Uhura in Trek 11, but blue.