There has been a lot of deserved hype about the movie Avatar. While I am by no means a fanatic of fantasy or sci-fi movies, I was definitely impressed with Avatar. Avatar is a movie that is more of an experience than a motion-picture. The visual effects used in Avatar seem to be unreal for the 21st (or even the 22nd) Century. Avatar is the first blockbuster to use non-animated three-dimensional effects. I would recommend this movie to anyone if nothing else but its visual effects. Nonetheless, I enjoyed more than just the effects, the plot was good albeit a bit cliche. Avatar has some striking similarities to the movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest. I know this seems like an odd comparison, but it really shouldn't be. Like Avatar, FernGully involves a human who comes into contact with an outside land of creatures. Not only that, but the land of FernGully is about to be destroyed by humans. I would be shocked if the movie FernGully never crossed the minds of the makers of Avatar...but do not get me wrong, I much preferred Avatar. My only two criticisms of the movie are: Avatar is overwhelmingly cliche and (while limited) the foul language seems gratuitous. Overall Avatar deserves a 8 out of 10 and is worth seeing before it is no longer in theaters.
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