Avatar Day

James Cameron, the director of Terminator 2, is coming out with a new movie for the first time in a decade. The movie, Avatar, is about a human soldier's brain being "downloaded" into the body of an alien species on that species' native planet.

The story is supposed to be about how the human realizes that humans are the bad guys and are exploiting that planet for resources. The human in his 'Avatar' body then joins the fight against humans to protect the planet.

There was a promotional screening of about 20 minutes of the movie yesterday to which I was lucky enough to get a free ticket to. Although the story seems interesting the thing that really blew me away was the spectacular 3D imagery that the movie has. The CGI and live-action is blended so seamlessly that I can honestly say that I have never seen anything like this before.

The contrast, in viewing the 20 minute screening and then a theatrical trailer of Avatar on a normal screen, was astounding.

I must say that the promoters of the movie have succeeded in their mission of generating enthusiasm for the movie in me. This post is my way of promoting the movie further; as good word of mouth was no doubt the hope of 'Avatar Day'.