Avatar

On the not so hot side: They definitely didn't want to leave anyone out in this one. Avatar covers most of the major movie types: We have 3D for all you kids out there! movie lovers - check Boy meets girl movie lovers - check Big ugly chick gets the handsome guy movie lovers - check Yet it somehow also covers the doesn't have a chance guy gets the hottest alien girl movie lovers - check You can do anything even though you are a paraplegic movie lovers - check Everyone loves the underdog movie lovers - check Tree-hugging environmentalist movie lovers - check Need a spiritual message movie lovers - check Action packed thrills movie lovers - check I wish I was a tough guy movie lovers - check Lions,tigers,bears and dinosaur-like flying creatures with bad attitudes movie lovers - check The only other things it needed were enough historical facts thrown in to classify it as a documentary and for a couple of characters to bust out into song to make it a musical and everyone on earth would want to see this movie. Come on...really? Did I see a kitchen sink hurled at me in 3D? On the Hot side: It was a pretty good futuristic version of Romeo & Juliet, (minus the Shakespearian speak and fake suicide) made more well rounded with some kick ass computer animation and a tough as nails colonel that any Rambo fanatic would get misty-eyed over. It's definitely West Side Story meets Terminator: Rise Against the Machines., and the special effects and animation were awesome! Being almost 3 hours long, it was worth the money, even though I to do the hunched-backed, ducked-down quick walk across everyone's line of view to go to the bathroom at the half-way point. Sorry to those video camera wielding bootleggers - I couldn't hold it and shame on you anyway. I will most assuredly add this movie to my DVD collection so it gets: