Avatar.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Wow, I totally love The Hippy Matrix Avatar! I tried to keep my expectations low, even with all of the praise its been receiving. And I apparently kept them low enough, because I was really really really charmed by this movie.

My one and only criticism is that the last 1/3 dragged pretty badly. I was perfectly okay with a thin, one-dimensional, predictable, retread story, but for god's sake, if I know where you're going, don't waste my time getting there.

But the sheer beauty and wonder of the film was enough to overcome even that. Bravo, Mr. Cameron.

And, thanks to Mythbusters, the one moment that I probably would have otherwise rolled my eyes and and cried foul fell squarely into "plausible":

Spoiler:

During the attack on Home Tree, the entire clan let loose their arrows on the gun ships, and did nothing more than nick the cockpit glass. But during the final battle, an arrow pierced clear through the glass and killed the pilot. What gives?!! Well, thanks to the Mythbusters episode about firing an arrow from a horse, we all know that an arrow fired from a moving mount does indeed carry more force do to the forward momentum of the mount, and those flying beasts were certainly diving pretty fast, so I'll give it to them! Nice.