So I took a rare Monday off and spent it at the movies on a date with my wife.  We selected the movie “Avatar” primarily because for over the last month I’d read volumes about its making as well as the varied offered critiques and interpretations. One of the most prevalent interpretations was that we, Americans, are feeling guilty over the “War on Terror”.  Another was this movie is a “chest-thumper” for socialism… being  its raison d’être.

Disagree I do, forcefully.  This is a story that has been told for 400 years.  This is a story of Pocohontas. This is a story of Lewis and Clark.  This is a story of the Sand Creek Massacre. This is a story of General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn.  The Na’vi are the indigenous people of North America.  The humans are the westward bound expansionists.

Interesting story to the uninitiated but very old in premise.

However, the technology involved (we watched the RealD 3D version) kept me in my seat riveted to the screen.  The presentation was immersive in shape and form.  I felt drawn into the environment… wanting to explore Pandora.  All-in-all, it was a good movie that has set an awe-inspiring precedence in synthetic actor-based movies.