Avatar had to be seen in 3D with the surround sound cinema etc. Despite the obvious hype, it still remains one of my favourites. That said, it essentially very formulaic -they've done it before - you know white American hero who wins the heart of a native savage girl with an even more savage (read doubly nasty and savage, very native) guardian. The difference is the American is a wheelchair bound, alter ego remote 'controlling' an 'Avatar' that is disguised as a blue stripy face, 8 foot tall, four fingered native.

Notice how in Bollywood when they allow romance to cross religious lines, it's almost ALWAYS Muslim girl, Hindu boy. Hindu girls, running after Muslim boys seems to offend the sensibilities, somehow ...