It’s impressive. The trailer doesn’t do it justice and the stills do it even less.
The 3D is simply amazing. I live walking distance from the Imax theater in my town and I’m a total geek, so I see everything that plays there. I’ll also add that it is also the best theater in miles, clean, sounds great, the seats are even freeking Tempurpedic!

Anyways, I have seen every 3D film there since “Ant Bully” and the Avatar 3D was beyond anything I have seen so far. It will be a film you will see at least twice, just to soak in the artwork. Now…

As for the story, um… we’ll have to wait and see. It does seem to have this “Dances with Wolves” meets “Ferngully” meets the meme of “American colonialism is the worst thing ever”. So, the story may or may not be what gets you to the theater, but if your a fan of film, sci-fi and just plain cool imagery, then you’ll see this film regardless of the story, as I will.

For anyone claiming that the CGI isn’t that good, well, they are just haters, seriously. I have no investment in this film other than my future two hours of entertainment, and I’ll state that the 3D CGI work, not the 3D visual effect, is the best that has ever been. I own the Final Fantasy Blu-Ray and was even outright pissed when Shreck beat it out years ago, and the Avatar art is leaps and bounds beyond the Final Fantasy movie.

You will all see this film, you will all be impressed by the tech, but it’s the story that may or may not make the film for people.