With a fantastic budget like this, you see it all up on the screen. Sci Fi meets "Dances with Wolves." Stunning visuals and a completely realized off-world experience. I rate this movie as a "MUST SEE." . I say that the first half of the movie served it's purpose- to inspire the viewer to care about the world of Pandora, and the fierce but loving aliens that live as one with the forest. A wistful but nonetheless beautiful sentiment that makes you admire this fantasy tribe even more. You feel with the main character, who comes to side with the alien race and it's simplistic way of life. NOT for kids under the age of 5 however, because of the violence and scenes of high intensity drama.