The genius of this film shows from the get go! It is an incredible IMAX 3D fantasy! We all walked away having been in another world. Only later reflection would help interpret what we saw.If you start the film with a blank in your mind as I had, you do not know the direction it will take. I came into the story with my empathy on the human side. The alien planet's environment was hostile and foreboding. It is kill or be killed, no time to think- just react! I left having a totally different point of view- not bad for a film critically accused of parallel plots from former works. 'Avatar' touched my heart and left me regretting having to leave the theater to go home! Did anyone say sequel?