Avatar was beautiful, sad, enthralling....it hit the whole range of emotions, and I left the theater feeling great about how it ended. There is love, war, pain, grief, joy, excitement, and wonder, and in the end everyone in the theater was oddly connected to the humanity of these non-human creatures. Uplifting and sad at the same time. The beauty of Pandora is seen in the scenery, the special effects, the dialougue...pretty much every aspect of the movie, especially in contrast to the human-inhabited base camps. It was absolutely amazing, one of the best moies I have ever seen. And it was totally worth paying for the IMAX 3D version