Why we go to the movies...

Okay, I know that's an interesting title, but when you hear the reason why I chose it, you'll understand. Once in a great while, there comes a movie so incredibly well-done, we have to hear all we can about it. Tonight I got to see such a movie, the likes of which was something I could have never imagined. I went with my family to go see AVATAR. It was made by James Cameron, the same person who made Titanic. I at first thought it was going to be a cheesy over-the-top sci fi flick, but it turned out to be so much more than that. I have never, in my life, seen a movie with such incredible visual effects. It was truly a spectacle. It is the kind of movie that you have to sit through with a bucket of popcorn and a soda to get the full effect, and luckily, this was that movie for me. Last year, the biggest movie of the year was Dark Knight (2008), this year (2009) it's a tie between Star Trek and AVATAR. Although, when the awards come out, I'm really sure that AVATAR will be the movie that beats everything to a bloody pulp. If you ever want to know what it's like to be on a drug trip without the drugs, then go see this movie. It will help you see why it is that we choose to go the movies in the first place...