James Cameron's latest film, Avatar, has generated quite a bit of hype, and most people weren't buying it.

Foot: enter mouth.

James Cameron claimed that his film would change the way we look at films from this point forward. A claim like that is obviously going to garner an enormous amount of criticism, but Cameron has managed to make good on his claim.

To make sure everyone is clear on this, I saw this film in 3D. I can’t imagine it is anywhere near as impressive if you were to watch it without 3D glasses.

With the 3D glasses, you’re in for a real treat. It would be pointless for you to go into this film with any expectations on what it’s going to look like, because you quite simply haven’t seen anything like this. From a visual standpoint, this film is in a league of its own.

The most interesting thing I found about the 3D aspect was that the most impressive implements were when it was showing smaller things on the screen. Things like grass, smoke, fiery ash and water drops were all fantastic looking. Another thing that impressed me was that the entire film actually looked three dimensional. When one actor was standing in the foreground and another in the background, it actually looked like he was standing behind him (this is hard to explain). The three dimensional gimmicks that are found in other 3D movies were not to be found here. It was a true three dimensional experience.

The film itself was a bit less exceptional, but it was by no means bad. The story starts with our main hero, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) making his way to the planet Pandora to help in the Avatar project to help convince the natives to move to another piece of land so that the U.S. Armed Forces can mine for a material they want. The project itself has Sully syncing his mind into an artificially made body of one of the natives, the Na’vi, so he can integrate into their culture and hopefully convince them to move. This also has personal benefits for Sully, as he is a paraplegic and welcomes the chance to use his legs again, even if they aren’t actually his.