Avatar the new Star Wars?

[Buddy Christ]

Oh no another Avatar thread!!

Please hear (read) me out.

After my sixth time viewing this, it hit me.
The technical advancements
The story details (yet this story has been told before it is slightly different)
The impact on home media
The beginning of a technical(3D) revolution.

I am 44 and in 1977 I remember Star Wars before it was called a new hope on memorial day weekend. At the time it was unbelievable. But not until many years later did we learn it was a GAME CHANGER. It's story was fresh the "special" effects have never seen before. It seemed to change everything.

Since then a lot of wanna be's have come and gone. He (George) could not out do himself with the PT. We needed something fresh, painstakingly fresh. James Cameron took the time and a lot of it to give us Avatar.

During my second home watching I realized I was taking for granted the scope of the CGI I was seeing. The ferns, every alien being, almost all of what I was seeing was not in the real world. AND I DID NOT NOTICE. And when the last half hour kicked in...HOLY sh!&!!. I was immersed in a world where our people (the marine who I love) were being beat and I loved it. I made a connection with the people of Pandora.

I think for most of us serious movie fans we were so caught in the technical merit the first few times we missed the story.

There is a reason why this movie broke all box office records.
There is a reason why this movie will break al media sales records.
There is a reason why this movie will advance the allure of 3D (without being gimmicky)

This movie is a game changer and

This movie could be the new Star Wars as far as how it will affect the movie industry