I watched Avatar before Christmas (yes in 3D) and was totally blown away by the 3D experience and special effects.
The film would have stayed with me for those reasons alone. But actually, what has stayed with me more is Cameron’s vision of Pandora. What struck me most strongly was the balance between technology and sustainability. There are no prizes for realising that the film’s plot had a strong environmental agenda – much of the film revolves around that theme. That’s not what I’m talking about. I was enraptured by the vision of using technology to improve our understanding of the world around us and to leverage that understanding, rather than to control it.