Avatar Movie - an Environmental Blockbuster?

So, I actually had a little date night last night with my hubby - dinner and a movie! We went to see Avatar...about which I knew nothing except that the special effects were supposed to be amazing. Indeed, the special effects were amazing, especially the 3D, and there were several intriguing story-lines.

What was most interesting to me was that the core of the conflict was about resource scarcity and resource economics! Without giving anything away, the 'bad guys' wanted a valuable, yet limited, resource that was located beneath the village of the indigenous people.

So - the biggest blockbuster in recent history is an environmental story at its core!

Worth seeing, even if you're not a sci-fi or special effects person, but a must-see if you are! Even worth a sitter...and that's saying something, eh??