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If you missed seeing Avatar in 3D or IMAX, it's possible to watch it on DVD now.

The DVD, however, is not likely to be as visually stunning as in the cinema, where effects are enhanced by 3D glasses.

This visual extravaganza by James Cameron is not a movie you simply see - you experience it. It takes you on an ultimate out-of-the-world journey.

Merging computer-generated imagery (CGI) characters and live actors, Avatar tells the story of a crippled but ambitious former marine, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington). He has been given a mission: to infiltrate the inhabitants of Pandora. He must convince the 3-metre-tall, blue-skinned Na'vi to move from their homeland so that it can be mined for 'unobtainium'.

To be able to move freely on the Pandora, Jake is converted into a human-Na'vi hybrid, or 'avatar'.

Living a double life as an avatar, Jake becomes fascinated with the Na'vi, their culture and their unspoiled land.

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