In this deeply moving, heartwarming tale of skinny, elongated, striped, blue-skinned people, with yellow eyes, pointy ears and tails, we have many valuable lessons to learn: 1. People in authority are twice as tall as us. 2. People in authority are mean. 3. Animals are our friends. 4. We can talk to animals. (They will understand.) 5. Primitive people are good people, whose hair is in dreadlocks. 6. Bad people, who are bald or whose hair is crew cut make and operate mechanized equipment. 7. A good life is one spent at the beach, having fun. (And James Cameron, who does not live that good life, loves visual effects, thanks, of course, to mechanized equipment.)