PLEASE DO NOT LAUGH, I AM quite aware I am probably one of the last of my or any other generation to make the switch to paying my bills online. Yes, you are free to call me a dinosaur because i still pay my bills the old fashion way, with a check in the mail. Because of the uptick in our traveling, I realized paying online would be so much easier instead of what I have been doing, which is to overpay my bills enough to cover the months I would be away. I still do not want to have a debit card, but I have wrapped my brain around this new idea, at least for me. The first step I had to do was go to the bank and have them set up a profile for me. Maybe I could have figured it on my own after downloading the bank’s online banking app; but, I wanted to physically be with a banker who could walk me through it. By the way, the bank I planned on using for this endeavor was a large national bank. The process of setting up an online presence was painless and easy; the banker explained the features as we went step by step through the application’s options. With my new found knowledge, I was eager to get home and start the process of setting up my vendors and entering the pay dates for my payments.      EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY GETTING MY FOUR bills loaded into my profile. I set up the due dates, double checked my work then signed out. The rest of the day I went about my business until dinnertime. It was around that time I decided to look at the mobile application to see if there were any updates from the bank. I tried signing in but a window opened to tell me I had been locked out due to fraudulent activity, and I would have to call the fraud department. I was dumbfounded. Gratefully, I did not wait long until a human came onto the line and asked me a series of security questions. Each one, I answered correctly then was prompted to explain my issue. I told her about being locked out and being new to this online process. The representative took a look at my account and took the lock off, asking me to wait an hour before reentering the one bank card bill that they had labeled fraud. I did as instructed and thought that would be the end of it. Well that was not the case. The very next day, the same thing happened where I was locked out and my bank card transaction was cancelled for fraud. I was in the depths of hell dealing with customer service, the fraud department, and two managers for the next six days, being told the same thing and getting the same results. Finally one of the managers suggested I write a check. I lost it, decided to end the call and went over to the branch again, in a total state of anger. Face to face with a banker, I listed all the asinine conversations I had had with the bank’s employees and not being able to get resolution, stating if I was committing fraud, why would I also list my medical insurance provider as a vendor to be paid every month. The banker had me delete and reenter my bank card vendor after typing several notes onto my profile. Today, I re-entered my payment instructions for the fifth time and now I must wait until tomorrow to see if it gets cancelled again or processed. These dealings I have had the past week with the bank have been exhausting and grueling. It got to the point where I felt overwhelmed and beaten; battling a large corporation takes its toll on the body. Because of this experience, I felt a strong connection to the Na’vi beings who were about to face their toughest opponent.      WITH THE BUILDUP OF MILITARY FORCES, for an all out assault, and an aggressive tribe seeking conquest; the peaceful tribes would have to find a way to put differences aside if they wanted to keep their planet. With Sam Worthington (Relay, The Exorcism) as Jake, Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, Emilia Perez) as Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver (Call Jane, The Good House) as Kiri, Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe, The Optimist) as Quaritch, and Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones-TV, Anchor and Hope) as Varang; this action, adventure, fantasy sequel was visually breathtaking. The action scenes were intense with many moving parts in them, that it almost became overwhelming. I found the creativity amazing in the creatures and landscapes. However, as for the story, it was predictable with little variance to the previous films, to the point where it offered nothing new or fresh. My interest was kept mostly due to the visual and technical aspects in this science fiction film. And possibly I felt a little more connected to the good vs evil aspect since I saw this during the middle of my bank ordeal.

2 3/4 stars