Avatar (2009)

Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Zoë Saidaña
Director: James Cameron
Country: USA
Genre: Fantasy

You’ll probably want to make sure you see it in 3-D.

Whether you buy into the hype or not, it’s hard to argue that James Cameron’s labor of love doesn’t push the boundaries of current film technology. Seeing the world he created on the big screen, there was no doubt any of it was real, and in the beautiful digital 3D, it was unreal how realistic the realism was… real. Avatar isn’t without it’s faults though, as it forcefully pushes the narrative forward through awkward dialogue. But when it boils down to it, no one is buying a ticket to get the specifics on how a person is transferred into one of the Avatar bodies… a drive down a glow in the dark worm hole and waking up in the body is completely sufficient, and way more fun. It’s this spectacle that the film delivers best. It’s not Cameron’s best action, it’s not his best story, but it’s one of the most fun rides he has to offer.

7 Comments

• By Luke, January 2, 2010 @ 10:48 pm

  You really want everything in the film explained to you as if you’re a child. Cameron has more respect for audiences visual acquity than that.

  Anyway, good review, I guess. Avatar is the most fun I’ve had in a theater in 10 years.
• By this guy over here, January 3, 2010 @ 12:42 am

  I’m not sure if you’re referring to “you” in a general sense, or “you” as in me, but I can say that I didn’t need anything explained as I mentioned that a two and a half hour film where every nuance of technology and specimen is excruciatingly described would be a massive bore. I was completely happy with Avatar how it is, and would love to see it on an IMAX screen… especially since the first time I saw it I had dry eyes from allergies and the 3D got to be pretty damn painful!

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