Avatar (2009)

James Cameron's project that took him years to complete and depleted his savings. The biggest film since Titanic and the one that might just make 3D movies stick. Winner of this years Golden Globe, nominated for 9 Oscars, and sitting in the top 50 on the imdb's all-time top 250. Wow.

My expectations were high for this film. It was the first time I've been to the theater to see a 3D movie and I was prepared to be critical. The reviews have been mixed, mainly the negative reviews have been that the story is too simple, you would think that would mean that it would considered too long if the story was so simple, right? I mean it is over 2 1/2 hours long...

So what did I think? I was thoroughly impressed, I sure wanted to find reason to not like it and think that The Hurt Locker was much better. This movie had something for everyone. The Sci-Fi didn't have holes or discontinuity. The romance was predictable but keeps people in their comfort zone of understanding what is going on. The acting was average, which is fine, no one was bad and it was believable enough. The run time was not an issue, it kept my attention throughout. Did I think it had to be in 3D to enjoy it? Not at all. I could have seen this at home and rated it the same. All films have a simple underlying story if you want to break them down. This was FernGully: The Last Rainforest means "Smurfs" meets 2nd Life [interesting article in the LA Times].

I don't want to delve into the story itself because I just don't want to ruin the film. It is a must see film of the year. I will just say one thing, there is a scene very similar to the Titanic snapping and falling on people in the ocean. I found this very very funny that Cameron dropped a tree on the Na'vi people, really? You are going there again? Go see this film though, it wasn't perfect, but it will be remembered, and it will win some Oscars.

Vote: 9/10

IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/

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