Avatar review

[Chimera]

Great Special effects, though the story was predictable it was not bad, and the action balanced it out. One thing i really disliked, is how the lead actor's avatar got the big flying creature so easily and how they suddenly forgave him for everything that happened when they saw him with it. I don't care how many or few legendary warriors accmplished that great feat, it just looks weird, and makes the whole disaster that happened to their tree city look so trivial.

 

I think him struggling a good amount of time with that beast, and in the process losing that smaller creature to it, would have been better. He could then come to the rescue of the Na'vi people as they are being attack by a single stalking/scouting human ship. Atleast then he would have redeemed himself.

 

I liked the human commander, its like he walked straight out of the film ''Small soldiers''.

 

All in all great piece of cinematic history.

[5]

I agree with you. I didn't like it first viewing but I saw it again in IMAX 3-D last week and I liked it much better. It totally deserved Golden Globe for best picture and I hope it wins Best Pic Academy Award too. The amount of work that went into that picture is mind-blowing.

 

The film is moral parables about individual oppression, social injustice, class divides and environmental abuse - and Cameron takes and makes those themes into great art in popular cinema.

 

One of my favourite scenes is a scene I initially thought was really silly and awkward; the one where Neytiri holds Jake's body. But it is beautiful. The Na'vi maiden Neytiri holding the frail, wasted body of Jake Sully, showing a divine love for a twisted human form, a paraplegic marine who is dubbed as "meals on wheels". Cameron is a committed moralist and this film is his masterpiece.

 

But of course success breeds jealousy and hatred and this film is bound to be hated by many. I personally love it.

[Oz]

Even though for the most part the narrative is predictable, there are so many smaller details to like that it almost didn't bother me.

 

 

I still enjoyed it, got swept up in parts, but lord it had a lot of weak elements. Elements that would normally lessen my enjoyment a lot more (but mainly didn't, thanks to the novelties of the new tech). Elements that will probably become more pertinent the more the 3D & CGI aspects date.

[Chimera]

I have only seen it once, and it felt really surreal. Before I saw the film, I remember laughing when I read stories about individuals wanting to kill themselves when they realised planet Earth looks nothing like Pandora. Though, I have no intention in killing myself I do wish I could visit that place.