Avatar Review

Avatar is a great ground breaking film on par with the original Star Wars believe it or not it was worth the wait, however the story is a missed opportunity to examine corporate America's greed. The characters where good but not great and the action scenes where a little long. However that does not detract from the fact that this is the best sci-fi film of 2009. The film itself is the essence of good science fiction which at its best can make the viewer see the world in a different way, Avatar accomplishes this in spades. After seeing this film I was wondering how future filmmakers will use this new 3D technology, honestly this is a film I expected to see from Japan which has always been ahead of the technological curve.

I believe Avatar is James Cameron's thesis film. I could'nt help but think about how far CG characters have come since (cringe) Jar Jar Binks, to LDR's Gollum, and Star Wars Episode 3's General Grevious. New Zealand's Weta Digital is definetly a force to be reckon with I love ILM but there going to have to step their game up.

The story is about a group of scientists trying to save an indegionous alien species on the planet Pandora (a pandora's box reference) from a greedy corporation that wants to relocate them so the can mine valuable mineral deposits. The hero goes from spying on them to falling in love with an alien and becoming their leader, I'm cool with a hero's journey but this transition felt a little forced. The dialouge could haved used a bit more polishing, I'm cool with profanity but when it dosent work its a little akward and there were a few akward moments in this film.

At $16.00 per ticket this is a good one time treat intended to be experinced at an IMAX or Dome theater.

Movie Grade B+ because of the visuals but the story is a little hard to digest.