I know I'm late to the Avatar party, having missed the film in 3D at the cinema, but this evidently allowed me to view the film more objectively without all of the fanfare. James Cameron was responsible for two of the biggest and best blockbusters of the 90's in Titanic and Terminator 2, and it is fair to say that Avatar did not disappoint in this regard. The visuals and special effects in the film were brilliant (even in two dimensions), some of the landscapes of the planet Pandora looked photo realistic on Blu Ray.
The story was hardly original, and entirely predictable, but the fusion of sci fi and generic 'outsider' love story was engaging enough to last the two and half hours the film ran for. It would be hard to complain about the acting considering much of the film was conveyed through the blue humanoid Na'vi creatures, however even they displayed a convincing range of emotions compared to the lifeless CGI characters of the past. The character of the Colonel with a chip on his shoulder was tangible to a pantomime villain, however I suppose it worked to the extent that you sympathised with the alien creatures.
Two thumbs up, an entertaining, good film and a great spectacle.
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