Avatar - Special Edition Movie Reviews

There are people - film critics, indie filmmakers, and audience members -- who are averse to the idea of technology overshadowing the dramatic content of films. I have often found myself in that camp. But I remember being dragged, kicking and screaming, by a friend for a screening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day and being humbled by James Cameron's vision and the thrilling suspenseful chase sequences

And we thought sinking the Titanic was a titan task! Well, this time round, James Cameron chooses to play god and creates a whole new world with such exquisite finesse, aesthete and eye for detail, he almost takes your breath away. In terms of sheer technology, Avatar marks the coming of age of both CGI and 3-D cinema with its art house special effects and its shock and awe treatment.

It took him 12 years (after Titanic)and many dreams to create this technological marvel and the long wait, I must say,was definitely worth it! Cameron kept himself occupied in the intervening years with underwater explorations, lending his name to several other movie productions, while nurturing this baby to completion. His coming back to the helm, as director with Avatar, is definitely a moment worth rejoicing.

Avatar is a movie-watching experience you will not forget for a long time. It may touch a chord with you or not, entertain you or not, satisfy you or not - but it'll definitely leave you spellbound. James Cameron's latest is as many miles away from his last film, the blockbuster Titanic, as Spielberg's Jurassic Park was from Schindler's List. Titanic, which is the biggest grosser of all time, struck an emotional chord with audiences around the world\

With Avatar James Cameron has turned one man's dream of the movies into a trippy joy ride about the end of life our moviegoing life included as we know it. Several decades in the dreaming and more than four years in the actual making, the movie is a song to the natural world that was largely produced with software, an Emersonian exploration of the invisible world of the spirit filled with Cameronian rock 'em, sock 'em pulpy action.

The movie sincerely needs to be reviewed at two levels. One at the technological marvel that it creates, and the other at its sub-par story line, which though decent, brings down the overall film's quality. James Cameron apparently thought of the idea in 1995, but waited all this while for the technology to implement it. His PR machinery has proudly claimed that Avatar will revolutionise cinema-watching forever.

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart,” said William Wordsworth. Thus, without letting our admiration for James Cameron come in the way of our verdict on ‘Avatar’, with a heavy heart, we’ll have to say that we found Cameron’s highly anticipated, expensive motion picture ‘Avatar’ not living up to our expectations. Many who have seen the film have an opinion that since so much time (10 years), effort and sweat has gone into