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Avatar James Cameron
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We all went to the bathroom before the movie started and stayed away from any liquid during the entire show. That was a good plan.
We came out of the theater with different opinions. She shrugged, “It’s OK.” I thought it was just slightly shy of Star Trek, the best movie of 2009.
James Cameron pushed computer animation to a new level. The visual effects would be worth a ticket or two already. The facial expressions, sceneries, animals, plants, integration of real and animinated characters were all perfectly done. In fact, I felt Jack Sully was dull as a real character than his avatar.
The plot was quite simple and not something to linger over. The conflict was simplistic. The villain was thinly developed and stereotyped. So was the “suit” character; of course he has to be shallow, but not flat.
Pandora was magical. It is really the the main character: the mysteryy gradually unveiled, relationships developed, and the main characters impossibly trapped, torn, and changed. The flying scene was a cool moment. It reminded me a famous Kung Fu fiction in which the main characters rode a pair of large birds together. The bonding was so nicely magical.
A computer graphicist commented that in a couple of years, the effects will wear off and people will realize it is just a so-so movie. Guess there is no point arguing a prediction, since time will have the final say. I think you will enjoy it no matter what. Just go to the bathroom before it starts.