Avatar Review

Well I'm trying to think of the words I should use to describe this master piece. Well here I'll give it a try.

AVATAR is an enormously entertaining piece of screen spectacle that goes a long way toward redeeming the somewhat debased concept of a Hollywood blockbuster: It is epic in scale and lavish in production, filled with qualities that can only be purchased with a shit load of money, and yet it never feels like a hollow money pit. It is loaded conventional commercial elements guaranteed to sell tickets worldwide, yet it does not feel ”targeted” in the sense of simply throwing in a sop here or there to a particular demographic, regardless of whether it improves the film as a whole. Its scenario is built around familiar and easily accessible storytelling tropes, yet the film never feels dumbed-down or calculated. And though there may be merchandising tie-ins (including a videogame), AVATAR feels like a self-contained entity with its own internal integrity, not a two-hour-plus commercial.

"Avatar" combines an adventure tale worthy of Edgar Rice Burroughs' deepest jungles with cool science-fiction technology and a meaningful story about forcing indigenous people from their lands.

If you read that as "Tarzan" meets "Aliens" meets "Dances With Wolves," that's the picture to have in your mind. Then let your mind go once you put on the 3-D glasses.

(but I did not watch the film in 3-D)

Well, Director James Cameron has once again reminded us why we go to the movies and why screens the size of the stories-tall IMAX are still necessary: They can be filled with wonders we've never seen before.

I give a 4.5, its that fucking good. So if you're going to go waste your money at the movies you best go see AVATAR its worth the money.

Thanks for reading

-Lucas