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Want to see what a quarter-of-a-billion-dollars looks like? The King-of-the-World has created a new domain to rule.
One of the most successful director's of our time, he is responsible for blockbusters like Terminator, Titanic and Aquaman his newest conquest takes place years in the future with a group of natives in the way of a precious mineral. Many have declared that Cameron's new world seen in Avatar will revolutionize the way movies are made. And at first look the movie definitely has the qualities to revolutionize Hollywood.
This first half of this movie is made to be seen on IMAX with beautiful landscapes and wonderful colors, the screen lights up. Creating such a wonderfully vivid world with creative inhabitants is definitely what Cameron gets off to and what comes out is a beautiful explosion of florescent color or at least thats how i imagine it.
Cameron wants us to connect with the environment around him and has nothing but money to burn so he spends most of the first act exploring it. And while visually stunning it takes a while to progress to any kind of story.
The story is certainly nothing special with blatant references to recent American wars and environmental issues. The story is your typical cowboy and Indian plot line that takes place in the year 2154.
The characters are also rather simplistic, not that there is anything wrong with that. It allows the audience to easily connect to the lead character Jake Sully as he decides which side is really worth fighting for. Colonel Miles Quartich played by Stephen Lang is also rather simplistic and formulaic. But that doesn't make him any less fun to watch as his character doesn't have time to feel pain he has asses to kick and inhabitants to displace. Then there is Sigourney Weaver who more or less reprises her role as Dr. Ellen Ripley.
The end battle in the movie is epic with explosions everywhere. Its everything you were waiting for and its all done right.
Many of the theaters show the movie in 3D as well as 2D. And while normally I hate this type of production Cameron never breaks the fourth wall in a way to shock the audience as most movies which use this technique do. The use of 3D is there merely to enhance the scenery.
This movie is revolutionary and visually it has set the bar for generations to come. Hollywood will only benefit from its creation, but the story has been done better before and without quite the price tag. B