Post by Ahmaya Megil on Jan 17, 2010 10:23:21 GMT -5
So you’ve heard that Avatar is predictable. You’ve heard that it is a story that’s been told before. True – in a sense. How many times have you seen the ‘fish out of water’ story? How many times have you seen the boy meets girl story? Or the cop solves the murder mystery tale? The answer is many times. So why do they keep making them? Why do we keep watching them? The answer is simple… because they still work. The formula for a movie isn’t what makes it succeed or fail. The true challenge is to tell the story in such a way as to make the audience care. In a sad love story that we know will end tragically we still cry at the end if we have come to care about the characters involved. James Cameron made me care what happened to the 10 foot tall, blue aliens of Pandora.
Avatar was an astounding look into an alien world. Visually (most especially in 3D) it is unrivaled in movie history. Technologically it will, without question, change the look of movies forever. But being one that has trouble being still for long periods of time, even if all this is true (and it is), it wouldn’t be enough to carry me nearly three hours into a movie without complaint. Avatar did. When it ended, as satisfying as the ending was, I still found myself hungry to know more about Pandora, the characters, and their fate.
I have been to see this movie three times. Next week will be the fourth. If you haven’t gone yet? Go! But make sure you see it as it was intended to be seen – in 3D. There is nothing flying at you to make you jump in your seat. The days of annoying, paper, red and green 3D glasses are gone. All the 3D aspect of the movie does is to pull you in and give you a deeper sense of being witness to an incredible story.
So there you have it. That’s my review but for one negative note that I have reserved for Avatar’s creator personally…
Damn you Mr. Cameron for the plummeting and painful crash back to reality when the lights came up.
See you in the theater.
Avatar was an astounding look into an alien world. Visually (most especially in 3D) it is unrivaled in movie history. Technologically it will, without question, change the look of movies forever. But being one that has trouble being still for long periods of time, even if all this is true (and it is), it wouldn’t be enough to carry me nearly three hours into a movie without complaint. Avatar did. When it ended, as satisfying as the ending was, I still found myself hungry to know more about Pandora, the characters, and their fate.
I have been to see this movie three times. Next week will be the fourth. If you haven’t gone yet? Go! But make sure you see it as it was intended to be seen – in 3D. There is nothing flying at you to make you jump in your seat. The days of annoying, paper, red and green 3D glasses are gone. All the 3D aspect of the movie does is to pull you in and give you a deeper sense of being witness to an incredible story.
So there you have it. That’s my review but for one negative note that I have reserved for Avatar’s creator personally…
Damn you Mr. Cameron for the plummeting and painful crash back to reality when the lights came up.
See you in the theater.