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Disregard all the skepticism and doubts in poise abundantly for God knows what reasons, they are simply redundantly unjustified. Note that you'll find yourself very much short-changed this Christmas should you choose to miss this for any reason (You really shouldn't have any since you can catch this with anybody ranging from family and loved ones to friends and associates). A visual spectacular that serves to reward ticket-holders of this film to a brand new world that can only be envisioned by the wildest imaginations. It is fantasy narration genre that inculcates specific virtues such as the appreciation of nature and the respect for life and cultural differences that is downright public beneficiary as a message instilled by Director James Cameron. The main highlight of this film is also in the 3D rendition that showcases this year's motion picture technological breakthrough that has garnered a massive hyper buzz evident in the latest coffee conversations. 3D is the sole optimum manner to unravel for yourself the greatness this film has achieved, there's no shortcut I'm afraid.
Believe it, or not. An all new world awaits.
And that imaginary world that has captivated several movie-goers' hearts is Pandora, a planet that is light years away from Earth. She houses a native race Na'vi (yes, the blue species with big golden bright eyes that I've overheard several expressing their skepticism for it), who shows respect and care for life and everything green as their fundamental cultural philosophy. Human race's interest in Pandora is inevitably, an expensive source of energy that is in abundance (How true it reflects on today's world) on the planet, and the Na'vi's homeland happens to be sitting on the richest source of that specific energy. Boasting a diplomatic strategy, they attempt to gain the trust of the Na'vi and convince them to relocate their stronghold elsewhere by means of the Avatar Program, where DNA genetically reconstructed hybrid bodies that are able to adapt to Pandora's toxic atmosphere are controlled by trained human beings who infiltrate as one of the natives.
Believe it or not, James Cameron handled this epic pretty remarkably in almost all aspects with elements of romance, action, kinship/friendship and adventure in one single film. With a focus on narration and character development in the first two thirds of the film, the final third shifts gear to full power action like most other modern epic cinematic works of recent. However, during the battles I find myself emotionally concerned about the characters' well-being and their dodgery struggle against the ferociously relentless bullets pelted by their enemies. This is clearly the product of excellent character development with well-invested narration screen time. Aided by the flowing vividness displayed by the CGI characters, the technological advantage should be applauded for presenting us with believable virtual characters on screen who interact with us in conviction. A lady with seniority who sat in front of me wept for the CGI characters who made sacrificial acts during the grand strife, what more can be said?
Decorated with a wonderful soundtrack, fantastic visual effects and "out of this world" imagery, the main deal of this film is actually in its 3D rendition where it capitalized on 3D cinema to create a stronger grasp of reality where we are confused by the 3D vision we couldn't actually differentiate reality from virtual reality many a times. Just for this film, the 3D enhancement actually complemented the film as a whole to enable it to achieve a whole new level of cinematic greatness instead of just deployed for pure entertainment (although the 3D journey did provide a massive degree of entertainment, I must admit). Avatar gains my vote for the best 3D film, thus far.
Hidden away for nearly 20 years, the script that Cameron wrote a couple of decades ago has finally seen the limelight with great rave. He has successfully spoilt us this Christmas and it's arguably his best gift of Christmas to film lovers and cinema goers. The man who blessed us with The Terminator, Alien, Titanic and this year, Avatar. He really knows how to practice the sharing spirit of Christmas by giving, giving and giving us his Ts & As (Notice how most of his films begin with either T or A).
Do visually indulge yourself this Christmas with Avatar 3D this week, you will not regret parting cash for a ticket. Take my word.
Merry Christmas!
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