Movie Review
Movies that are known more for the technique implemented in making them, rather than the actual content that is supposed to drive them, are relatively hard to come by.
James Cameron's Avatar is one such film. You can either bash it because of its total disregard for anything resembling sincere emotion and dramatic originality (Indeed, this may be a very accurate description of the film)
or you can forget the "definition" of film and let technologically rendered visuals do the talking.
To me, Avatar, however nonsensical, was still an engaging piece of art, a thrilling experience that has to be 'lived through' in order to understand the beauty that it boasts of. The 146-minute saga is the ostensibly most visually astounding film ever produced in the history of cinema, featuring colours, shapes and forms in an entirely imaginary world, that boggle the mind. Through the entire runtime of the film, you are forced to leave your own world and roam on the lush lands of Pandora. All this provided you see the film in an IMAX 3D theatre. The visuals are so-so in ordinary theatres.
In short, a visual extravaganza that loses its meaning when projected on anything smaller than a ten-foot screen.
Again, the dialogue and characters are lame and weak,and the story is far from original, not to mention the n number of cliches that plague the film. Is that a forgivable blunder in an otherwise mesmerizing experience? You decide.
James Cameron's Avatar is one such film. You can either bash it because of its total disregard for anything resembling sincere emotion and dramatic originality (Indeed, this may be a very accurate description of the film)
or you can forget the "definition" of film and let technologically rendered visuals do the talking.
To me, Avatar, however nonsensical, was still an engaging piece of art, a thrilling experience that has to be 'lived through' in order to understand the beauty that it boasts of. The 146-minute saga is the ostensibly most visually astounding film ever produced in the history of cinema, featuring colours, shapes and forms in an entirely imaginary world, that boggle the mind. Through the entire runtime of the film, you are forced to leave your own world and roam on the lush lands of Pandora. All this provided you see the film in an IMAX 3D theatre. The visuals are so-so in ordinary theatres.
In short, a visual extravaganza that loses its meaning when projected on anything smaller than a ten-foot screen.
Again, the dialogue and characters are lame and weak,and the story is far from original, not to mention the n number of cliches that plague the film. Is that a forgivable blunder in an otherwise mesmerizing experience? You decide.
