I love Pandorra

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2009)

Finally Avatar has arrived.I was one of the thousands who bought tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.Yes the movie was great.Very nice story,excellent graphics and a nice message too.
However,Avatar too has some not-so-nice-things to list.Cameron has largely depended on the technology used and graphics to make the movie work.In fact the story seems to be tailor-made to exploit the groundbreaking technology.But to me the graphics just seemed to be similar to other sci-fi movies such as star trek,star wars(revenge of the sith) and lotr.In fact i enjoyed Star Trek(2009) more because i went to star trek with no hype and JJ Abrams was no Cameron to build much hype.
secondly for most parts the movie was just like a first-person-shooter game centering the lead avatar.The occasional zooming in effects reminded me games such as Crysis and Call-of-duty but the effects were nice.and the movie was mostly predictable with the good guys winning at the climax.The build up to the conflict and the hero's rise were all clichéd.
Pandorra was definitely worth a visit and its spectacular lifeforms are mind-blowing but James Cameron definitely could have thought better for this 12 years wait.his earlier movies such as Titanic,Terminator 2 and alien were much much better.They were more engrossing,thrilling and original.Cameron could have jut a made a movie with real people i the real world.Doubt this movie can justify his portfolio.
Apart from the bad thing Avatar definitely has its share of commendable stuff.As per most reviews the soundtrack of this movie was wonderful and i am going to watch this movie again just for that.But this time in 2d as found the 3d distracting.The emotional scenes between neytiri and jake sully's avatar were nice.James Cameron is a master in writing romantic scenes.
Avatar is worth the watch but its just another sci-fi movie and its definitely not going to dethrone Titanic.Lets see how Tin Tin(Spielberg) and Inception(Christopher Nolan) fare in 2010