Waste of Money - Talent - Poor Quality 3D Screening

Rating: 1/10 (21 December 2009)

Attempted to watch this movie in 3D in San Francisco. The first part of the screening was a legitimate fiasco. The audience only saw some double-imaging and couldn't stop talking about the "ghosting'' throughout the film, especially in the background of the live-action sequences. Did some research and it turns out that unlike other technologies, RealD's 3-D process can result in a doubling of image known as "ghosting,'' which in the past has forced the company to create special "ghost-busted'' prints before a film (or file, really) is shipped out to theaters. There are lots of links on "Google" about this and it seems that the San Francisco screening problem is not an isolated incident. It's a global problem in many countries. Since we were unable to see the 3D version we opted to see the 2D version instead. We had to fight to get a partial refund.
The likelihood that the machine projecting "Avatar'' in your neighborhood googolplex is being programmed and run by someone in over his or her head when it comes to new frontiers in exhibition. That means you stand a pretty good chance of seeing that first version of "Avatar'' rather than the second. And guess what? You're paying extra for it, too.
Someone asked me if I liked the movie and I replied: give me 500 Million to design a website and it will look awesome as well. The storyline is thin and all too common, there is not much "real life" acting, there are no great sets and costumes. The whole movie experience is based on super expensive CGI effects and that's all! It seems that James Cameron has left the film making process to a handful of gifted CGI Artists - who did a great job.
I can't understand why some presumably young people (who are used to play video games, such as Avatar) claim on IMDb that this is the "very best movie" they ever saw. They must have never seen other classic movies with life actors, sets and costumes (not to mention a decent script).
It's an "ok" film for its technical achievements only - as long as they work on the screen in 3D - and that's really all. James Cameron could do better. He is wasting his talent - if he ever had one.