'just relax and let your mind go blank.....'

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2010)

We All know that Cameron is a genius. The man ha made some consistently fantastic films since 1984. 12 years after the behemoth which was 'Titanic', he gives us Avatar.
It's mixed bag unfortunately, and it's as if Cameron has borrowed from some of his other movies just to get a head start in the story arc.
The obvious movies he has borrowed from are the Abyss and Aliens, with their discovering life/war connotation respectively, and Cameron keeps with the protection of the loved one/parental instinct issues he has used in his movies since 'The Terminator, which is all good stuff, but after all the hype and the trailer, the film is decidedly more 'okay' than awe-inspiring.
the effects may be the best i have seen on screen, and the 3-D really adds a whole new life to the movie. Cameron knows how to make a spectacle, and the last 45 minutes of the movie are probably the most amazing thing you will see on the big screen for a while (and i mean big screen, there are a lot of films with better endings, but for pure spectacle, you have to hand it to Cameron).
the cast are good, Worthington again proves that he could be the next big thing for a while, and the rest of the crew are solid. but the poor film suffers from the hype button being pressed too hard for too long.
i was expecting something that not only would change the ways movies are made (i know thats asking a lot), but would deliver a solid story and character development, with good narration.
all the technical stuff is absolutely spot on, and it will no doubt win awards for effects, editing, sound and so on. but the narration and the script were in desperate need of tweaking.
at times i wondered whether i was watching a film by an egotist gone mad, a work of art, the smurf movie or the most expensive sci-fi ever made.
time will tell.
a good film, but just over-hyped too much.