Lond but holes

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2010)

A far fetched concept of another world existing sometime in the future with giant human-like beings with tails that live in a magical forest under Machiavellian attack from, you guessed it, humans. Humans infiltrate this world through some kind of transformation device that turns humans into their image. Quite a silly concept, but in the hands of James Cameron a visual delight. 3D adds to the ocular sensation and the fast pace carries the plot, a love story, to it's conclusion. Mostly strong performances by the principles except for the character of Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang). Lang tries so hard to be tough his character is paper thin. It stands out like a cartoon character to the point you have to wonder; How did he get cast? A stronger actor in this pivotal role would have made it more engrossing. How did Cameron miss that? But as a master of detail and pace it still is a worthy blockbuster.