Cameron Changes Cinema

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2009)

Cameron has never failed to engage me, his remarkable track record confirms his singular talent for capturing spectacle, creating memorable characters that warrant emotional investment and building new foundations upon the industry to advance the cinema experience and lure people into those bare, empty cinema screenings. His absence has been felt for his long departure in film making to pursue the technology needed to realise his latest project.
Avatar is the best film to grace celluloid this year, the shear courage to make such a film deserves recognition, daring not to create a film we have seen before. Cameron plunges the audience with haste into a new realm of possibilities, it is truly a trip to another world, the characters have depth, the scenery dreamlike, and the script fierce and full of memorable lines. The story is coherent and slick, the computer generated characters are remarkable to behold, the way the film is shot is powerful and bold.
The actors grace the film with steely perfection, noted are the brilliant performances by Zoe Saldana and Stephen Lang who steal every scene they are in. The climax is classic Cameron, capturing the singular essences of the films structure and combining them into one insane piece of cinema.
Avatar may well be the film we have been dreaming about, the shear depth and realisation of dreamlike imagery is on display here. Cameron has given us an insight into his dreams, this film will blow your mind.