Epic

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2009)

Going into this film I personally had a great amount of optimism surrounding what I was going to see. Fortunately those expectations were justified, Avatar was as exciting as it was spectacular due to outstanding effects. It may have been the 3-D element that was the springboard for this but I was never bored by what was being out on screen. Sometimes an onslaught of special effects can end up becoming a bore and I question what on earth is going on. The end of the Transformers sequel springs to mind when I think of this.
Avatar mixed the brilliant effects with a relatively interesting storyline that held my attention and didn't bring up too much explaining. It drew upon a concept and sort of modernised it making it a good spectacle. A mass of explanations would have been enormously frustrating but gladly this doesn't prove to be the case.
To summarise though Avatar is massively enjoyable and a brilliant spectacle for the modern cinema-goer.