the film of the decade

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2009)

my expectations were very high and they were all surpassed by James Cameron's AVATAR. For me this is the film of the decade - and, yeah I know it was the decade of Lord Of The Rings. Still! I won't go into details considering the story - sure it all has been there before and the ending is not that surprising but it is how all these elements are mixed together that is great and the story takes you totally in.
The look is amazing. I'm still just WOW! The world that James Cameron has created in all its detail is probably the most detailed and creatively imagined world in the history of cinema - sorry George Lucas. And it is so beautiful! But what makes AVATAR a big movie is how it touches on so many of today's relevant topics: the destruction of Earth by man (continued on Pandora), the human greed which is always at odds with the longing for wisdom and understanding and, of course, the issue of getting lost in one's avatar - thus the subject of how virtual realities change ourselves, our way of thinking, our values and finally our world.
All this is interwoven into one hell of a big roller-coaster ride which is the more amazing and entertaining when you see it in 3D.