Despite inferiority in storytelling, James Cameron's Avatar is worthy of a celebration.

Rating: 7/10 (25 April 2015)

I saw this film at the cinema in 3D when it first came out and while it is more impressive on a technical level rather than as a piece of storytelling, Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking. Avatar is joyously entertaining and energetic and is also a smart combination of the Matrix and Star Wars, with a result that's stylish. Sam Worthington's character is compelling because you can easily care for and sympathize with him through his journey on Pandora. The movie has a surprising soul and is surprisingly sweet too. The pacing is great, the special effects are great, the score is hauntingly powerful and the filmmaking formula in Avatar is smoothly efficient and original. The film successfully manages to absorb you into its own universe. I thought that James Cameron's vision of the future matched the imagination he put into the attractive and totally believable design of the world of Pandora, the animal creatures and the Na'vi, making Pandora a place worth visiting. Talking about that I think that so far of all of the movies I've ever seen in my life I think that Avatar is the film that's the most technically original. Another interesting thing in this movie is the fact that the main character played by Sam Worthington is an ordinary character and is completely new to the moon of Pandora but through an unexpected twist of fate becomes a leader that transforms the world as he unexpectedly switches sides to the good and right side and that's something which made the movie feel bigger, better and more effective. If people asked me what should be the most admired thing in this film I would reply to them that it is its visual effects, design of the creatures, the world of Pandora and the Na'vi and its wonderful use of 3D which fortunately doesn't distract the audience from the central tale. Storytelling should have been the one though. My rating for Avatar: 7.9/10