Best Experience of the Decade

Rating: 10/10 (23 July 2010)

As a film, you might dislike Avatar. As an experience, it's the best of the decade. Cameron had a lot to live up to as people placed Avatar alongside Titanic, Terminator 2, and Aliens years before Avatar was released. "He delivered" is a huge understatement. The film looks gorgeous. This is due to the technology, but even more to the outstanding CGI work and Cameron's direction of every scene. The suddle 3D creates a more lively world of Pandora. The creatures, the Avatars and the 2154 gadgets are highly imaginative. It is impressive how Cameron was able to humanize these tall bluish creatures and makes the viewers feel anguish as terribly sad events happen them. My legs had a mind of their own at times during Avatar's exhilarating action scenes. What absolutely blew me away however are the affectionate romance scenes between Jake and Neytiri. Neytiri is an outstanding female warrior character that will stick in the minds of many. Her heart and love for her tribe sometimes makes her uncontrollably emotional and those scenes in Avatar are particularly spectacular. What Avatar lacked in a simplistic plot was filled by passionate scenes throughout, similarities of problems seen in today's society and the depiction of those problems seen through Avatar. Avatar's innovation is equivalent to how Psycho/Star Wars/Matrix/Lord of the Rings changed cinema. Cameron not only created a revolutionary experience that should not be missed, but also created a new culture, language, customs and race. Avatar will be remembered as the film that created the experience.