Movie-going will never be the same again !!!

Rating: 9/10 (20 December 2009)

-----------------Every once in a while there comes a time when the bar is raised, when there is.. a turning point, a pathbreaker. It happened with Ben-Hur, it happened with Titanic... it is time again for the moviegoer to be dazzled into something new. I agree to what someone said post watching its premiere "its going to be very tough to see a normal movie again!"
-----------------Avatar is a simple story (man looking to snatch something he wants from a different planet, different people) with ordinary performances (Sam worthington-terminator salvation, Sigourney Weaver-Aliens, among others).
-----------------What is far from ordinary is the "experience". Go watch it in 3-D, because no amount of reviews, critics, trailers, videos can do justice to this masterpiece of creation. To create the world of Pandora in its dazzling colors, the detailing in the creatures, flora and fauna, all are to be seen to be believed.
----------------- The training of Sam's Avatar, the emotions within the people for their environment, the so-obvious satire at the American way of if-you-want-it-snatch-it attitude, the massive war sequences, are all testimony to James Cameron's vision and his team's talent.
----------------- You will generally see great movies where your well- wishers will be able to explain to you what is good about it. Rarely comes a movie where explaining what is good about it becomes very tough.
----------------- Like I said, see it to believe it.
----------------- Also, while it may be hard to go with zero expectations after reading all its reviews, please try to do that...for that is one way to taste what this movie is all about. And if you had a crowd in the hall like I did, join them by giving it a standing ovation !