The revival of the big screen

Rating: 8/10 (17 December 2009)

I don't write a lot of comments. Actually this is my second or third one, and I'm a IMDb member for over six years now. I do however rate a lot of movies and I think I gave two or three movies the best score of 10. Avatar is one of those films. I won't bother telling you about the story or how long Cameron worked on Avatar. You probably all know that.
What I am telling you instead is, how amazing my Avatar experience was. I saw the movie in 3D, so I can't say that it will have the same impact, if you watch it in a regular theater, but I can assure you this movie is not the textbook"style over substance" kind, it's not a movie that only works becauseof it's special effects or the amazing 3D quality. The movie as it is, the storytelling, the characters, the pacing, the way the story unfolds, the balance between action, dialog and character development...everything from the beginning to the credits is TOP NOTCH. It can't get no better than this. Cameron made every other big blockbuster look bad with this one. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, even Peter Jackson have to bow down for the "King of the World of Cinema". I'm 31 now, and I can't recall a single movie-going-experience that blew me away like this. And I'm more the cynical guy, I don't enjoy a lot of things, but this one? Holy shizzl. I came out of the theater with a big grin on my face, totally enchanted by the world I have just lost myself in. The movie is about 160 minutes long and I enjoyed every second of it, I could've done another 160 easily. As the main character witnesses the world of Pandora for the first time, the audience joins him and immerges completely in Camerons world.
When the movie was over and the people took of their 3D glasses, they applauded the screen. I usually hate it when people does that, but I couldn't help it and applauded too. I applaud Jim Cameron for this Picture and I'm glad, that there are filmmakers like him out there, that take their time to create something big, something that gives you back that old feeling of magic, that I started to believe I have lost by becoming older. Yesterday, after I saw Avatar I felt like a little boy again, that witnesses something special. Haven't felt that for a long time. Avatar is a masterpiece and one of the best movies ever made. It's the reason why people go into theaters, it's the reason why I love movies so much.