Watch Avatar again!

Rating: 2/10 (2 April 2010)

I went to see Clash of the Titans today with eager anticipation and was looking forward to a visual delight, after having seen Avatar over the Christmas break. All I can say in one word is: "Bullsh..!" If I had known the film was a mere 2D conversion, I'm sure I would have foregone this film, opting instead to watch Avatar a second time which I think, in hindsight, would have been wiser.
The film is flawed in so many ways, not least because of its underwhelming visual appeal, its lack of '3Dness' but also because the story is just as flat as the visuals. The characters are disappointing, not given enough time to develop and the plot inevitable and obvious. But the storyline misgivings could have been forgiven if the film delivered what it was supposed to deliver – a grandiose, an extravagant ocular 3D delight that it was supposed to provide. Instead it crashes meteorically and deserves to be relegated to a second rate 'B' flick.
Perhaps 'Avatar' has raised the bar far too high for ordinary films to satisfy a significantly cleverer film-going population. We've seen the delights that a 'properly' constructed movie from the hands of James Cameron can bring to cinema and we won't stand for being treated like imbeciles – 2D to 3D conversion my curry-burning ass! I think I'll wait another ten years when James Cameron decides to make Avatar 2 – until then I think I'll fore-go any more '3D' movies and save the money to buy the blue-ray of Avatar when it comes out.