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16 Dec 2009

Avatar

Sam Worthington is back as an action hero in James Cameron's Avatar!

Director: James Cameron

Language: English

Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi

Release Date: 17 December 2009

Rating: PG - Battle Scenes

In his day, no one thought much of JS Bach. His tunes were all right, but was regarded as somewhat boring because as a composer, he ignored new trends and fashions, sticking to working and improving on increasingly outdated musical forms. That’s not to say he wasn’t an innovative musician – Bach experimented with various temperaments and wrote for new instruments like the fortepiano. It’s just that the music he wrote was so old school.

Now, James Cameron’s Avatar brings to mind this vision of Bach. Watching Cameron’s first movie in 12 years, two things will make an immediate impression on you. First, the CGI is very impressive, and the alien world is an immersive, almost total experience if you watch it in 3D. The 3D is not a gimmick at all, but a prerequisite to experience Cameron’s alien world, with its flora, fauna, and wildlife. 12 years is a long time to make a movie, but it’s just about the right time to invent and develop several new film technologies from scratch – which is precisely what Cameron has done, with the equivalent of a GDP of a mid-sized country.

Second, the story basically boils down to a single idea: blue-skinned Native Americans in space. It’s a very familiar tale that you’ve seen before several times in the past 12 years or so: The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, The Mission, The New World, Pocahontas. Aside from the science fiction setting, almost everything happens just as you’d expect: young soldier from a colonial power stumbles upon savage tribe, finds out they’re very noble and peaceful people, falls in love with their loveliest maiden, and fights for them against the colonials. Judging by how all these films came out since Cameron’s first conceptualisation of Avatar, 12 years may have been a little too long – we all know how most of the story is going to play out, really. Perhaps the point is that now we get to watch it all in 3D, on an alien world...

This is not to say that Avatar isn’t one of the best science fiction movies of the year. Despite the datedness of his story, Cameron has not lost his sense of drama, timing, or storytelling. Not telling a story for 12 years does have an interesting effect, though: Cameron is at his most activist stage of his film oevre here, making far more blatant criticisms on colonialism, war, and the military-industrial complex than say in Aliens. He’s also at his most liberal and idealistic as well, turning Avatar into a wish fulfilment fantasy on the history of colonialism and environmentalism, fashioning outcomes far more likely than actual history.

Most certainly, there should be a sequel to Avatar. When that happens, I hope that Cameron gives us something completely new on the story front, now that he’s proven to us that he can tell an old story with his technologies.

讀者回應

1. 2009-12-18 18:27  
This movie is spectacular! Be sure to attend the 3D version! Not to be missed!
2. 2009-12-19 00:13  
looking forward to IMAX3D
3. 2009-12-19 01:44  
watching AVATAR in 3D is FUCKIN' AWESOME!!!
highly recommended.
the best movie i've ever seen in this year!!
4. 2009-12-20 21:11  
Don't waste your time with normal 3D.
If 3D, go for IMAX!
If not, normal version is still cool.

5 times in the cinema at least for me.
10 out of 10, 5 stars, two thumbs up!
Whatever I can give.
5. 2009-12-21 23:52  
A TOTAL MIRACLE!

The best movie I watched in the past 3 years!

Not to be missed!
6. 2009-12-22 00:02  
umm.. superb movie. Worth it to see in 3D. Besides, Sam Worthington is hot..
7. 2009-12-22 21:45  
Fucking awesome!!!!
8. 2009-12-22 23:57  
it's so awesome........
9. 2009-12-23 08:11  
the best movie of the year
10. 2009-12-23 10:55  
Sam Worthington looks like a guy who I have a crush on but who isn't interested in me. So I felt heart breaking when I was watching this movie. Good movie though.
11. 2009-12-23 19:20  
Just an awesome movie - Don't miss it in 3D!
12. 2009-12-27 00:44  
Very good movie ,
yet normal version is already good enough
3D version made me feel dizzy.
13. 2009-12-27 22:45  
Avatar was nothing short of brilliant. I'm the kind of guy who gets extremely cynical over movies that are overly hyped or are dependent on special effects, but I could not find anything to fault about this movie whatsoever. The storytelling, the highly relatable characters, the flawless CGI, all excellent. I was so completely absorbed in the experience that by the time this 3 hour long movie finished, it felt like only an hour had passed.
回應#14於於2009-12-30 17:22被作者刪除。
15. 2009-12-31 07:20  
I think IMAX 3D is better than just 3D, cos the screen is much bigger and the characters look more realistic, it's an excellent film anyway, take my words for it.
16. 2010-01-08 08:06  
Great CGI. Even if you did not like the story plot, the visual/aural effects are already a feast for the eyes and ears.

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