I know as soon as this hits the eithers, I'll be inundated with emails on how I missed the point on Avatar. Let me start by saying that I absolutely loved the movie. This is probably the first real shot at making 3D more main stream. The visual impact is stunning.
I loved how the movie brings together escoteric concepts like the Gia hypothesis = Eywa, neural networks, singularity and social organism. The CGI, 3D composition and the seamless way the frames moved between the real and the animated is worth an Oscar.
I don't think the movie will be applauded for its story though. The plot is weak. Only after a few minutes into the movie one is broadly aware of the way the story will unfold. The mythology was sparse too. The movie could have used some background themes on how the planet came to be the way it did or a bit of history on the indigenous people. The music is ok. Not too impressed by the chants and the theme song.
After a while the neon blue and neon pink started to get to me. Kept feeling I was watching Cameron's interpretations of his psychedelic dreams.
I am sure there will be an Avatar 2. I hope its a prequal or a sequal that gives enough time to the mythological angles. Will I watch it again? Absalutly. Why? beacuse this is probaly one o those movies that wgets recognized as a watershead moment in the history of movie making.
