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Lenny Manzo - wrote on 01/02/10
What do you look for in your movie experience? That is the question you must ask yourself before seeing a film like Avatar. Some people only like the frosting on the cake; they don’t care for the whole piece as long as it is covered with sprinkles.
Sprinkles are what Avatar has and plenty of it. It is a masterpiece of special fx and cinematography. The movie is at the forefront of technology. And if things keep going in this direction I may eventually start to care about 3D in another 20 years. This little gimmick changes the event from a movie to a mediocre carnival ride.
If you want a 3D experience why not try something called life. You could walk and talk and do it all in real time. The sights and smells are there everyday for your enjoyment, everything is interactive and it doesn’t cost an extra 3 bucks a ticket.
Outside of the bell and whistle fest the plot is thin. It’s Dances with Wolves in outer space. Outsider falls for the locals, leads revolution against the oil company, which is actually a mineral company, with the mother load on the sacred indigenous ground. I have no problem with the classic tale of good versus evil. It just needs to be told better.
I saw this film because of the ground breaking technology and the attraction it is to pop culture. It is rare to find an epic film that can do action and weave a dramatic story line well. Avatar is not one of them. So, go if you must, wear the rose colored glasses, enjoy the make-up, the hot alien chick, and the bombs bursting in air, but if the word plot means anything to you at all, you may want to reconsider.
