Went to Orlando last night to visit pal Adrian and his best bud to fulfill Adrian's invite to see the midnight 3D IMAX premiere release of Avatar.
My review: O MY GOD!!!
Lots of people are going to gush over this visual masterpiece and they will not be able to express in their most purple phrases 10% of the sheer depth of archetypal beauty through which this film invades the human consciousness. This is not a must see film, this is a you WILL see. This isn't just a movie, it's a genuine life experience.
The plot is familiar: Outsider joins tribe and helps them fight against the outsiders invasive people. But its done well and given a few new new twists. For every moment of what could be considered trite or cliche, another moment of unparalleled and unique beauty washes over the viewer. In terms of actions and drive this film is relentless but somehow not exhausting. The viewer never feels anything but a desire to see and experience more of the exquisite dreamscape. Its a quite lengthy movie but that is never noticed at all. Not many movies get audience applause at the end. This one did and it deserved it in spades.
This is the first time that the invention and use of 3D has found its real purpose; immersion, never being used during the course of the film merely as a gimmick. New film making ground has been broken here and technological awards are certain to follow.
One complaint: almost 3 hrs of IMAX 3D left my eyes raw and blurry (like that you get from staring at a computer screen for 12 hrs straight) for about 30 minutes afterwords...it was still more than worth it.
Thank you, Adrian!
p.s. A perfectly descriptive critical snippet of the film from the NY Times critic A.O. Scott:
Few films return us to the lost world of our first cinematic experiences, to that magical moment when movies really were bigger than life (instead of iPhone size), if only because we were children. Movies rarely carry us away, few even try. They entertain and instruct and sometimes enlighten. Some attempt to overwhelm us, but their efforts are usually a matter of volume. What's often missing is awe, something Mr. Cameron has, after an absence from Hollywood, returned to the screen with a vengeance. He hasn't changed cinema, but with blue people and pink blooms he has confirmed its wonder.
Update:
(Entertainment Weekly) -- After months of breathless buzz, speculation, and doubt, James Cameron's "Avatar" finally arrived in movie theaters nationwide, and its box office prognosis definitely isn't blue.
The 3-D sci-fi epic landed at number one with an estimated $73 million, according to Hollywood.com Box Office.
The number is certainly on the lower end of expectations for the long-anticipated film, but considering that much of the east coast was buried under record snowfall for most of the weekend, it remains an unambiguously solid opening -- the best 3-D debut ever and the second-best December debut behind "I Am Legend."
Also unambiguous: The film's rock-solid "A" CinemaScore rating, which, along with the raves currently streaming across Twitter and inundating message boards, suggests it will grow long legs at the box office well into the new year. (It's no wonder that IMAX screenings of the film reportedly sold-out every single seat.) Worldwide, the picture's already banked an estimated $232.2 million.
You're welcome dude, glad to have you there! Everyone else I've talked to who has seen it has loved it as well.
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this is my funny.
my english is not good. for its i cant write good. i want to use this text in my website can i use? oyun indir if you give permisson me i will happy.
Again thank you
regards
Yes..no problem.