AVATAR: An IMAX 3-D Experience

AVATAR: An IMAX 3-D Experience

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Avatar is the grandest movie-going experience of the decade! It has certainly paved the way for new technology (created by Director/Writer James Cameron himself) and is a thoroughly enjoyable experience. I suppose this is how audiences felt over 3 decades ago when Star Wars blasted a hole in cinema history, now its Avatar’s turn.

Commentary by Philip Croyle

The story is set on a distant planet called ‘Pandora’ which is inhabited by 12 ft tall creatures called The Na’Vi. At night, their planet illuminates like a neon dream which in 3-D is absolutely beautiful to behold. Sam Worthington plays Jake, a marine who is a paraplegic that makes a deal to have his body transferred into that of one of the natives, this process is called being an ‘Avatar’. As tensions rise, Jake must make the decision of duty or true freedom that will change everything.

Avatar cannot be explained with words, it’s a film that must be felt heard and seen in the way it was intended. The 3-D adds to the movie going experience rather than just making it a gimmick and the special effects are truly spectacular, also adding to the story instead of detracting the audience from it. There is one scene where Jake must learn to fly a creature in order to truly become one of the Na’Vi, this scene alone is worth the price of admission. There is a true freedom in using the special effects that in most films would have hindered it.

This is one of the year’s best films and proves that James Cameron is not only a director but a revolutionist