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Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) cautions fellow Na’vi warrior Jake (Sam Worthington) in James Cameron’s daring adventure “Avatar.” |
James Cameron’s science-fiction adventure “Avatar” runs for an insanely long two hours and 43 minutes, yet, there’s not a single slack moment in it.
This feature has been edited down to the narrative nubs.
That’s not all.
“Avatar” is also a visually dense 3-D feast stuffed with lots and lots of stuff, and then more stuff. It throws so many elements into a scene that it’s impossible to observe and absorb all the fascinating touches and intricate details in a single viewing.
Ever since Cameron announced his $300 million production of “Avatar” – based on an idea he reportedly developed 15 years ago – the movie world has been waiting with cautious hope that it would be a worthy follow-up to his last critical and commercial smash, 1997’s “Titanic.”
It certainly is, And then some.
“Avatar” is an action film, an intergalactic Romeo & Juliet romance, a pro-Green Movement movie and a fiercely anti-imperialistic essay all wrapped into a state-of-the-art special effects experience. It contains its own original alien language, too.
Cameron’s bold and risky venture represents a historic achievement in movie animation. (Read more…)