Viewed: AVATAR

Cameron comes back with 3-D and creates another world and tells a simple story in an extremely captivating way.

It definitely helps when you watch new faces in a new world, never seen before. The experience is absolutely fresh and being strong in his story-telling skills, he doesn't miss out much.

It's a story of a restless soul with a good heart finding love in a new world of Pandora, where he is supposed to convince the species to vacate the land so man can plunder the treasure of an element. As he finds love he realizes the folly of man and takes on his own men in order for Pandora people to live in their world.

So you have an evil antaognist - an army guy who shall go to any length to kill. You have an angel (Sigourny Weaver) to help the protagonist gain wisdom to face the enemy. And...you have the journey of a 'hero'...who takes the call to adventure and as he takes on the battle he enters a new world.

However, the story seems too simplistic and characters one-dimensional. One would have hoped to see more on the storytelling level, especially when it's such an original piece in terms of filmmaking. We live in a more complex world; there is a lot of 'gray' within the band of black and white. If only it was paid more respect this film would have been quite complete.

This is an action-packed film, taking you into a totally new kind of movie making experience. It's not the normal 3-D when things come to you at times, but...where you are part of the world and go along with the hero on his journey.


Rating ***1/2
[Max Rating ****]


[Viewed at Fun with Guru, Moorthy, Natasha, Kranti and their friends on 22nd Dec, 09]