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What an incredible movie-going year! I have commented here on the best movies I’ve watched lately. The truth is that after Inglourious Basterds , I thought there wouldn’t be a better movie in a while (see my post on Inglourious Basterds). Avatar may be the one that proved me wrong. I admit I didn’t feel like clapping at the end of this movie, although everyone was clapping. Inglourious Basterds still gets the credit for that. However, this is a movie filled with beauty, so incredible, that you can forget the fact that a lot of it is computer generated. It will fill you with joy and awe, and just then it will make your heart ache as you get into the climatic ending.
Avatar Movie Poster
As usual, these comments won’t have any spoilers, so you can be assured I won’t ruin the movie for you, and we will start by the trailer. For this movie in particular, is one that doesn’t tell much about it. It just prepares you for a science fiction feast and special effects extravaganza written and directed by James Cameron, the director of Titanic. The trailer omits to say he is also the director of Aliens (the second one), The Abyss and the first two Terminators, which seem to be closer than Titanic to the images you are about to see. Watch the trailer for Avatar below.
To be fair, since the trailer wasn’t saying much, I wasn’t sure if I should expect this movie to be good. It turned out it is incredible! To begin with, the world it is set in, which you can see in the trailer, grows with the movie and becomes convincing and coherent. It certainly helps to have a group of scientific and ethnographic advisors, as you will see if you pay attention to the credits (before you get to the talented army of special effects artists). The native, language, plants, animals, landscape, music, and many other tiny details fit together to make it a believable world.
The plot immerses you into this world, allowing you to learn a lot about this particular world, alongside it’s main character. If you attempt to guess what comes next, perhaps you will be able to get it sometimes, since the writing is well structured and relevant through out. But don’t try to do this. Instead, let go to it, and don’t try to beat it. You will find yourself in one of the most outstanding emotional experiences in movies.
There are no warnings for this movie, besides it is a science fiction one. If you don’t like the genre, you should still watch it. It is likely you will forget you are watching a make-believe world, and enjoy a story that tells a lot about our own history. In case you aren’t convinced yet, I can tell you today, three days after opening, this movie is ranked 25 in IMDB’s top 250 movies of all time (Inglourious Basterds is 67). It is an amazing movie that I want to watch again… next week!
Have you watched it? Let me know if you agree or disagree… but please, don’t spoil it for others!
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