So, in other words, it's geared towards the 20 year old idealogist...
Err... 50 year old... guilty as charged...
I have OCD re certain movies... when I was off sick (man-flu... as bad as it gets...) pre hols so I watched Bladerunner 4 times in a row (all "primary" versions from the 25th anniv. box set) - seen the film a few hundred times. This is the film I have seen the most times... some just hit a nerve, and the bur sticks... "The Shipping News" is another, "Finding Nemo", "Sunshine", "Stardust", "Matrix", Lilo & Stitch", "Bourne" trilogy, "Contact"... there isn't a common thread...
AVATAR hits the nerve...
I like Cameron as a director (not as much as R Scott) but did not like his sci-fi style in Terminator, nor the way he transfered it to Aliens (not to say this detracted from the story) - I do like Titanic - family link - one that didn't get lucky - crew, so I was told by my mother...
AVATAR... saw it last Tuesday, 3D, of course... taking Jackie & Roshina next Tuesday (cheap-seats day at our local multi) ...
There are some deliberate "let's show what the technology can do" (golf) type scenes, but so much of it is just... so... jaw... dropping... Yes, the story does imbue more than just a hint of "spiritualism", and American Indigenous Peoples influences, etc. but it works for me... it is going to split opinions (love-it-hate-it-don't-get-it) but it deserves to be seen by anyone who enjoys cinema...
Gonna have a problem with it on the "small screen" though... just so meant for the BIG SCREEEEEEEN...
I suspect it is going to be one of those films where people can say, "I saw it on the big screen" and people will go, "Really...? I so wish I did..."