Clearly this is a large release. Many scholars on the web have predated its unleashing by posts about the talented James Cameron working under quiet lock down on this epic tale. Sometimes when so much noise is about before a movie's final incubation, the film will not be able to bring the weight of its making to its finality. In some cases it is better for a more hushed reaction leading up to the months before its coming (Matrix) with viral and words on the street for a movie to become a blockbuster. Cameron made this movie over many years and invented a lot of new technological approaches in its creation, and it shows. In some ways it is a parallel to George Lucas and his innovations when making the first 'Star Wars' film and look at what happened with that.
'Avatar' is familiar to most story knowers, but its termination in a 3D effect is what really makes it go farther. The people of the moon Pandora are being targeted because they live on a very profitable mineral underneath. This is not unlike many of the stories right now about Apple and its use of the Congo peoples to explode parts for their iPhones. Not to regress. The movie is stellar for being so familiar. It is very difficult to find error when so many pieces feel put in the right place. The argument of some critical circles against 3D film is valid: however, not every film shot with this will be on the size of 'Avatar'. Most people forget that in any genre of art there are those innovators few and in between and many, many duplicators riding the wave of these at the top of the mountain.
Cameron has been an outsider for years even as a person driving large trucks before deciding to become a maker of films. Perhaps it is this gritty outness that salutes so highly for his works. Many users of movies don't like a chance taker coming in to show them what's to be done with their products. The actors of this movie are twice to be commended for working with each other and the technology so successfully! Some of the actors in past roles have put down the process of digitizing the backgrounds (notable is the 'Star Wars' newest 3 in which Liam Neeson had said acting to green screens was not acting: note his career roles were not offered for long after this, and now he is starring in movies like 'Taken' Oh brother! Don't bad mouth the boss!) but in this case it all is put together so well that no one can take away its impact.
3D may be a passing fad as it was in the older days but 'Avatar' has perfected the art of coming at you in ways no film may ever outrun.
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