James Cameron’s Avatar Is a True 3D Experience

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I’ve had the chance to watch James Cameron’s Avatar in full 3D glory. And I must say that the movie is definitely something else. Sure it’s not the best film I’ve seen this year when I think about the story, but from the technological point of view, Avatar is probably the best film of 2009.

James Cameron managed to make a movie that no other director has done before. The writer and director imagined a world comparable to what we’ve seen in the Star Wars trilogies and everything he invented has been digitally rendered in 3D for us to enjoy. Avatar is not your regular Christmas movie. In fact, it doesn’t have to do anything with Christmas. It’s your regular Sci-Fi story. You have two races sharing a planet and there’s a conflict about to emerge. You have a love story going on in the background. And you have mankind being both the bad and the good guys in the same movie.

But most importantly you have a whole new race, 10-feet tall, computer generated and animated. And when you look at them through those 3D glasses you’re under the impression that you’re looking at some real creatures. They move naturally, they can express their feelings vividly and they have their own language. Let’s not forget about the alien world, Pandora, a planet created from scratch by those special effects gurus. Pandora is presented in huge detail in order to further emphasize its indigenous population, the Na’vi. Sure the real actors behind them bring them to life but one can’t disregard the technological advancements that make this whole movie possible. The special effects and the special 3D cameras used to shoot the movie have offered James Cameron the means of accomplishing a personal project which couldn’t have been filmed ten years ago.

If you haven’t seen the movie yet, you should definitely watch it now in 3D on a big screen. It’s a long feature but it’s worth every minute of it. Besides the simple story of Avatar you will surely notice the quality of this picture and you’ll see how movies will look like in the near future. And it looks like new special effects, CGI characters and 3D are going to play an important role in future movies. What are your first thoughts on Avatar?