James Cameron’s “Avatar”: A Review
Variety reports: ‘The King of the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in “Avatar,” and it’s very much a place worth visiting.’ (For a much less enthusiastic review, click here.) ‘The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made, James Cameron’s long-gestating epic pitting Earthly despoilers against a forest-dwelling alien race delivers unique spectacle, breathtaking sights, narrative excitement and an overarching anti-imperialist, back-to-nature theme that will play very well around the world, and yet is rather ironic coming from such a technology-driven picture. Twelve years after “Titanic,” which still stands as the all-time B.O. champ, Cameron delivers again with a film of universal appeal that just about everyone who ever goes to the movies will need to see.’
