Picture Perfect, Plot Poor
Why Avatar makes a case for presentation over premise
Avatar is perhaps one of the most entertaining cinematic spectacles to grace the silver screen in years, and the enormous wave of positive sentiment from critics and community alike resounds with the same awestruck wonder. I've said it before, though I may have not written it, but I'm a firm believer in knowing your director and trusting what they produce rather than making book-cover judgements about a film based on its subject or trailer. If James Cameron wasn't already in your list of directors whose movies you see regardless of content, this film is reason enough to earn him your Cameron-brand loyalty as a "Danny-Boyle-do-no-wrong" director. So if you are reading this and looking for a verdict on the blue-cat people's adventure in Ferngully, it's a resounding "Must See." Oh, and in 3D, no other way.
Dustin Anglin