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jeff_v [ 7.5 ]
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Saw this in 3-D (non-IMAX version), and it took me awhile to get used to it. At first it was majorly distracting; my eyes would constantly follow images disappearing off the sides of the screen. Even after I got used to it, I noticed a lot of focus issues (especially heavily foregrounded items). More trouble than it's worth.
Avatar is typical Cameron. Eye-rapingly astonishing from a special effects/technical perspecitve, with exacting detail and a master's sense of how to construct and edit an action sequence (none of this chopping the shit out of it so it becomes incoherent like so many other modern action films). A lengthy running time that does not translate into multi-layered characterizations. Questionable casting (Giovanni Ribisis as a corporate overlord?). Uncomfortable analogies made to the Iraq War; the point we're supposed to take from it is murky and potentially offensive. Still, it's about as entertaining as you'd expect from a cross between Dances with Wolves and The Lord of the Rings.
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.6 |
| No. Ratings | : 6 | |
| No. Reviews | : 5 | |
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