I finally managed to go and watch the personally NOT that much anticipated movie Avatar. I confess I was curious and I still kept some hopes for fairly good entertainment and those hopes certainly haven't been spoiled at all. But any expectation further than ... hmm better forget it.

Well, where to start? I LOVED the visuals of the very Fantasy world of Pandora! Even if living from some wellknown cliches it still delivers insuperable eye-candy of the most exciting kind! The way those natives (and the human avatars that are similar to them) look and behave is certainly a high achievement in cinematography and that can stand without any "BUT" .

But, when we come to other aspects, I can't sing only praise. Let's begin with the 3D technique of its own, which seems to be "threatening" our upcoming cinema experiences in 2010 with about 10 new "block buster hopefuls" released in that new 3D version. I confess I felt it very fitting in the surreal surrounding of the imaginary planet Pandora environment, but utterly disturbing and alienesque in all and any scenes which portrayed "real humans" in their "real environment". It somehow takes away from their fleshliness, their physical existence and especially from their depth of facial and emotional expression.

Then, my next qualm would be with the entire storyline itself, which I won't explain here in detail in order not to give too much away. I am sure many people haven't yet seen it and I shouldn't really post spoileresque reviews.

Anyway: The final twenty minutes of the film definitely made me loath it. Too obvious the turn of the plot, too much "black & white" painting of the characters, especially the baddy and, as if there was still a need to top the negative impression of the ending, there was a song at the beginning of the credits, which reminded me ever so terribly of "My Heart Will Go On", the cheesy Celine Dion hymn of the unspeakable and loathable Titanic. I guess Cameron can't help it! There are those ideas about perfect movie-making in his mind like a set of lego building blocks and a cheesy credits song is a must be for him! I hope he will spend at least twice as long in the purgatory for this as any "normal" moviemaker