Avatar: Review

When someone has waited 15 years to make a dream come true then one can assume that this dream would be a spectacle. Avatar is James Cameron's epic adventure, almost ten years after his last blockbuster, Titanic. This man has a knack of churning out blockbusters even with a modest storyline and Avatar is no less different.
A completely fictional and fantastic new world is created by Cameron using advanced technology filming with Imax cameras and animated figures. The background is just superimposed on the animations. But what a spectacle! The landscapes of Pandora, the distant moon where the story is set will just take your senses to a new level. The Na' vi tribe, extraordinary beasts, the plants, not to mention the dragon like creatures and the Hallelujah mountains are simply mindblowing.
Add to it the superb performances of a modest cast including Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and the evil Colonel played by Stephen Lang bring across the fact that Cameron doesn't just want to thrill us with his visual eye poppers.
The story is pretty straight forward but then Cameron is not known for twisting and turning plots. But inspite of that the director brings forth every possible kind of emotion be it love, anger, spirituality, greed and power with panache. It is hard to stem the sadness which fills you while watching the innocent aliens perish under the raw greed of human ambitions. The message sent out by Cameron against war and greed rings loud and clear.
Finally, the last one hour focuses on the battle between the Na' vi and the humans which I had expected to be the best part of the film. But that is the director's magic that the awesome beauty of nature shown in the film just fills your senses unwilling to be riddled with bullets and missiles.
James Horner's score is brilliant as always and falls completely in sync with the mood of the film which was all evident in its trailer itself. The picturisation and the SFX are needless to say fantabulous!
Avatar is a wonderful dream which has been realized. And it is my urge for all those who can watch it to go and watch it in 3D for that's how its supposed to be. I went and saw it in Imax! I give it a 5 on 5 and if I had my way then I would have given it even higher! Truly, Pandora is heaven!