Don't miss Avatar in the theater! It's freak'n' amazing! The 3D and other special effects are awesome! The story is not going to win Best Original Screenplay, but it's strong enough to carry the film so it doesn't feel like one is sitting through a 162-minute technology demonstration. Time flies watching James Cameron's masterpiece of a movie.
The Halo video game franchise borrows a lot from Cameron's Aliens so it's only fitting that Weta appears to have salvaged several models from the aborted Halo motion picture. (Microsoft are morons for not giving Peter Jackson the green light.) There are nods to prior Jim Cameron work, and even The Matrix.
Definitely need to see Avatar again in an original IMAX theater. Would have stayed for another showing if the theater ran it again last night. Cameron has hinted that he'll do a sequel if the box office justifies one. Moviegoers are also in for a potential treat in 2011 when he brings Battle Angel to the big screen. (Suppose there will be Iron Man 2 to hold us over until then...) Gotta love how far we've come since T2!
