Avatar...An epic event

Story might need a tiny, teeny, itsy bitsy, smidgeon of a bit of little work, but it certainly lives up to the hype. Two troubles got to me. A - there were three chatterboxes more interested in talking to each other than enjoying the experience; and B - my eyes usually fail me when I try and watch anything 3D. Thank you very much, eyes that aren't perfectly aligned, or at least aligned enough to enjoy 3D, but I can live with that.

It's kind of funny, three people paying $15 a pop to do everything except watch the movie. And a half hour into the experience, one of them turns to me and asks when the movie ends. Should've said, 'Hold on, let me ask your mom', but didn't. Could have, but meh. I said, 'I don't know', and turned my attention back to the film. And that just proves that if you have to ask someone when the movie ends on the day it's finally released to the public, before anyone's had a chance to see it, then you've just proven your complete and utter ignorance before someone who couldn't care less about when the movie ends, because he only wants to watch it.

Overall, it was a fun film to watch. Swipes were taken at a lot of things: Interstellar neo-colonialism; military force ousting sentient being diplomacy; dumping on the natives' home in a decidedly uneven fight using ridiculously overpowered weapons in comparison to what the natives use. That, and this film has sexy alien cat-people. NO BAD HOLCOMB!!!

What I mean is, the Na'vi sure d look realistic. Along with the natural environment, animals, rocks, water, imaginary jellyfish-squids-spirit things, pterodactyls, rhino things, and all the rest of the goodies. Also, it would be great to hear from professional bodybuilders and people who know details about anatomy in regard to how realistic the Na'vi's muscular structures are in comparison to human anatomy.

And speaking of which, these creatures look amazingly mammalian. And by that, I mean human. In other words, boobies. And I'm saying that not in a horrible, puritanical condemnation of Cameron in regards to suggestion. On the contrary, I personally know people who are into the whole 'zoomorphic creatures' thing. Specifically, furries. Aw, yes, furries. And I know that there'll be at least one who'll claim that Cameron is a closeted furry, and use the Na'vi's feline features as proof of that. I can only hope and pray to God that 'that guy' can hold off for at least a week before applying 'Rule 34' to "James Cameron's 'Avatar'". By James Cameron.

Now this is going to shock you, since these words are coming from the lips of a man who's more into the photography side of film making than the audio, but the sound was great. Pretty realistic sound, I must add. I mean, everyone's hyped how real the film will look, but how many will tout how great it also sounds. I wasn't entirely listening to the score and sound, but when I was, WOW!!! Now I know you audiophiles will enjoy that.

I can imagine that Cameron, in all his genius, will stand to reap great monetary benefits from this film. I mean, look at 'Titanic'. He'd given up his stake in it, because the studio heads didn't know if it would make money. Result: It makes a buttload of profit. Wins Oscars all around. He makes more money than God as a result of it. Now that he's got a bigger stake that he held on to, maybe he can add "...and everyone else" to the list of people he's got more money than. And, if he's got a stake in the camera system that he helped design, you can add "...and their mother" to the list of people he's got more money than. But I'm just being a speculative fan boy who's too lazy to do any actual research as to what his investment in the new 3D camera system is.

Now, if you'll excuse me, there's a film by McG, *cough*Terminator: Salvation*cough*, that I have to go tear apart.