So, after the movie was out for like 10 minutes, a bunch of people told me it was the greatest movie ever made. We decided to go see it yesterday, and here’s my take.

It was a good movie. The special effects were really well done. Most of the time you didn’t realize that you were watching CG giant blue people when they were on the screen, which is a good thing. The way James Cameron made the blue people look, and act like the hosts (Sigourney Weaver, that dude in the wheel chair, that other dude from Dodge Ball, etc.) was fantastic. The way their faces moved was like the real actors. Very cool there. The story line was pretty good also. Not really great though. It’s the kind of story that probably wouldn’t make a very good movie if it wasn’t for the great effects. This movie is long however. Too long. Movies can be 2-3 hours as long as you don’t notice that you are watching them for that long. I noticed in this movie. The beginning felt kind of rushed introducing you to whats going on, and the middle section seemed to drag on a bit. You would think in his 12 year hiatus, James Cameron would have figured out how to make a movie in under 2.5 hours. Let me tell ya, 1.5 hours into Titanic, I couldn’t care less about the characters and just wanted the god damn boat to sink. In Avatar, the action was good, and the 3D was excellent as expected (RealD). If you haven’t seen a movie in RealD, this would be a good one to start with. RealD makes any movie a blast to see (My Bloody Valentine=AWESOME in RealD). It’s not like old school 3D with the blue and red lensed glasses. It’s not gimicky like that. Instead, it’s like looking into a room, or out a window to whats happening in the movie. Very cool stuff.

I will say that it’s definitely worth see this movie at the theater, not only for the 3D, but because the effects are worth seeing on the big screen. Just don’t go out thinking that this movie will change your life. There is a lot of hype about this movie right now, and it may have been shot in this revolutionary way, but it’s just not an instant top 5 movie in my opinion.