tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801113709133748597.post1005261718367684563..comments2023-05-09T10:37:13.045+02:00Comments on Meandering Stream: AvatarMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01343530934843225897noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6801113709133748597.post-39344390473174501632010-01-11T07:43:40.593+01:002010-01-11T07:43:40.593+01:00Aah, am I little late in responding to this? I agr...Aah, am I little late in responding to this? I agree with you almost fully. James Cameron delivers on what was his first promise regarding Avatar. Mind-blowing visuals. (3D is the way of the future for cinema, for sure.) The story can be over-simplified to a good vs evil tale. But as you so rightly pointed out, so can The Matrix Trilogy or LOTR. What sets this film so apart is that human beings are on a side which they are not normally used to being. In reality, human beings are exactly on that side. I believe that this aspect could have been explored more, but I will not fault Cameron for it. At the end of the day, like The Dark Knight, The Matrix, and so many movies in the recent past, Avatar does what cinema should do - take you to another world. (These are movies that I love inspite of being influenced by a whole different school of cinema. Wait, is there such a thing?). I do feel that the story can still be fit into the regular 3 Act Structure, but I wont go into that, since I believe that a script structure is like a retroactive analysis tool. You write the story that you want and believe in. If it falls into 3 acts, then great. If not, who cares? On the whole, Avatar has its ups, downs and in betweens. Perhaps that is what makes it good cinema...Pradeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053200883367490832noreply@blogger.com