In the recent round of interviews to promote Avatar James Cameron has hinted at the Blu-ray features we can expect. Quiet surprisingly, given the effort put in to the development of the 3D technology to make the film and the tie in with Panasonic’s release of it’s 3d Plasma’s TV’s, the initial release will most likely not be in 3d. Instead there will be another release with 3D support later in 2010. Read the rest of this entry

Short Avatar Review

It’s ground breaking, breath taking and huge in scale. Go see!

Long Avatar Review

I’ve been anticipating the release of Avatar, James Cameron’s first film in 10 years, ever since it came up on my radar. I booked my tickets weeks ago and I finally made it to a preview screening last night, the day before the official release.

For me the only way to truly appreciate this film in full is to opt for the 3D IMAX version, which is what I saw last night, when I arrived it was a packed auditorium with a buzz of excited chatter which turned to complete silence the minute the lights dimmed. There’s been months of anticipation from a lot of people for this film since the first teaser snippets were shown back in August and you could feel it in the air.

Was It Worth The Wait?
Right from the first few scenes I was staring in wonder at the scale and detail of what I was seeing and this was before any of the lush vegetation of Pandora, it’s extraordinary creatures or any of the Navi characters had been introduced. Right from the off you can see that a huge amount of effort has been put in to everything on the screen and you cannot see the joins, there’s no tell tale CGI give-aways, you can’t reverse engineer what’s an effect and what’s real. Read the rest of this entry