Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana and Sigourney Weaver.

An amazing, visually stunning film.  Hands down.  I understand why my roommate said that 3D is the only way to see this film, and I couldn't agree more.  That aspect really added to the experience, in a way that I feel is responsible for the success this film has enjoyed thus far.

The story is simple, the characters pretty straight forward, and the movie, too long.  Still, all those ingredients mixed together in the hands of James Cameron has resulted in a great movie going experience that is unlikely to be duplicated in the near future.

There will be an onslaught of 3D movies (in a year or so) now that he has lighten the fuse.  Sure, other 3D movies have trickled out over the years, but nothing has been so widely accepted and seen by the general public such as this.  I really think the success of this movie in 3D will be the catalyst for the 3D tv revolution that is coming over the next few years.  But, I don't want to go off on a tangent here.  That is a subject matter for another post.  Back to the film at hand, and the great cast and crew that brought it to life.  A job well done, to say the least.  The idea that it took 10 years to make this film, for the technology to catch up to his vision astounds me.  Now, however, after seeing the film first hand, I can only say that it was well worth the wait.

The idea, and statement that Cameron made himself, that this movie will change the way films are done and see forever is so true.  Robert Zemeckis himself is working on changing films forever as well, but Cameron has managed to do it on a grander scale with greater appeal.  Hopefully, the audience will now be more accepting of new technology and story telling, so forward thinkers like Zemeckis, and Cameron, and many more are given the opportunity to expand our minds and enrich our imaginations.

At this point you may be wondering why I'm spending so little time talking about the movie, and well, what haven't you already heard somewhere else?  You know how much I liked it from the beginning.  But, what I do want to get across is the impact that this film will have for the future of cinema.  When Cameron made Titanic, he ushered in the era of big budget films.  If you recall, two major studios needed to collaborate on the financing just to ensure it got made.  That started with him and that film.  Now, we have this epic journey that will once again usher in a new era of film-making.

Granted, no one else may come close to this scale of notoriety, but that isn't what it's about actually.  It is about the ability to try.  The chance you are given to get out there and give it a shot.  So many people have seen Avatar that it is now as common as asking, "How about this weather?"  The door is opened for a new world of directors, writers, actors, and studios.  The trick now will be wading through all the crap that will flood our theaters to find that diamond in the rough. So long for now.