AVATAR James Cameron's Magic.

**groucho070** · 21st December 2009, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

How Cameron conceived the Avatar - A good read.

Thanks LM. Appreciate the film lot more reading these articles.

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**tamizharasan** · 21st December 2009, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by Nerd

Originally Posted by tamizharasan

On the same lines this movie is approved by 92% of the reviewers and that is easily best for this decade.

And who are those reviewers? The link you posted? That does not have any comparitive data actually. I think Wall-E should be #1 this decade going by critics' reviews.

Critics havent been exceptionally kind to Avatar. It stands at 83% in rottentomatoes. IMDB users have placed it in the top 25 currently. The dark knight's RT score is 94 and its in imdb's top 10.

Sorry this is audience rating. Not reviewers. I don't remember any movie have more than 92% approval at audience level. I will try to dig for audience rating on dark
knight.

**tamizharasan** · 21st December 2009, 10:03 AM

Nerd
Even top critics rated avatar better than dark knight according to rottentomatoes.

**hamid** · 21st December 2009, 10:12 AM

Saw this last saturday in 2D.. stunning visuals and CG.. loved it.. second half is racier....nice moivie.. kids will love it..

but nothing to be called as movie of the decade or so.. the story part lags..Dark Knight is definitely way better than this movie..

**VinodKumar's** · 21st December 2009, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

Originally Posted by Nerd

IMDB users have placed it in the top 25 currently.

It was at 168 the day before yesterday. The climb has been rapid. Let's see where it settles down after a month or two. And I don't think the film is that great to be called as THE movie of the decade

I watched it in 3D . Visually it is great but Movie of the decade / so far the best movie in cinema history konjam over ah vae irruku

**groucho070** · 21st December 2009, 11:21 AM

Guys, I emphasised on "probably" movie of the decade-nu. But that's on mainstream Hollywood context. I might change my mind after second viewing, which I did with The Dark Knight. It was everything during the first viewing as my review testifies, but later viewings I felt it still does not stand head above shoulders compared to the 1989/1992 Batman films. I know, blasphemy to deny Nolan's versions that spot.

Next weekend parpom, whether I change my mind or not.

**littlemaster1982** · 21st December 2009, 11:29 AM

Groucho,

It was not pointing your review as such, I noticed the word probably. But the consensus (IMDB, Orkut etc) seems to imply this is the movie of the decade.

**groucho070** · 21st December 2009, 11:38 AM

Ah, okay LM. I saw someone else saying that it is "without shadows of doubt" :P

**littlemaster1982** · 21st December 2009, 11:43 AM

Groucho,

Not only him, almost everyone else claims the same

**Bala (Karthik)** · 21st December 2009, 06:28 PM

Grouch,

Joe Queenan articulated about how in films Americans, especially whites, are always portrayed as the saviours, representing the minorities, the underprivileged, purveyor of the streets and those endowed with lesser technologies usually involving sharp implements.

yeah but IMO idhuve periya vishayam ivinga kitta!

BTW, did you like the much maligned "Dances With Wolves"?