James Cameron’s Avatar First Reviews Are In

Well, this is the moment I’ve been dreading for months; the first reviews for James Cameron’s Avatar are in…

Well, it looks like I needn’t have worried…

I’ve taken the liberty of copying and pasting the closing thoughts from three reviews and if you feel the need to check out the full reviews, simply click on the links at the end of the paragraphs and like magic, you will be transported to the full review…

The Hollywood Reporter

A fully believable, flesh-and-blood (albeit not human flesh and blood) romance is the beating heart of “Avatar.” Cameron has never made a movie just to show off visual pyrotechnics: Every bit of technology in “Avatar” serves the greater purpose of a deeply felt love story.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/avatar-film-review-1004052868.story

Empire

It’s been twelve years since “Titanic,” but the King of the World has returned with a flawed but fantastic tour de force that, taken on its merits as a film, especially in two dimensions, warrants four stars. However, if you can wrap a pair of 3D glasses round your peepers, this becomes a transcendent, full-on five-star experience that’s the closest we’ll ever come to setting foot on a strange new world. Just don’t leave it so long next time, eh, Jim?

http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=133552

Variety

Avatar is all-enveloping and transporting, with Cameron & Co.’s years of R&D paying off with a film that, as his work has done before, raises the technical bar and throws down a challenge for the many other filmmakers toiling in the sci-fi/fantasy realm.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941773.html?categoryid=31&cs=1

Sounds pretty sweet eh buddy?