James Cameron’s Avatar just had it’s press screening, and the reviews are coming in. While the hype may be a bit overblown, general consensus that it really is as impressive as James Cameron has claimed.
Basically, effects-driven films deliver three or four showcase set pieces — and sometimes one will blow you away, like the highway-chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded. But Avatar is a nonstop, headlong, 160-minute, jaw-dropping showcase of innovative design (those floating mountains!) and technology (those motion-capture faces!). It's not like Cameron reinvented the medium, but he's turned all the knobs up to eleven.
via Okay, Now You Can Believe the Hype on Avatar’s Special Effects — Vulture.
