Shane’s Drivel

Right behind Titanic, the other James Cameron movie from this decade. Amazing. The guy makes 2 movies in 10 years and they become the #1 and #2 highest grossing movies ever.

Seriously, Avatar rocks. Go see it. In 3D.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had just rebounded from a deep recession. The economy still sucked and the DJIA was still no higher than it was more than 10 years prior. Energy prices were sky high. Americans were in economic despair and conserving things, especially energy, like they had not in a least a generation or more.

Then along comes a fantasy tale of good-vs-evil presented in a feel-good movie with truly revolutionary cinematic technology that wowed audiences like they hadn’t been wowed in decades. The movie provided audiences with a couple hours of much needed escapism and captivated the nation.

The movie raised the bar for film-making and its makers launched new companies which changed film-making forever.

1977 or 2009?

Avatar is Star Wars, reborn – economically, emotionally, and technically.  Not reborn like The Phantom Menace was merely another part of the Star Wars franchise created after a 16 year pause. I mean reborn like re-introducing a new bar to which future movies will hope to achieve for the next generation of movie-goers.

Avatar freaking rocks. The storyline is great. The movie technology is just jaw-dropping. You’ve got to go see this in 3D. It was made for 3D, not just as a novelty as such movies have been sparingly made over the years. But as a way to legitimately present a movie. It is absolutely incredible.

I’ve not felt like this since 1977. And boy was it great to be 7 years old again if only for 2 hours and 40 minutes.