Finally, watched Avatar at Devi Cinema Complex at Chennai Anna Salai. It is being screened at Devi Kala, relatively a small cinema hall with a smaller screen. The Devi Cinema Complex has been renovated in lines with Satyam Cinema Complex et al. Parking should be an issue, so, if you are booking online, please make sure to book a spot for your four-wheeler.
Avatar was fantastic for its creativity and animation on a grandiose scale. Apart from the hackneyed theme, it is worth a watch. I would recommend you to watch it in 3D as many of the cinematographic shots are meant that way. Unfortunately, we were resorted to 2D.
The movie by James Cameron is a metaphor of long debated pre-emptive wars of Super powers over harmless communities for the purpose of gain. Questions are asked along the lines of “the ethics of an operation”, “commercial interests versus communal and Eco harmony” etc.
If you can withstand the arrogant and Southerner character played by Stephen Lang (as Colonel Miles Quaritch), which is a stereotype, you will enjoy the animation. I suspect, a lot of inspiration for these animated characters should have been from the tribes of Africa (particularly, the Masai tribe) and the blue Avatars of Hindu Gods (enforcing the communal way of life in this part of the world). The movie is also a sarcasm on the West for its imperialistic designs while losing focus on the human relationship and its immediate Eco system.
James Cameron should have arranged for a special screening for Dubya and Dick Cheney. I would still believe that those Texas dumb asses would have been questioning James Cameron over the presence of “unobtanium” in Planet Pandora at the end of the movie, and a possible pre-emptive action over the Planet’s indigenous tribe - with invented threats.