Leonard Maltin is now available to all on indieWIRE!
His Movie Crazy blog is really terrific and we are honored to host him on indieWIRE. Check out his review of Avatar here. IndieWIRE is really booming and I believe Leonard Maltin is the most respected of all film critics. He has a consumer populist sensibility. We hope to do Leonard Maltin proud.
My family and I went to see Avatar last night. We all thought it was epic. Certainly the money spent – in excess of $150 million for the film itself - shows up on the screen. I thought the story and filmmaking were fantastic and that the computer generated segments were the best ever created by Hollywood. I usually am not a fan of big CGI based films but Avatar was special, one-of-a-kind and a “must see.” Jim Cameron is a certified genius. This film was written and directed by him and his touch and POV is seen in every single frame of this film. We really enjoyed it although we all thought it could have been 20 minutes shorter.
Totally agree with you on “Avatar” (and Rosetta Stone, but that’s another blog item).
Cameron uses the technology effectively to made his point about the genocide of native cultures in this hemisphere and Africa by Western Europeans. The movie left me in awe — and shame. I’m surprised more viewers haven’t connected with this important message.