Buzz Surrounds 24 Minutes Of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’
On Tuesday the first glimpses of James Cameron’s highly anticipated sci-fi blockbuster Avatar were publicly unveiled at Amsterdam’s CinemaExpo International.
24 minutes of footage from the first third of the film were screened to more than 1000 industry attendees who, judging by emerging reports, were blown away.
From Coming Soon:
It took my breath away. I thought–just like you guys–that I’ve seen it all with Gollum, or The Hulk, but Cameron has done it again. These creatures seem so real, that within minutes you forget you’re watching an enormous and very blue CGI character. Even the eyes are totally convincing. The characters have real personalities and a soul.
From IESB:
It makes me want to create a time machine like Cartman from South Park, so that I don’t have to wait till the 18th of December to watch the finished movie. If it’s anything like the scenes I saw, it’s going to be one of the best movies of the decade.
From Market Saw:
This movie will change the industry…Fifty years from now I’ll tell my grandkids I was at this presentation and witnessed it 6 months before the movieworld was changed…You believe this world from the get-go. It’s there, you don’t need to believe it because you will experience it…The cast and Cameron came back on stage after the last clip, took a VERY VERY VERY long round of applause and the houselights came on.
From UCSNord via Twitter:
“Avatar” footage at #cinexpo: CGI was photorealistic, characters look really real. Believe the hype, this movie will be massive!
There seems no doubt that Avatar will be the biggest movie of the year and, possibly, the biggest movie of all time.
Additional sources: THR / UCSNord/all via Slashfilm
Avatar hits theaters December 18.
