Todd’s Movie Blog

I have not seen Avatar yet, but I will, probably after the holidays.  I have little fear it will disappear from theaters anytime soon.  I am a little disconcerted by the unanimous praise it is getting.  Roger Ebert compared it to seeing Star Wars on it’s first release back in the seventies.  High praise, but even more unsettling to me is that the Golden Globes nominated it for best picture of the year, before it had even been released.  Is that too much?  Is the film being set up with such high expectations that no matter how good it is, will be impossible to meet?  Will Avatar be a game changer?  We will have to wait and see.