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Avatar has been described as a game-changer, and perhaps it is. Ill leave that for future historians to determine. What I can say with some assuredness（确信） is this is the most technically amazing motion picture to have arrived on screens in many years - perhaps since Peter Jacksons The Return of the King. Its also among the most anticipated openings of the decade. Expectations can be a double-edged sword; ask George Lucas. But when a filmmaker meets or exceeds them, the results are tremendous, and thats the case with Avatar. James Cameron has a lot riding on this film, his long-delayed follow-up to Titanic (which came out an even dozen years ago), the all-time box office champion in unadjusted dollars. Under normal circumstances, at stake would have been only Camerons reputation and future autonomy with astronomical budgets. But Cameron has hitched his wagon to 3D and declared this to be the wave of the future. Watching Avatar, I can almost believe it. If every filmmaker could do with 3D what Cameron achieves, Id gladly wear the uncomfortable glasses to every screening. Avatar is entertainment of the highest order. Its the best movie of 2009. In 3D, its immersive (thats the buzzword everyone uses for the 3D experience), but the traditional film elements - story, character, editing, theme, emotional resonance, etc. - are presented with sufficient expertise to make even the 2D version an engrossing 2 1/2-hour experience. Despite expending an extraordinary amount of time, money, and effort perfecting the 3D elements, Cameron never lost sight of whats important. His narrative could almost be considered a science fiction version of Dances with Wolves (by way of Surrogates), and it works for many of the reasons Dances worked. Cameron also borrows from his own catalog. The space/military culture is reminiscent of that in Aliens and the cross-cultural romance recalls Titanic. Avatar doesnt have Leonardo DiCaprio but its love story is in some ways more potent than the one