David Dizon Reviews James Cameron's "Avatar"

David Dizon of abs-cbnnews.com reviews James Cameron's film, "Avatar". An excerpt:

Hear that scraping sound?

That's the sound of eyeballs trying to do a 360-degree turn in cinemas while taking in the vistas of Titanic director James Cameron's wondrous yet irritatingly familiar eco-fable about giant blue monkeys saving the environment.

A decade after proclaiming himself "king of the world", Cameron is back with a blockbuster film, this time trying to draw gold from well-worn tropes like industries destroying ecology, and civilization crumbling under greed.

One thing's for sure, you'd have to credit Cameron for having the moolah to bring his daydreams to thespic life.

An hour into the movie, viewers will forget the actual number of zeroes spent on this monstrosity (reportedly $300 million) and wonder, "Where, oh, where do we book a ticket to this green hell of a planet called Pandora?"