Six clips from Avatar:

In case you’ve been living under a rock… or your just not as geeky as me… James Cameron hasn’t made a feature film since Titanic in 1997. After he finished winning every possible Oscar with that one, he wrote the screenplay for Avatar. The project was so ambitious that it was impossible to make at the time… so he dove down to the Titanic a few more times, made a few documentaries and developed an awesome new 3D camera to make Avatar. It only took 12 years.

The first review is out. They seem to think it was worth the 12 year wait and all of the hype:

I can report that this is another rare example where the quality of the movie does indeed exceed the hype and “Avatar” will most certainly be among the 10 ‘Best Picture’ nominees for the Oscars; and James Cameron will also be a Best Director nominee. I think it is also possible that actress Zoe Saldana, who has the most challenging of roles in the film, may rack up an additional acting nomination as well.

The movie may owe more than a few plot points to the story of Pocahontas, and there may be some grousing at a fairly heavy-handed treatment of corporate greed and our lack of American energy independence; but the key question, is Cameron able to deliver a movie that packs the entertainment value and emotional punch of ‘Titanic.’  The clear answer is ‘Yes.’ The Oscars will not ignore this film.