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![]() Though the film may be the pinnacle of big-screen CGI, that only gets its so far, especially because the Na’vi-the series’ tall, blue, slender, feline-humanoid protagonists-are still weird, ungainly creations. But it’s a pushiness that sabotages his attempts at conjuring genuine lyricism, beauty, or grace. The show-offery is off-the-charts, with Cameron insisting that viewers be dutifully awed by his every gorgeously crafted piece of alien foliage, fantastical marine inhabitant, rain drop cascading down Na’vi skin, and ocean swell. ![]() Such high frame rate gimmickry gives everything a phony motion-smoothing quality that calls further attention to the innovative methods at play worse, Cameron doesn’t use it consistently, sometimes flip-flopping back to the standard 24fps within a given scene, which exacerbates the material’s aesthetic wonkiness. ![]() It’s an unreality heightened not only by his use of 3D-adding depth to his out-there sights, even if it loses its impact after 30 minutes-but also by his misbegotten decision to often shoot at 48fps.
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