Cameron's New Film Challenges Perceptions

James Cameron's new movie might just be the beginning of something amazing. His film, Avatar, which is set for release in early December, has caused quite a stir amongst people who have seen previews of the film.

The director's film features a special kind of 3-D technology, and has been compared with The Jazz Singer in terms of technological and social advancement for movies, according to the New York Times.

Although the anticipation will likely bring hundreds of fans to the box office, resulting in Titanic-like ticket sales—the film sold $1.8 billion worldwide—Fox, the company backing the film, will have to spend much if it is their year partaking in crowd control.

There hasn't been any trailer or still photo release for the film, but a number of premeditated fans have been burning up the message boards for the film on IMDb.com. One such poster, a fan by the name of "planetshane," claims that the movie was the best he'd ever seen, based on an early, pirated copy.

In addition to online message boarders, the film has been affecting magazine writers as well. Josh Quittner, a tech writer for Time magazine, claimed he felt the urge to return to the planet Pandora, the film's setting, after being shown only 15 minutes of the film. He believes the film's 3-D effects have set a sort of "memory creation."

"It was like doing some kind of drug," Quittner said, in an interview with the N.Y. Times.

The synopsis of the film is just this: A soldier uses technology to occupy an alien body on Pandora after he has been disabled.

Whether or not Avatar lives up to its expectations remains to be seen, but as for now, the film is shaping to be the next best thing since sliced bread . . . or Technicolor.