I think it's safe to say the first trailer for James Cameron's highly-anticipated "comeback" Avatar was greeted with widespread disappointment. Admittedly, those fortunate enough to see it on the big-screen (ideally in 3-D) were far more positive than the millions watching a downloaded version on their home computers, but the film certainly has to win back some support. Maybe now our expectations have been brought down to earth, we can better appreciate the new footage?
Anyway, here's Avatar's second trailer (clocking in at 3 1/2 minutes), and it's a huge improvement over the first; it's edited more traditionally, you get a proper sense of the story, it looks less cartoon-y, and there are real human characters to latch onto. And who can't get excited when the credits reminds you this is from the man behind Terminator, Aliens, True Lies and Titanic? Maybe Avatar's destined to be considered more a filmmaking benchmark than a pop-culture one (seriously, it's insane when you remind yourself most of what you're seeing's entirely digital/motion-capture), but I'm looking forward to visiting the alien planet of Pandora this December. In 3-D. It's already my must-see film for the Christmas period. Is it yours?
