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The much anticipated James Cameron movie just got its first rave review at Variety . Given that as a film critic I have to write my own review, I did not read the whole thing. But I have to say that as a movie lover/geek I got very excited about the first paragraph of Todd McCarthy’s rave.

Which goes like this “The King of the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in “Avatar,” and it’s very much a place worth visiting. The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made, James Cameron’s long-gestating epic pitting Earthly despoilers against a forest-dwelling alien race delivers unique spectacle, breathtaking sights, narrative excitement and an overarching anti-imperialist, back-to-nature theme that will play very well around the world, and yet is rather ironic coming from such a technology-driven picture. Twelve years after “Titanic,” which still stands as the all-time B.O. champ, Cameron delivers again with a film of universal appeal that just about everyone who ever goes to the movies will need to see.”

Are you excited yet? Mark your calendar, next week Cameron takes over the world again!