'Avatar' has us blue in the face

Dec. 18, 2009 10:08 AM PT

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‘AVATAR’ COUNTDOWN: 1 DAY WRAP-UP

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James Cameron’s ‘Avatar,’ after a decade as an elusive dream (or, perhaps, a cinematic equivalent to the Flying Dutchman) is officially here. The film appears to be poised for a $200-million weekend and the reviews are positive -- and now the film even has a bit of a political firefight going (look at the comments here at the Hero Complex after a Drudge Report link on Thursday).

Here at the Complex it’s been quite a month as we counted down to the film with 30 days of coverage that left us, well, blue in the face, just like a lot of the world’s moviegoers will be this weekend. ‘Avatar’ has been billed as a landmark moment in cinema, and by many accounts (including one glowing review by a famous Cameron nemesis in Hollywood) it lives up to the billing. Time will be the true test of the film and its legacy, but right here, right now, the world is turning its eyes to a truly ambitious sci-fi epic and saying, ‘I see you...’ Here’s a look back at our coverage of ‘Avatar,’ which we covered with more intensity, access and insight than anybody, anywhere.

James Cameron on ‘Avatar’: Like ‘Matrix,’ it opens doorways

Sam Worthington looks for ‘Avatar’s’ humanity: ‘I don’t want to be a cartoon’

Sigourney Weaver, queen of sci-fi: ‘Outer space has been good to me’

‘Avatar’ star Zoe Saldana says movie will match the hype: ‘This is big’

REVIEW: ‘Avatar’ restores a sense of wonder to moviegoing

Is ‘Avatar’ just ‘Dances With Wolves’ in space?

King of the jungle? Early ‘Avatar’ reviews are strong

CCH Pounder on motion-capture ordeal: I felt like a walking EKG monitor

‘Avatar’ premiere in Hollywood: Roll out the blue carpet

‘Titanic’ composer searches for the sound of Pandora

Meet the USC professor who created an entire language for Avatar

Oscar-winning composer James Horner on Jim Cameron, ‘Avatar,’ and Michael Bay