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Overview
- Released: 2009
- Running time: 2 hr 42 min (162 minutes)
- Directed by: James Cameron
- Music by: James Horner
- Starring:
- Las Alonzo – Tsu’tey
- Stephen Lang – Colonel Miles Quaritch
- Joel David Moore – Norm Spellman
- Giovanni Ribisi – Parker Selfridge
- Michelle Rodriguez – Trudy Chacon
- CCH Pounder – Mo’at
- Zoe Saldana – Neytiri
- Wes Studi – Eytukan
- Sigourney Weaver – Dr. Grace Augustine
- Sam Worthington – Jake Sully
Synopsis
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. [...]
We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where corporations are mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth’s energy crisis. Because the atmosphere on Pandora is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human “drivers” have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air. These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora… the Na’vi.
Reborn in his Avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan, and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures. As Jake’s relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, the learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them. Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide nothing less than the fate of an entire world.
Thoughts
I’ve been excited about this movie for a fair while. The trailer intrigued me from start through finish and has kept my interest and held my hopes up high for when it would finally be released. It does not disappoint. Not one bit. The characters have a very real sense to them, the Na’vi way and race are very intriguing and the CGI and graphics are amazing. A tidbit for you: as Jake and Neytiri walk along a tree branch, in proximity of their feet as they touch the ground — that area becomes illuminated! It’s a subconscious genie putting a spell on you! The world of Pandora as it is viewed and shown is incredible. Again, illumination! And floating big rocks, too!
Aside from the greedy-humans-takes-over-new-world-for-resources deal, which is a bit of a dumbed down and common concept, this movie has a lot to offer, as does its accompanying score (!). To be fair, I didn’t pay that much attention to details, merely enough to give me a great satisfaction as the movie came to its end.
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