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A reluctant hero. An epic journey. A choice between the life he left behind and the incredible new world he’s learned to call home. Return to James Cameron’s Avatar — the greatest adventure of all time.
Please note : This edition of the film is not in 3D
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If nothing else, this movie should only be viewed to see how advanced CG Graphics has become. That being said, you can save yourself 3+ hours by remembering these movies: The Last Samurai, Dances with Wolves, and just about war/military film written by Liberal Hollywood.
This movie is pretty much hours upon hours of anti-Capitalist anti-Military Environmentalist propaganda, that serves as an allagory to how our country was expanded west in the 1800′s. The story obviously ripped off previous themes, in which some foreign guy is taken into an enemy’s village and is tought their culture and learns to love them. Wow, we haven’t seen that before (The Last Samurai, et al). The CG for the “war machines” were ripoffs of video games (like Empire Earth), and the Terminator series, and some of which oddly looks similar to the robotics in the final Matrix movie. You would think, with the lay off James Cameron had, he could think up something completely original.
Like most Hollywood movies, the military is portrayed as bloodthirsty and warmongers. They even included an environmentalist’s and anti-capitalist’s view of the world into it, by having the “evil corporation” bulldoze the forest while the military destroys everything else. I suppose the movie follows what the director wants, when he says “I wish I could just shoot anyone who doesn’t believe in Global Warming.” I ask you, Hollywood: If you hate war so much, then why do you always jump at the chance to profit from it?
Just another environmentalist trying to profit from the psuedoscientific evidence he believes in.
This release of AVATAR is a complete rip-off and waste of time. James Cameron has already said that this version will be a barebones (movie only) release. He has already said that no earlier than Thanksgiving he will release an ultra version:
*3-D
*All deleted scenes reinserted into the movie, including, supposedly, the sex scene
*Tons of bonus features and extras
He also went on to say that just before this bluray release, he will rerelease this version into the theaters for a limited engagement.
Save you money. Buy the better version when it comes out.
If you’re somebody who likes special effects, this is the movie for you and Blu-Ray is the format to see it on. This movie takes technology to a new level and, for that alone, it’s worth at least watching. Story line, to me, wasn’t all it was hyped to be. But how can you live up to a movie that broke all records and received so much attention? If you’re into sci-fi and special effects, you’ll enjoy it. If not, I suggest renting first.
As has been noted several times, this is a bare bones release. Part of the appeal of a DVD of this movie, in my opinion, is finding out how everything was made. For that, I am very excited about the behind the scenes and bonus footage which is expected to be released on another edition.
Taking more than five years to conceive and over two years to make, AVATAR should probably and will most likely go down in history as a modern-day classic. The theme of the film will probably last throughout the ages, as it is as relevant to our culture and it has been for centuries in the past among the beginnings the Native Americans as they have had a profound connection with the land they lived and worked on. AVATAR’s theme focuses on just that, the connection the natives of the planet Pandora have with the biological inner-workings of it, and this is a staple of the movies attempts at connecting with the audiences’ hearts. The Native indians always held that the land was sacred and it became a way of life for them to worship it and protect it at all costs (it was considered wrong for them to kill or harm a tree). This is just what Jake (Sam Worthington) discovers as he becomes more and more connected with the sheer beauty of the alien palnet Pandora and their gentle population, the Navi’. He also, as a DNA matched fit-in with his own Navi’ body (An AVATAR), finds and falls in love with a beautiful Navi’ girl who shows him the way of her people until he finally becomes one of them like they are with their planet.
The beauty of this film is that James Cameron doesn’t make these parallels stated without us discovering them as the film progresses, and we watch, in horror, as a futuristic American military posted on Pandora denies any of the beauty associated with the planet and plans its destruction for its own monetary gain. This process of discovery is a trait not found in too many movies today as we are taken on a journey to a foreign land but are made to be involved and engaged in our hearts and minds as the true narrative of the story unfolds.
The film is stunning in scope and cinematic wizardry, using todays best state-of-the-art technology to bring film-animation to life, and in 3-D as well. The film deserves all the attention it has gotten and is sure to be a classic along the lines of a Ten Commandments or a past Cameron classic Aliens. Cameron is to be applauded for making Earth’s military the villian without making them guitless. They may not be shown to care about what they are doing to Pandora and see how wrong it is, but they are certainly shown to pay for it, and that guilt for which they suffer for should be enough for us. The ending is sad yet we cheer at it, and you will see why. Sigourney Weaver as the lead bio-scientist may not be the star but her part serves as the backbone for the anger and betrayal felt by some of the American soldiers and scientists who are forced into an ultimatum at the films final hour, and what an hour it is, it is the finest series of action sequences ever filmed, sure to make you sweat and truly feel for the natives of Pandora. Let this film go down in history as Cameron’s best to date, and lets hope he has more in store in the future.
I had zero hopes that this movie would be worth seeing since it had been hyped so much and in that regard I wasn’t let down since the movie was in fact pretty bad.
The special effects were amazing. Visually it was a beautiful film. I especially loved the glowing lichen in the forest.
Other than that the movie was boring, predictable and lame. The story line was unoriginal and uninspired. Most of the acting was horribly sub-par and the dialog was just terrible.
I guess if all you want is some eye-candy then this is the movie for you – but if you are looking for a deeper story or character development or any kind of originality in anything but the visuals – I say don’t watch this.