|
 AVATAR
With
Sam
Worthington,
Zoe
Saldana,
Sigourney
Weaver,
Stephen
Lang,
Michelle
Rodriguez,
Giovanni
Ribisi,
Wes
Studi,
CCH
Pounder,
Joel
Moore,
Laz
Alonso
Written
&
Directed
by
James
Cameron
It
is
the
future.
Jake
Scully
is
a
paraplegic
Marine.
His
brother
was
killed
and
due
to
their
genetic
match
Jake
becomes
his
substitute
in
a
highly
advanced
program
that
places
humans
in
the
genetically
cultivated
organic
bodies
of
beings
resembling
the
native
humanoid
population
called
the
Na'vi
(inhabitants
of
the
planet
Pandora).
Remotely
linked
to
these
avatars,
the
"drivers"
get
to
experience
everything
as
if
they
are
physically
present.
Their
orders
are
to
gain
the
trust
of
the
natives,
but
behind
it
lie
a
valuable
mineral
of
no
consequence
to
the
Na'vi,
but
of
great
corporate
interest
to
the
humans.
Very
much
in
touch
with
nature,
the
Na'vi
is
a
fascinating
group,
together
with
their
surroundings
of
other
animals
and
out
of
this
world
plants,
they
are
in
direct
contrast
with
the
humans.
But,
when
Jake
earns
their
trust,
he
finds
a
new
lease
on
life
in
this
new
mobile
body,
and
naturally
starts
to
admire
their
ways
and
realizes
what
these
corporates
and
military
boneheads
plan
is
totally
unacceptable
-
an
immense
war
lying
ahead
of
them.
While
the
movie
is
an
undisputed
visual
triumph
(even
more
so
if
watched
in
3D),
the
narrative
elements
of
human
greed
and
American-style
military
force
without
reason
is
a
bit
of
a
stale
point
with
a
melodramatic
environmental
message
woven
into
the
fabric
of
the
tale.
For
some
reason,
even
though
the
digital
animation
is
top-notch,
it
was
hard
for
me
to
suspend
disbelief
and
get
drawn
into
the
reality
of
this
realm
completely,
for
the
most
part
feeling
as
though
I'm
watching
a
hi-res
video
game
cut
scene
extended
to
around
3
hours...
Taking
the
highest
world-wide
grossing
spot
(knocking
Cameron's
own
Titanic
off
its
perch),
and
also
racking
up
multiple
Oscar
nominations,
the
man
has
come
a
long
way
from
making
Piranha
movies
for
low
budget
producer
Roger
Corman.
(Corman's
studio
has
in
fact
been
the
breeding
ground
for
some
of
America's
most
prominent
Oscar-winning
directors
also
including
Francis
Ford
Coppola
and
Martin
Scorsese).
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-
Paul
Blom
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