Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/18/09 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking Running Time 150 Minutes Genre Sci-Fi, Action Director James Cameron Writer James Cameron Cast Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Peter Mensah, Laz Alonso, Wes Studi, Stephen Lang, Matt Gerald Studio 20th Century Fox |
AVATAR (2009)
SYNOPSIS
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself
thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with
exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an
alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds,
in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the
indigenous people. More than ten years in the making,
Avatar marks Cameron's return to feature directing
since helming 1997's Titanic, the highest grossing film
of all time and winner of eleven Oscars® including Best
Picture. WETA Digital, renowned for its work in The
Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong, will
incorporate new intuitive CGI technologies to transform
the environments and characters into photorealistic 3D
imagery that will transport the audience into the alien
world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and
characters.--©20th Century Fox
Avatar is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself
thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with
exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an
alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds,
in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the
indigenous people. More than ten years in the making,
Avatar marks Cameron's return to feature directing
since helming 1997's Titanic, the highest grossing film
of all time and winner of eleven Oscars® including Best
Picture. WETA Digital, renowned for its work in The
Lord of the Rings Trilogy and King Kong, will
incorporate new intuitive CGI technologies to transform
the environments and characters into photorealistic 3D
imagery that will transport the audience into the alien
world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and
characters.--©20th Century Fox
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Director James Cameron amazed audiences in the 80’s with Aliens, in the 90’s with Terminator, and he
did it again this year with the new 3-D masterpiece, Avatar. This astounding CGI created fantasy world
will captivate and whisk the audience off to a world in the future. This world is on a planet called Pandora
and it definitely lives up to its name. It is filled with mystery, toil, hardship, death and at the bottom of it all:
hope. Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation), is a United States paraplegic
Marine that has decided to take over the mission his twin brother has died battling. Once he arrives on
the base he learns about a greedy corporate dignitary’s (Giovanni Ribisi) goal to extract a natural
resource beneath Pandora’s vast jungle; however, the corporate dignitary is having trouble with the native
inhabitants, known as Na’vi. The scientists (Sigourney Weaver and Joel Moore), who have traveled to
Pandora to study the land and inhabitants, have designed “avatars” from Na’vi DNA and human DNA.
These “avatars” look identical to the natives and they are controlled by the scientists. Jake takes over
his brother’s “avatar” and tries to infiltrate the Na’vi tribe. He soon begins to respect and love the blue Na’
vi people and is even accepted into their tribe. He falls in love with the Na’vi who teaches him about their
way of living (in balance with nature and all its inhabitants) and decides he no longer wants to help the
military destroy their land. While the story line may be weak, the audience is able to connect with Jake
and the Na’vi people. The battle scenes, that are completely CGI, are full of action and the effects are
mind-blowing; at times it is hard to believe everything is computer generated and not actors in costumes
and make-up. The 3-D effects transport the audience directly into the beautiful center of Pandora’s jungle
and are worth the extra money to see.
did it again this year with the new 3-D masterpiece, Avatar. This astounding CGI created fantasy world
will captivate and whisk the audience off to a world in the future. This world is on a planet called Pandora
and it definitely lives up to its name. It is filled with mystery, toil, hardship, death and at the bottom of it all:
hope. Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington (Terminator Salvation), is a United States paraplegic
Marine that has decided to take over the mission his twin brother has died battling. Once he arrives on
the base he learns about a greedy corporate dignitary’s (Giovanni Ribisi) goal to extract a natural
resource beneath Pandora’s vast jungle; however, the corporate dignitary is having trouble with the native
inhabitants, known as Na’vi. The scientists (Sigourney Weaver and Joel Moore), who have traveled to
Pandora to study the land and inhabitants, have designed “avatars” from Na’vi DNA and human DNA.
These “avatars” look identical to the natives and they are controlled by the scientists. Jake takes over
his brother’s “avatar” and tries to infiltrate the Na’vi tribe. He soon begins to respect and love the blue Na’
vi people and is even accepted into their tribe. He falls in love with the Na’vi who teaches him about their
way of living (in balance with nature and all its inhabitants) and decides he no longer wants to help the
military destroy their land. While the story line may be weak, the audience is able to connect with Jake
and the Na’vi people. The battle scenes, that are completely CGI, are full of action and the effects are
mind-blowing; at times it is hard to believe everything is computer generated and not actors in costumes
and make-up. The 3-D effects transport the audience directly into the beautiful center of Pandora’s jungle
and are worth the extra money to see.
By David Ladd