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James Cameron’s Avatar

Posted by admin in Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Featured Articles, Sci-Fi, Thriller on 12 14th, 2009 | no responses
James Cameron’s Avatar

First Review:Truly mindbending, Avatar is everything you expect it to be from visual standpoint, Cameron has created a brand new world here for sci-fi fans, and it feels right that he is back home in the sci-fi universe after the runaway success of Titanic. I was lucky enough to see this film at an advanced screening and all in attendance walked away in awe of what we had witnessed visually, even if the story is lacking as a whole. Said story is set in the year 2154 and involves a mission by U. S. Armed Forces to an earth-sized moon in orbit around a massive star. This new world, Pandora, is a rich source of a mineral Earth desperately needs. Pandora is a planetary forest inhabited by the peacful and graceful Na'vi, a blue-skinned, golden-eyed race of giants, each about 12 feet tall. We nevertheless send in the military to attack and conquer, though they are not a threat to us. There is clearly a military allegory about the nature of war mongering and the "noble savages" who often end up standing in the way of the conquering superpower. Luckily Cameron controls his narrative from falling into the muck before it becomes an offensive stereotype by imbuing the story with heartfelt,if ocasionally stiff characterization. the hero, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is a paraplegic, recruited because he's a genetic match for a dead identical twin, who an expensive avatar was orignally created for. On Pandora, Jake is a good soldier and then goes native after his life is saved by the brave Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) who if she keeps this great acting up, (voice acting in this case) especially after Star Trek, may find herself with rockstar status in the scifi universe. Sigourney Weaver has a great turn in this film as well and turns in a strong performance. It is wonderful to see her back in a James Cameron film. Michelle Rodriguez also makes a good turn in what could have been a throw away role. Visually he has unveiled the next generation of 3-D in "Avatar and wow does it leave you in awe! The interiors and rain forests in this film are like nothing you have ever seen and even the Na'vi are rendered so beautifully you can almost use the word sexy, both in their stop motion movements and the CGI. The creatures in this film are also a sight to behold, from the beauty of graceful, flying dragons which contains one of the films best scenes as Jakes tries to ride one of these beasts, to creatures that look like a mix between dandelion seeds and a jelly fish, and even the rendering of clouds, there is beauty in every frame. The entire range of his talent is on display here. Even more wonderfully he does so by never going so far as to create what some might call the "4th wall", or 4D animation. There is no need. He has left that territory for other directors. This is a world that lives and breathes in a way that is truly remarkable. Me thinks that if Stanley Kubrick's characters in "2001" had travelled even further they may have found a race just like this. Trippy and glorious, Avatar delivers Sci Fi like we have rarely seen it, making it a Merry holiday for Sci-fi fans Everywhere. This one will be off the wall in IMAX-- Get those tickets if you can, you will not be dissapointed that you did, trust me!

Category: Action
All Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriler
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 162 minutes
Rating: 8.8 /10
Languages: English

Director:

James Cameron

Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS

Writing by :

James Cameron

Produced by:

Brooke Breton
James Cameron
Jon Landau
Josh McLaglen
Janace Tashjian
Peter M. Tobyansen
Colin Wilson

Music By:

James Horner

Cast:

Sam Worthington - Jake Sully
Zoe Saldana - Neytiri
Sigourney Weaver - Dr. Grace Augustine
Stephen Lang - Colonel Miles Quaritch
Michelle Rodriguez - Trudy Chacon
Giovanni Ribisi - Parker Selfridge
Joel Moore - Norm Spellman
CCH Pounder - Moat
Wes Studi - Eytukan
Laz Alonso - Tsu'tey
Dileep Rao - Dr. Max Patel
Matt Gerald - Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
Sean Anthony Moran - Private Fike
Jason Whyte - Cryo Vault Med Tech
Scott Lawrence - Venture Star Crew Chief
Kelly Kilgour - Lock Up Trooper
James Pitt - Shuttle Pilot
Sean Patrick Murphy - Shuttle Co-Pilot
Peter Dillon - Shuttle Crew Chief
Kevin Dorman - Tractor Operator
Kelson Henderson - Dragon Gunship Pilot
David Van Horn - Dragon Gunship Gunner
Jacob Tomuri - Dragon Gunship Navigator
Michael Blain-Rozgay - Suit #1
Jon Curry - Suit #2
Julene Renee - Ambient Room Tech
Luke Hawker - Ambient Room Tech
Woody Schultz - Ambient Room Tech
Peter Mensah - Horse Clan Leader
Sonia Yee - Link Room Tech
Ilram Choi - Basketball Avatar
Kyla Warren - Na'vi Child
Dean Knowsley - Samson Pilot
Nikie Zambo - Na'vi

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Plot: In A.D. 2154, the story’s protagonist, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), is a former U.S. Marine who was wounded and paralyzed from the waist down in combat on Earth. Jake is selected to participate in the Avatar program, which will enable him to walk. Jake travels to Pandora. This world is a lush and sentient-inhabited jungle-covered satellite of Polyphemus, one of three gas giants that orbit Alpha Centauri A, 4.3 light years from Earth.

Pandora's biosphere is filled with incredible life forms, some beautiful, many terrifying. This world is also home to the Na’vi, a sentient humanoid race, who are considered primitive, yet are more physically capable than humans. Standing three meters tall (approximately 10 feet), with tails and sparkling blue skin, the Na’vi live in harmony with their unspoiled world. As humans encroach deeper into Pandora's forests in search of valuable minerals, the Na’vi unleash their formidable warrior abilities to defend their threatened existence.

Jake has unwittingly been recruited to become part of this encroachment. Since humans are unable to breathe the air on Pandora, they have created genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars. On Pandora, through his Avatar body, Jake will be able to walk again. Sent deep into Pandora's jungles as a scout for the soldiers that will follow, Jake encounters many of Pandora's beauties and dangers. There he meets a young Na’vi female, Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña).

Over time, Jake integrates himself into the Na'vi clan, and begins to fall in love with Neytiri. As a result, Jake finds himself caught between the military-industrial forces of Earth and the Na’vi, forcing him to choose sides in an epic battle that will decide the fate of Pandora.

Goofs:

Trivia:

  • Announced on June 14, 2005 in the Hollywood Reporter, James Cameron's untitled "Project 880" is a parallel project being developed alongside Battle Angel (2011). It will use the same digital-3D camera system (developed by Vince Pace) and virtual production studio (developed by Robert Legato) that Cameron will use on Battle Angel.
  • A casting call was posted on the website of Mali Finn Casting in early December 2005 for the female lead. The casting call was erroneously reported to be for James Cameron's Battle Angel (2011). However, Battle Angel will be the second of the back-to-back Cameron projects with a likely 2013 release.
  • Michael Biehn was considered for the role of Col. Quaritch. He met with James Cameron three times and saw some of the 3D footage, but in the end it simply came down to the fact that Cameron didn't want people thinking it was Aliens (1986) all over again, as Sigourney Weaver had already been cast.
  • Sigourney Weaver plays a James Cameron persona for her character in this film. Sigourney stated in an interview, "I teased him because to me I'm playing Jim Cameron in the movie as this kind of brilliant, approach-driven, idealistic perfectionist. But that same somebody has a great heart underneath. So I have to say I was always kind of channeling him."
  • James Cameron originally attempted to get this film made in 1999 as his immediate follow-up to Titanic (1997). However, at the time, the special effects he wanted for the movie ran the proposed budget up to $400 million. No studio would fund the film, and it was subsequently shelved for almost ten years.
  • James Cameron's first feature film since Titanic (1997).
  • The movie is 40% live action and 60% photo-realistic CGI. A lot of motion capture technology was used for the CGI scenes.
  • Seeing the character of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) convinced James Cameron that CGI effects had progressed enough to make this film.
  • Promotional items were shipped to cinemas under the name "Project 880".
  • The film was shipped in two parts in the UK, first part was reels 1-5 and reels 6-10 came the following day. It was shipped under the codename "Redbird".

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