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J ames Cameron’s 2009 film Avatar marked a technological breakthrough in the world of computer generated filmmaking. But although Avatar received a lot of renown for its visuals, the Avatar script has largely fallen by the wayside. I don’t think it would be inaccurate to suggest most people who saw the film in 2009 don’t remember much of what the film was about. We’re going to break down the Avatar 2009 script to see if it stacks up against the film’s final visuals. We’ll explore the Avatar setting of Pandora through the written word of James Cameron to pick up on untouched details. By the end, we’ll know the world of Avatar like a true Na’vi.

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Written by james cameron.

James Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker who has written and directed some of the most financially successful films of all-time. In 1998, Cameron won three Academy Awards for Titanic . Eleven years later, he released Avatar – which became the highest-grossing film ever made until Avengers: Endgame dethroned it in 2019.

STORY BREAKDOWN

Structure of the avatar screenplay.

Here is the story structure for the Avatar screenplay:

Jake Sully is a paraplegic war-vet, living in remote obscurity in the slums of an unnamed planet (presumably Earth).

Inciting Incident

Jake is recruited by mysterious agents to take the place of his deceased brother on a mission to colonize the alien moon of Pandora. Once Jake arrives on Pandora, he’s given control of the Na’vi Avatar originally designed for his brother. 

Plot Point One

The humans aim to mine a rare material called unobtanium on Pandora. Chief scientist Grace hopes to find a diplomatic truce with the Na’vi by infiltrating their ranks with Avatars – aka pseudo Na’vi vessels piloted by humans. Colonel Quaritch wants Jake to use his marine skills to perform recon on the Na’vi – and he promises Jake he’ll get his legs back after the mission is completed.

Rising Action

Jake, Grace, and Norm venture out into the wilds of Pandora where they’re attacked by the local fauna. Jake gets lost in the scuffle but is later rescued by Neytiri, a tribal warrior. Neytiri brings Jake to her mother Mo’at and father Eytukan who decide they will spare him to study his motives.

Jake spends most days in his Avatar body training with Neytiri. The two develop a strong bond but Grace warns that he shouldn’t become too close. Grace also warns Jake that if he doesn’t collect recon soon, Quaritch will shut down the diplomatic mission.

Plot Point Two

Jake’s health begins to deteriorate from spending too much time in Avatar form. Quaritch demands Jake force the relocation of all Na’vi no matter the cost.

Jake passes the Dream Hunt right of initiation and becomes a full member of Neytiri’s tribe. Shortly after, Jake and Neytiri consummate their love and form a life bond.

Jake and Neytiri wake up the following morning to discover the humans have unleashed an assault. Quaritch detaches Jake and Grace from their Avatars and subsequently has them detained.

Jake and Grace are freed amidst the commotion and travel into the heart of Pandora: the Well of Souls. Grace is injured along the way and succumbs to her mortal wound.

Finale II 

The Na’vi, along with Jake, plan a defense strategy to save the Hometree from bombardment. Things go haywire – but when all hope seems lost, the flora and fauna fight back and protect the planet from the invaders. Jake kills Quaritch and fully embraces his Na’vi side.

The humans are forced to leave Pandora. Jake’s human body is laid to rest but he emerges conscious in his Avatar.

Avatar Script Takeaway #1

Avatar themes are moralistic.

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The Avatar screenplay has more than a few shortcomings (and we’ll get to those in a bit) but first, let’s analyze one area where the script is rather profound. We imported the Avatar screenplay into StudioBinder’s screenwriting software to take a closer look at what’s going on between the margins. In this next scene, we’ll see the true reason why the humans traveled to Pandora. Spoiler: it’s not for humanitarian reasons. 

Avatar Intro Script  •   Read the Avatar Screenplay Unobtanium Scene

The two major themes of Avatar are:

Imperialism is bad.

It’s the responsibility of natives to protect local ecology (and vice versa). 

And we regard these themes as novel because we don’t often see them represented in big-budget cinema. It’s one thing to say imperialism is bad; it’s another to show us why imperialism is bad.

Fortunately, Avatar does a great job of showing us the calamitous effect imperialism has on the beautiful setting of Pandora. Check out this next clip to see Pandora visualized by James Cameron before the destruction.

Avatar Script Writer James Cameron Builds The World of Pandora

Quaritch and administrator Selfridge refer to the Na’vi as savages, but aren’t the humans the real savages for pillaging sacred land simply for financial gain? Ah yes, if this conflict structure sounds familiar, it’s because it’s deeply embedded in our planet’s history. Sadly, human history is riddled with hundreds of years of displacing natives in order to mine rare materials.

Cameron simply took our tragic history and put it into an alien setting – but the result is ultimately an act of introspection: maybe we should protect our neighbors more viciously than we plunder for gold and silver. 

Avatar Script Takeaway #2

Avatar dialogue is sometimes cringey.

The dialogue in Avatar often teeters on the edge of cringe. I know it’s not easy to write dialogue (trust me I’ve cringed at my own writing too) but it’s inexcusable that some of the bad dialogue in a production as big as Avatar made it through the rewrite process.

This next excerpt from the beginning of the script contains more than a few lines of dialogue that either contain too much exposition or simply too little originality. Challenge: as an exercise, read through this excerpt and mark down areas where you think the dialogue should have been edited.

Avatar Intro Script  •   Read the Avatar Screenplay Intro Scene

Okay, nobody and I mean nobody would ever say, “I became a Marine for the hardship. To be hammered on the anvil of life.” Right? The anvil of life? It’s just so unnatural for a character to say – even if it is in (V.O.).

This scene takes place at the beginning of the script, meaning it has an enormous impact on how we regard Jake’s character. For all of Avatar’s strengths, Jake’s character isn’t one of them.

Cameron tried to make us empathize with Jake by having him attack the guy at the bar… but it didn’t quite work. Perhaps that’s why the scene was cut from the film. But alas, you can check out the deleted scene here:

Avatar Intro Script to Screen Deleted Scene

In the end, the dialogue in Avatar fails to match-up to the lofty themes in the story. But there is one exchange that works surprisingly well.

Here it is; from page 84 of the Avatar screenplay:

Avatar Script PDF  •   Great Dialogue Exchange in Avatar

Why does this exchange work so well? Well, because it demonstrates growth in Jake and Grace’s characters. It also says a lot about the Na’vi and the impact that humans have had on them, all in a short moment. Honestly, it’s a surprisingly poignant moment in a script rife with eye-rolling dialogue.

Avatar Script Takeaway #3

What is avatar 2 going to be about.

It’s no secret that James Cameron has big plans for the future of Avatar , with (forgive my LeBron James impression) not one, not two, not three, but four sequels. As of now, who knows how many Avatar movies there are going to be.

The first Avatar was a sensational box-office success – so much so that 20th Century Fox gave the go-ahead for four sequels! But what is the next Avatar going to be about?

To answer that question, we have to go back to the script. Let’s break down the very end of the Avatar screenplay to see where the next film might begin.

Avatar Original Script  •   Read the Avatar Screenplay Ending

The Avatar ending brings the story full-circle. Remember in the opening scene how Jake describes flying in his dreams but when he wakes up he finds himself enfeebled. Well, the transfer of Jake’s soul from his human body to his Avatar means he can finally fly. His eyes opening directly juxtapose the somber tone of the opening with gleeful vitality.

Avatar 2009 Script to Screen  •  Watch the Avatar Ending

So, it’s fair to assume Avatar 2 is going to pick up with the story of Jake and Neytiri. In May 2020, Avatar 2 producer Jon Landau said, "Jake and Neytiri have a family in this movie, they are forced to leave their home, they go out and explore the different regions of Pandora.” Kate Winslet, Vin Diesel, and Oona Chaplin have been chosen to join the cast of Avatar 2 , with Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Stephen Lang reprising their roles. As of now, Avatar 2 is scheduled for release on December 16, 2022.

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James Cameron wants you to believe. He wants you to believe that aliens are killing machines, humanity can defeat time-traveling cyborgs, and a film can transport you to a significant historical disaster. In many ways, the planet of Pandora in " Avatar " has become his most ambitious manner of sharing this belief in the power of cinema. Can you leave everything in your life behind and experience a film in a way that's become increasingly difficult in an era of so much distraction? As technology has advanced, Cameron has pushed the limits of his power of belief even further, playing with 3D, High Frame Rate, and other toys that weren't available when he started his career. But one of the many things that is so fascinating about "Avatar: The Way of Water" is how that belief manifests itself in themes he's explored so often before. This wildly entertaining film isn't a retread of "Avatar," but a film in which fans can pick out thematic and even visual elements of " Titanic ," " Aliens ," "The Abyss," and "The Terminator" films. It's as if Cameron has moved to Pandora forever and brought everything he cares about. (He's also clearly never leaving.) Cameron invites viewers into this fully realized world with so many striking images and phenomenally rendered action scenes that everything else fades away.

Maybe not right away. "Avatar: The Way of Water" struggles to find its footing at first, throwing viewers back into the world of Pandora in a narratively clunky way. One can tell that Cameron really cares most about the world-building mid-section of this film, which is one of his greatest accomplishments, so he rushes through some of the set-ups to get to the good stuff. Before then, we catch up with Jake Sully ( Sam Worthington ), a human who is now a full-time Na'vi and partners with Neytiri ( Zoe Saldana ), with whom he has started a family. They have two sons—Neteyam ( Jamie Flatters ) and Lo'ak ( Britain Dalton )—and a daughter named Tuk (Trinity Jo-Li Bliss), and they are guardians of Kiri ( Sigourney Weaver ), the offspring of Weaver's character from the first film.

Family bliss is fractured when the 'sky people' return, including an avatar Na'vi version of one Colonel Miles Quaritch ( Stephen Lang ), who has come to finish what he started, including vengeance on Jake for the death of his human form. He comes back with a group of former-human-now-Na'vi soldiers who are the film's main antagonists, but not the only ones. "Avatar: The Way of Water" once again casts the military, planet-destroying humans of this universe as its truest villains, but the villains' motives are sometimes a bit hazy. Around halfway through, I realized it's not very clear why Quaritch is so intent on hunting Jake and his family, other than the plot needs it, and Lang is good at playing mad.

The bulk of "Avatar: The Way of Water" hinges on the same question Sarah Connor asks in the "Terminator" movies—fight or flight for family? Do you run and hide from the powerful enemy to try and stay safe or turn and fight the oppressive evil? At first, Jake takes the former option, leading them to another part of Pandora, where the film opens up via one of Cameron's longtime obsessions: H2O. The aerial acrobatics of the first film are supplanted by underwater ones in a region run by Tonowari ( Cliff Curtis ), the leader of a clan called the Metkayina. Himself a family man—his wife is played by Kate Winslet —Tonowari is worried about the danger the new Na'vi visitors could bring but can't turn them away. Again, Cameron plays with moral questions about responsibility in the face of a powerful evil, something that recurs in a group of commercial poachers from Earth. They dare to hunt sacred water animals in stunning sequences during which you have to remind yourself that none of what you're watching is real.

The film's midsection shifts its focus away from Sully/Quaritch to the region's children as Jake's boys learn the ways of the water clan. Finally, the world of "Avatar" feels like it's expanding in ways the first film didn't. Whereas that film was more focused on a single story, Cameron ties together multiple ones here in a far more ambitious and ultimately rewarding fashion. While some of the ideas and plot developments—like the connection of Kiri to Pandora or the arc of a new character named Spider ( Jack Champion )—are mostly table-setting for future films, the entire project is made richer by creating a larger canvas for its storytelling. While one could argue that there needs to be a stronger protagonist/antagonist line through a film that discards both Jake & Quaritch for long periods, I would counter that those terms are intentionally vague here. The protagonist is the entire family and even the planet on which they live, and the antagonist is everything trying to destroy the natural world and the beings that are so connected to it.

Viewers should be warned that Cameron's ear for dialogue hasn't improved—there are a few lines that will earn unintentional laughter—but there's almost something charming about his approach to character, one that weds old-fashioned storytelling to breakthrough technology. Massive blockbusters often clutter their worlds with unnecessary mythologies or backstories, whereas Cameron does just enough to ensure this impossible world stays relatable. His deeper themes of environmentalism and colonization could be understandably too shallow for some viewers—and the way he co-opts elements of Indigenous culture could be considered problematic—and I wouldn't argue against that. But if a family uses this as a starting point for conversations about those themes then it's more of a net positive than most blockbusters that provide no food for thought. 

There has been so much conversation about the cultural impact of "Avatar" recently, as superheroes dominated the last decade of pop culture in a way that allowed people to forget the Na'vi. Watching "Avatar: The Way of Water," I was reminded of how impersonal the Hollywood machine has become over the last few decades and how often the blockbusters that truly make an impact on the form have displayed the personal touch of their creator. Think of how the biggest and best films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg couldn't have been made by anyone else. "Avatar: The Way of Water" is a James Cameron blockbuster, through and through. And I still believe in him.

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Brian Tallerico is the Managing Editor of RogerEbert.com, and also covers television, film, Blu-ray, and video games. He is also a writer for Vulture, The Playlist, The New York Times, and GQ, and the President of the Chicago Film Critics Association.

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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully

Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri

Sigourney Weaver as Kiri

Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch

Kate Winslet as Ronal

Cliff Curtis as Tonowari

Joel David Moore as Norm Spellman

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Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore

Brendan Cowell as Mick Scoresby

Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin

Jamie Flatters as Neteyam

Britain Dalton as Lo'ak

Trinity Bliss as Tuktirey

Jack Champion as Javier 'Spider' Socorro

Bailey Bass as Tsireya

Filip Geljo as Aonung

Duane Evans Jr. as Rotxo

Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge

Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel

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February 16, 2010 16 Comments

Like millions of people around the world, I recently saw the new James Cameron film Avatar . While I was blown away by the visual beauty, the out-of-this world effects, and the revolutionary technology of the movie, it was the deeper message of Avatar that had the biggest impact on me.

As someone who sometimes arrogantly criticizes “mainstream” culture for being too shallow or not “getting it,” I was both humbled and inspired watching this film – knowing that its direct and indirect messages of awareness and interconnectedness are not only being shown to millions all over the world, but that there is an intense hunger and desire for them (as evidenced by its record-breaking success).

As a culture we are waking up on so many levels. With all that is going on in our country and our world these days, many of us are asking deeper, more meaningful questions about life, work, money, relationships, peace, our planet, and so much more. Many of these important issues were addressed directly and profoundly in Avatar . When I left the theatre, not only did I feel that I’d just seen an incredible movie, I felt as though my life had been impacted and altered in a positive way.

The film is a wake-up call – reminding us of the dangers of greed, unconsciousness, disconnection, insensitivity, violence, and arrogance, both globally and personally. It’s also a bold call for each of us to re-connect with that which is most sacred to us, to focus on what truly matters, and to remember how connected we are to each other, all living beings, and the environment in which we live.

Three of the most important messages we can take away from Avatar and use in our own life, work, and relationships are:

1) Honor the sacred – A central theme of the film is the way in which the Na’vi (the native species of the moon Pandora where the story takes place) honor the sacredness of their land – specifically Hometree (where they live) and the Tree of Souls (where they worship). They have a deep sense of reverence for these important places and for all of Pandora.

How well do you honor your own space? How much reverence do you hold for where you live, where you work, where you eat, the planet, and more? So often we forget that the “sacredness” of any place is more about how we relate to it, than about the space itself. We have the ability to bring a sense of sacredness to anywhere we are, at any time.

2) Connect with Spirit – The Na’vi worship a mother goddess called Eywa. Eywa is the center of the Na’vi’s universe and their reverence for her is displayed in a beautiful and palpable way throughout the film. In all that the Na’vi do, there is a direct connection back to their relationship with Eywa. There are breathtaking scenes in the film showing large groups of Na’vi chanting and praying around the Tree of Souls – as a way to honor, connect with, and access Eywa’s power, wisdom, and love.

How consciously do you connect with Spirit in your own life? We often get so busy that we don’t take the time to connect with Spirit in a deliberate and meaningful way in our daily lives. We also sometimes get too caught up in the external – thinking we have to go to a specific service or gathering, practice a particular form of prayer or meditation, or do something else externally in order to tap into our connection to Spirit. While any of these practices can be important, none of them are necessary – we can connect with Spirit at any time, in any place, and for any reason.

3) Remember our interconnectedness – The way the Na’vi live in harmony with their land and all living creators is one of the most profound and awe-inspiring elements of Avatar . There is a deep respect and appreciation for all living creators and for all elements of nature that the Na’vi truly embody. A great example of this is how the Na’vi warriors bond with their Banshees (the four-winged creatures they fly around on). Once they bond – which they do both physically and energetically – they are bonded for life and work together as one. The first few scenes in the film where we see the Na’vi warriors connect with their Banshees literally took my breath away and had a visceral impact on me as I sat in the theater.

How consciously interconnected do you feel towards other people, living creatures, and our planet in your daily life? It’s so easy for us to get caught up in the illusion of separateness – we think, talk, and are reminded of all the ways in which we are different, disconnected, and isolated from one another, living creators, and the earth all the time. However, most of us have had experiences in our lives where we’ve felt a deep sense of interconnectedness – not just with people we know and love, but with all of life. In those moments, we’ve seen, felt, and touched the depth of our true nature. When we consciously tap into this, we remember that at the deepest level – we are all one.

Avatar is a film that not only broke new ground in film making technology, visual effects, and box-office success – it’s a movie that challenges us in a personal way to remember who we really are and why we’re truly here.

Have you seen Avatar yet? What did you think? Whether or not you’ve seen the film, how can you bring more interconnection, spirit, and sacredness into your life, work, and relationships? Share your thoughts, action ideas, insights, and more on my blog below.

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February 16, 2010 at 10:11 am

I absolutely loved and enjoyed the movie. My husband and I even sat thru the credits, we didn’t want it to end!

I am so very appreciative of your article! It is true that so many people are not in touch.

Thank you, as always, for your insight.

February 26, 2023 at 3:07 pm

I do not have to watch Avatar to make any connection with nature nor with other humans like myself. I worship One God who created all things. Who is Spirit. He told us that we should not have or worship any other god but him. We should not worship the stars, moon, sun things on the earth under the earth. This movie., teaches evolution in a subtle way.

February 16, 2010 at 10:15 am

Below is a short (OK not so short) post I wrote the night I saw Avatar:

As I watched Avatar this evening my eyes actually welled up. Not because of any Hollywood agenda (real or perceived), rather because it showed a clear example of mankind’s cruelty and greedy nature when left unchecked.

I thought of how many lives were destroyed over the course of human history because one group of people chose to dominate another group, because of a piece of land, or shiny rocks in the ground, or oil or water or just a better view.

Over thousands of years we have subjugated each other physically, emotionally and when one group (or even a single person) has the ability to dominate another, we do it seemingly without pause.

I thought of the Red Cloud wars of South Dakota and Montana, where Native Americans were driven out of their homeland because settlers found some yellow rocks and felt that they were more deserving than their fellow man.

Europeans, and later Americans profited for centuries from enslaving people from another continent deemed less than human, due to their appetite for cheap labor.

Human hands were responsible for the brutal destruction of millions of their fellow man as a final solution to people considered undesirable.

We vilify one group; label another as savages all to justify our selfish natures. We do it within our society; how else do we justify the division between our classes. How can one neighborhood enjoy literal opulence, while 5 miles away their fellow citizens are suffering in squalor?

This is not a criticism of one race or ethnic group; we are all equally capable of abusing our brothers and sisters. Richard Twiss references this when discussing the mistreatment of Native Americans when he said, I’m not sure had the situation been reversed, we (Native Americans) wouldn’t have acted the same way.” – I apologize if I didn’t get the text exactly right, I moved recently and cannot find my copy of “One Church, Many Tribes”.

Neither is this a cry for the redistribution of wealth nor am I espousing the evil of capitalism; the former does not work and the latter is still the best system man has ever devised.

That is the problem though; the best system of our making still falls woefully short. What is the answer then? When will one man treat another man with compassion and dignity? When will peace come to our world?

I have studied human history and the human condition all my life and I am convinced, beyond any doubt, the only way for imperfect people to treat one another with any modicum of decency is by divine power; a moral force outside of our control and independent of our thoughts.

Only when we recognize our own sinful nature, our moral shortcomings can we possibly have the respect and empathy for another person or people group to allow them to live unfettered and without fear.

Can this power be discovered anywhere but at the cross of Christ? Can we truly recognize our sin apart from seeing the brutal torture He endured for no other reason than to redeem those He loved?

Unless I see myself as responsible for His need to suffer, I cannot truly have a healthy view of my fellow man. I am always prone to see myself in a more favorable light.

Only the cross, only His blood and the victory of an empty tomb can empower us to see our fellow man with a healthy and realistic perspective.

The day will come when this sinful nature is no longer the dominant force in our lives; when we no longer endure the struggle the apostle Paul wrote about two thousand years ago:

“I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing. “ – Romans 7:18-19

He asks and answers the obvious question a few lines later:

“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God–through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.” – Romans 7:24-8:2

No one wants to believe they are evil, but those holocaust guards, the otherwise decent folks who cheated, killed and enslaved other human beings were often decent, God-fearing people in many ways.

Rich Mullins once said “We’re all afraid of werewolves; not of being killed by one, but becoming one.”

That is why I can say and I hope you can as well “Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord!

February 16, 2010 at 10:21 am

Mike, This is an amazing summary of what I took from the profound story as well. It is so imperative that we find these things and bring them to the center of our lives again as a cultural whole. Thank you for expressing it so well! Sincerely, Heidi Howes

February 16, 2010 at 10:22 am

While I agree with and appreciate to a large extent, your sentiments about AVATAR, I also would be remiss if I were not to mention my sentiments about the use of violence.

Did James Cameron really need to infuse that much footage of guns, firepower and massacre in this movie? Do we need to project the old paradigm of violence and destruction in the year 2154?

Yes, I get that perhaps the motivation of including this part of the storyline was part of making a statement of ‘let’s stop the violence now … before we see more destruction” and how devastating these actions are and all the visual and moral meanings to this end.

However, my soul and conscious did not need nor was it expanded by the visuals and the noise of all this destruction. In fact, it was peacefully absorbing the natural beauty of could be! All the things you cited including inter and intra -connectedness and empowerment.

I’m not exactly sure that I needed to be jolted out of this energy by firepower – which seemed to go on way too long.

Perhaps it was mainly a marketing strategy … In the words of my 12 year old son, “Mom, James Cameron was being very clever!” “With the beauty he was able to capture the females audience and with the violence, the male audience~~!!!” “He wanted to make another blockbuster; don’t you see that?”

“Yes, son, unfortunately, I do.”

It was a mainstream movie … with mainstream objectives. I’m wondering whether this movie would have been more to my visual and conscious liking had it been more of an independent movie production.

February 16, 2010 at 10:35 am

I had to go see it twice; because so much was going on I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything. One thing that I did not notice the first time I saw the movie was when they all sat around the tree of souls they were in fact connected to the roots of the tree that extended out to each of the Na-vi. The movie was very profound with its message of togetherness and caring for all living life, and I’m looking forward towards the pre or sequel.

February 16, 2010 at 11:34 am

To deepen your connection to the film I hugely recommend seeing it in IMAX 3D before it leaves the theatres. The otherworldly, depth effects that James Cameron created are 1000% more effective in this format over the 3D on the conventional screen. Run to see it again…for the first time. Smiles, Jim

February 16, 2010 at 1:05 pm

Oh, to be blessed with a means of physically connecting to our God and to our planet… Instead, we have to connect with our mind, spiritually. Not through any religion or dogma or through politics, but through love – loving ourselves, loving each other, loving all life and loving our surroundings. The key is love and respect and honor.

We have been charged with cherishing and nurturing our planet, not with dominating and controlling it. More men have been killed in the name of God, than for any other reason followed closely by greed and the ‘need’ for power! We continue to overpopulate, pollute and basically destroy our world. Where will it stop? Will we eventually render this world inhospitable and uninhabitable? Or, will we one day experience a world wide awakening? To banish fear and greed and a self-serving desire for power?

I’d like to teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony…

Avatar is amazing. I left the theatre inspired by all the incredible images and messages of interconnectedness, but also a bit sad that the conflict was resolved with only conventional battle drama. The film itself is so cutting-edge, new paradigm, and I would have loved to have seen that extended into the conflict resolution. Where was the diplomacy, or simple negotiation illustrated? Avatar beautifully mirrors so much of the epic history of our world, and is an excellent reminder that an appreciation for the sacredness of all life that lives in each of our hearts is paramount.

February 16, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Mike – I just saw Avatar myself this past weekend and am still thinking about this amazing film! This was not merely a movie — it was a cinematographic experience of stunning visual special effects! The 3D aspect, as well as surround sound added a complete depth of feel!

I think you are right on-target with the messages of this film, particularly the interconnectedness of the Navi with each other and their environment. That is a parallel to our lives today, reminding us to remember our sense of connection to each other and our Mother (Earth) which we are depleting.

I recall one line of the movie where it was stated (perhaps by Sully, I don’t recall) that “Our Mother has no green anymore” referring to the state of Earth in the 22nd century, and what will happen if we do not take enough ecological actions to save our planet.

Another significant parallel is the idea of the Earth people exploring and exploiting a new geographical region for the sake of financial gain. The region is plundered, destroyed and the people are forced to leave their home and their beautiful land. Gee, where else did that take place — perhaps with the Native Americans several hundred years ago! So I think this movie also parallels that period of history, and it’s not a time period to be proud of. With all the native references and sacred ceremonies as well as reverence toward nature there are strong similarities.

I enjoyed your review, Mike — sounds like an interesting assignment for you, a little bit different from your regular posts!

February 16, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Hi Mike, I love what you wrote about Avatar. Here is my take on Avatar. I wrote it as a Service Moment Holly Stiel

For many years I have been teaching the concept that all customers wear a giant sign on them that says ME. In my classes I explain that what customers are really saying without actually saying it, is pay attention to me, let me know you care about me, listen to me, respect me, acknowledge me, remember me, in essence see me with your heart, soul and intelligence not just with your eyes.. There is such a desperate need “out there” that paying attention to these human needs actually make the business needs infinitely easier to master because there is no greater human need then to believe that you have really been deeply seen. All this is to preface the thrill I felt while watching the three D phenomenon, Avatar and realizing that a worldwide audience was not only hearing the message but actually getting and understanding it. The standard greeting in Pandora, the fictional planet where Avatar takes place is “ I see you ” James Cameron has summed it all up into three simple words. .. The gift of being seen by another person is what everyone is not only craving but what everyone deserves. As a service provider, if you could satisfy this deep human need by imagining that the standard greeting in your place of business was “I see you” what would you do differently? How would you behave? What would the results of the service provided be if each of us took the extra moment to stop and really see people. We would no longer have “Fronts”, #’s or transactions. We would have connection and relationships, resulting in loyalty and repeat business which is of course, the ultimate goal of every service business. Because you subscribe to Service Moments I thank you for “seeing me” and because you are reading this… I definitely see you.

February 17, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Great piece. My Wife JoAnn and I have now seen Avatar three times, twice in 3D and most recently on IMAX 3D. We’d see it again in a heartbeat!

The bit I want to add to the conversation has to do with the “I see you” greeting. Right towards the end, when Ney’tiri (Na’tiri?) is cradling Sully (in his human body) in her huge hands and and declares, “I see you.” She “knows” him (his essence) even though she has never seen his human body before.

This idea, that we can “see” the animating force (God/Goddess, Spirit et. al.) in each other (Namaste) is a basic premise of many spiritual traditions. The notion that we could “see” this great truth in other species is such a joyous transpersonal insight that tears come each time I deeply consider the possibility.

One of the great joys of Challenge Day is the opportunity to engage in deep eye-gazing, to understand that the eyes are truly windows into the soul. That we can transcend our stories and “see” each other beyond our bodies (including our personalities and male/female dance) is one of the great gifts of the embodied life.

February 18, 2010 at 5:59 am

Mike thanks you for your amazing review, it’s spot on and I just wanted to share something I had been moved to write about Avatar also.

Oneness of the creator. Oneness of mankind . Oneness of faith.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1‘%C3%AD_teachings#Unity

I have seen Avatar, six times! six times I have gone back to see this movies, am I insane? or is just the 3D and mind blowing CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) tying a knot in my heart and brain. It floats in my mind like a glimpse of paradise lost, beckoning me to find it. I see magic in this simple well trodden tail where the Navi have a simplistic undivided spirituality that leaves them totally united with their surroundings and the various animals of their world including themselves. This coupled with the outstanding realism pulls on my heart strings with a longing that I know cannot be equaled in my real world, but wait lets engage some imagination, dream a little or a lot and see what might be, if only. Imagine “The Oneness of Mankind” a united humanity, free from the ravages of war, “The Elimination of Prejudice of All Kinds” and “The Equality of Women and Men”. Imagine “The Essential Harmony of Science and Religion” where the application of science would be for the benefit of mankind and his environment. Imagine the earth filled with hearts and souls linked and united in the glory of “The Oneness of Mankind”, “The Oneness of Religion” and its effect on the earth our mother. Knowledge arts and sciences taught to all “Universal Compulsory Education”, is this our Pandora, a real tangible vision of what could be. Well according to Baha’ullah its our destiny, waiting for us to just mirror forth spiritual attributes to reflect our noble promised future, just waiting for us to cast aside the veils that have hindered and stopped such a noble cause from fruition. So maybe Avatar plucks my heart strings as a fantasy based on a deep down longing that every person has imprinted on the very fabric of their being, One Country, One World, One Race, but wait its just a movie and dreams are for fools? it could never happen, we don’t have a living neural network like Pandora, this may be true, but think maybe not a natural built system, but a man made system. Consider since the invention of Morse Code in 1844 in just over 160 years the mind boggles as the World Wide Web streams out like roots to all parts and places of our globe, and each single individual can connect millions, billions of others at near the speed of light. So is this a fools dream? or from a prison in ‘Akka did Baha’ullah call out to our hearts to fulfill our destiny and James Cameron’s Avatar just by chance happened upon a hidden dream deep down in soul of each and everyone of us just waiting to be released from the prison of our hearts and minds. As you can tell I am a Baha’i, but I don’t know how else we could reach Pandora on planet earth.

March 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Great post, Mike. Deep and beautiful.

I direct my reply to Dan Rosenberger’s post above. I feel his words and agree with so much of what he says — and yet am compelled to ask him to take a deep look at (his) use of the word ‘only’ above.

An imperative in healing our shared past and empowering a bright future is to address the shadow that fundamentalism casts upon our future. Most obvious in religion, fundamentalism is equally damaging in any arena of critical thinking. The belief that anything is the ‘only way’ marks the place where thinking ends, and only fear based connection can grow.

April 24, 2020 at 1:33 am

This is now more relevant than ever.

January 8, 2023 at 9:04 am

Avatar also reminds me of the old testament story of the Elohim, who also created hybrids to work the planet, especially mines. Their conquests, plundering and war between each other caused genocide amongst their creations. Elyon being the head of the Elohim ‘sky council’ and YHWH being one of the Elohim. El-Shadday also referring to the El of the mountains or plains. These Elohim seemed to be in competition with one another.

The Roman gods are almost a comic book retelling of the Elohim gods on Earth. The old testament has nothing to do with the god Paul describes in the new testament.

The Sumerian tale of creation also echos this theme. In fact it is echoed in all ancient cultures on the planet. Beings who descended from the sky, created us, taught us, used us, and then disappeared.

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Although humans on the base are racially diverse,

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Parents need to know that James Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar is about humans colonizing the planet Pandora, home to the Na'vi. The movie is long (at 161 minutes) and intense, with several effects-heavy battle and hunting sequences that show the devastation of imperialist violence and the right that Indigenous…

Positive Messages

Overall, movie's message is that we could all stand to learn something from a population that's different from our own. Strong environmental and pro-peace themes. Some viewers may see the message of occupying a foreign land to usurp their cultural riches as a commentary on Western imperialism or United States' involvement in global politics.

Positive Role Models

Several characters make difficult but moral choices. Jake chooses to support the Na'vi even though it's against orders to do so and means he must fight (and kill) fellow human soldiers. Neytiri, Grace, and Trudy all make personal sacrifices to help the clan; they're strong, courageous, assertive characters. (In both human and Na'vi populations, female characters are brave and important -- even the Na'vi mating ritual requires that both partners equally accept/choose each other.) On the flip side, the Colonel and corporate boss Parker are portrayed as bloodthirsty and greedy.

Diverse Representations

Although humans on the base are racially diverse, majority of main characters are White. They use offensive terms and stereotypes when talking about the Indigenous population of Pandora, and the military engages in imperialist violence. These scenes, intended to encourage racial/ethnic equality and show value of treating other groups with respect, only partially succeed because, while the Na'vi ultimately triumph, they do so only by following the guidance of outsiders. Violent human colonizers are ultimately ejected from Pandora, but film glosses over how the Na'vi environment and population have been permanently damaged by even well-meaning human scientists and allies. Main character Jake has a visible disability: He uses a wheelchair and is initially teased and treated as an inconvenience. But he easily moves around the base in his wheelchair and asserts control over himself when others try to touch or move him without his consent. Women and female Na'vi characters are important in the story, hold prominent social roles such as scientists and spiritual leaders. No body size diversity. All romantic relationships are between male and female Na'vi.

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Characters (supporting and extras) die due to explosions, bullet wounds, arrows (some treated with toxins), precipitous falls, asphyxiation. Several intense scenes involving frightening Pandoran animals and plants, as well as tension between Jake's rogue group of pro-Na'vi humans and the rest of the humans sent to Pandora.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

Many longing looks between Jake's avatar and Neytiri, which eventually leads to kissing and a marital "mating" ritual (kissing and touching are seen on screen). Na'vi clothing makes parts of their humanoid bodies visible. ​​Jake and Neytir's relationship is briefly referred to as "getting tail."

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The word "s--t" is used several times. Language also includes "bulls--t," "bitch," "goddamn," "piss," limp-d--ked," "hell," "oh my God," "ass," and insults like "stupid," "ignorant," etc. Degrading language is used to describe disabled people, such as "cripple." Slurs such as "savages," "roaches," and "blue monkeys" are used to describe the Na'vi.

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No product placement in the movie, but dozens of tie-in merchandising deals tied to the title -- including toys and books aimed at young kids.

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Sigourney Weaver's character, Grace, smokes cigarettes and somewhat glamorizes the activity.

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Parents need to know that James Cameron 's sci-fi epic Avatar is about humans colonizing the planet Pandora, home to the Na'vi. The movie is long (at 161 minutes) and intense, with several effects-heavy battle and hunting sequences that show the devastation of imperialist violence and the right that Indigenous groups have to protect themselves and their land. These scenes include missile-launching military aircraft, neurotoxin-laced arrows, scary Pandora-dwelling fauna and flora, and lots of explosions. Salty wartime language includes many uses of "s--t," "​​bitch," and more. As in his previous films, Cameron infuses the action-driven story with strong female characters who are important to the plot, and crafts a morality tale about treating others with respect centered in a romantic relationship. ​​Main character Jake uses a wheelchair in his daily life and a Na'vi "avatar" body to interact with local populations, and the human-Na'vi relationship in question gets a bit complicated because the human is actually using his Na'vi avatar. Na'vi clothing makes parts of their bodies visible from time to time. The romantic leads have chemistry that's sometimes sensual. (Note: Fans of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender should know that this movie is in no way connected to that show or the movie based on it.) To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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In the 22nd century, Marine Jake Scully ( Sam Worthington ), who uses a wheelchair, embarks on a corporate-run, military-backed experiment in which he and a select group of academics -- led by Dr. Grace Augustine ( Sigourney Weaver ) -- can fully control avatars that look exactly like the Na'vi: the lean, blue-skinned native population of a distant world called Pandora. On his first outing as his AVATAR, Jake is saved by Na'vi Neytiri ( Zoe Saldana ) and then captured by her clan. They decide to spare Jake's life as long as he agrees to learn the Na'vi ways from Neytiri. He does, but then he's told by villainous Colonel Quaritch ( Stephen Lang ) that he'll be spying on the Na'vi to make it easier to remove them from their home, an ancestral tree that's rooted above a deposit of an unbelievably valuable substance called "Unobtainium" (pun intended). As Jake becomes more and more involved with Neytiri and her people, he's forced to choose between following orders and respecting the Na'vi's wishes.

Is It Any Good?

James Cameron , director of the highest-grossing movie ever made ( Titanic ), risked a rumored $500 million on a spectacular futuristic sci-fi epic whose main characters are blue aliens and settings are mostly CGI. The good news for epic movie lovers everywhere is that Avatar was a massive success. It's more like the story of Dances with Wolves crossed with the breathtaking visual effects of Lord of the Rings and the love story of Titanic , with a splash of the assimilation to a native culture aspect of Apocalypse Now thrown in. Even though Cameron seems to have gone to the same hammy dialogue school of screenwriting as George Lucas , he can certainly immerse viewers in a thoroughly enjoyable spectacle. Every shot of Pandora is amazingly detailed, from floating mountains to flying beasts to the feline-featured Na'vi, who are inspired by several Indigenous cultures. The movie's scale is undeniably impressive.

Cameron owes a huge debt to his movie's female characters, all of whom are much more interesting than the stereotypical men -- especially the outlandishly evil Quaritch and Giovanni Ribisi 's greedy corporate overseer. Weaver and Michelle Rodriguez (as soldier Trudy Chacon), like Aliens ' Ripley or Terminator 's Sarah Connor, could take on anything or anyone, and Saldana follows up a memorable turn as Uhura in Star Trek with another strong performance as Neytiri. It's quite a feat to create romantic electricity between fictional alien creatures, but Saldana and Worthington manage it surprisingly well. If you allow yourself to get lost in Cameron's Pandora, it's impossible not to root for the Na'vi (or Neytiri and Jake). Part sci-fi, part romance, all James Cameron, this is the sci-fi epic that will suck everyone in.

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Families can talk about Avatar 's revolutionary special effects. Do they overwhelm or support the movie's story? How does the portrayal of the Na'vi affect the movie's emotional impact?

What themes does Cameron consistently work into his films? Compare the strong female characters in Avatar , Terminator , and Titanic . Any similarities?

What political messages is Cameron exploring in the movie? How are its themes relevant to what's going on in today's world? Do you think these messages will stand the test of time?

Why is it important to respect different cultural groups and treat their traditions and practices as valid and important?

How do the Na'vi and human allies use teamwork to achieve their goals? Why is that an important character strength ?

Movie Details

• In theaters : December 18, 2009
• On DVD or streaming : April 22, 2010
• Cast : Michelle Rodriguez , Sam Worthington , Sigourney Weaver , Zoe Saldana
• Director : James Cameron
• Inclusion Information : Female actors, Latino actors, Black actors
• Studio : Twentieth Century Fox
• Genre : Science Fiction
• Topics : Activism , Magic and Fantasy , Science and Nature , Space and Aliens
• Character Strengths : Teamwork
• Run time : 161 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG-13
• MPAA explanation : intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking
• Last updated : February 9, 2024

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James Cameron's Academy Award®-winning 2009 epic adventure "Avatar", returns to theaters September 23 in stunning 4K High Dynamic Range. On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world.

Rating: PG-13 (Language|Warfare|Intense Battle Sequences|Sensuality|Some Smoking)

Genre: Sci-fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Original Language: English

Director: James Cameron

Producer: James Cameron , Jon Landau

Writer: James Cameron

Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 2009  wide

Rerelease Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2022

Release Date (Streaming): Feb 10, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA): $23.5M

Runtime: 2h 35m

Distributor: 20th Century Fox

Production Co: Dune, Lightstorm Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners

Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Dolby

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Sam Worthington

Zoe Saldana

Neytiri Voice

Sigourney Weaver

Grace Augustine

Stephen Lang

Col. Miles Quaritch

Michelle Rodriguez

Trudy Chacone

Giovanni Ribisi

Parker Selfridge

Joel David Moore

Norm Spellman

CCH Pounder

Mo'at Voice

Eytucan Voice

Tsu'tey Voice

Dr. Max Patel

Matt Gerald

Cpl. Lyle Wainfleet

Sean Anthony Moran

Jason Whyte

Cryo Vault Med Tech

Scott Lawrence

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Kelly Kilgour

Lock Up Trooper

James Cameron

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Colin Wilson

Executive Producer

Laeta Kalogridis

James Horner

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Mauro Fiore

Cinematographer

Rick Carter

Production Design

Robert Stromberg

Stephen Rivkin

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John Refoua

Mayes C. Rubeo

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Deborah Lynn Scott

Margery Simkin

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I never liked this movie when it came out, I liked it even less when I watched part of it again on one of those rerun movie channels recently. I'll get the obvious praise out of the way, the visuals were ground breaking and well done. Not a lot of movies have used 3D in the same masterful way that James Cameron managed in Avatar. Past being a visual event, I think this movie does not work. I am aware I am a detractor from the popular opinion, although I am maybe not anymore. This movie was lauded by many people as something akin to Alien or Star Wars, some grand entry into the sci-fi genre. I love the aforementioned films. I generally love science fiction and fantasy. This film did not work for me in the slightest. I think it is also sort of interesting that there are no major Avatar spin offs nearly a decade later, no grand comicon fan fare. Maybe it was not so grand. In the end you'll form your own opinions, this is my why. It does not work for me because it's a warmed over Jesus myth layered over a first nations story. It is barely competent at that. I can't define the Na'Vi except by reference to cliches. They're basically granola hippies meet the old west natives, and not in a flattering way. I understand little about the humans of the future, outside of mega corps and one dimensional army guys. I had to google the name of the planet this movie took place on. My first thought was Pangea, close. I am not sure I ever understood the point of the birds. I am not sure why an outsider in a cyborg suit is the only person who can tame the off color bird. Why does any of this matter? It matters in science fiction. People invented a Klingon language. I wonder what Greedo's people were like, I wonder why there are Vulcans and Romulans. They are all sort of tropes, and rip off certain real life things. Romulans gives it away in the name. To be clear, I do not care enough to learn these things I rattled off, but it's that wonder. The spectacle of good science fiction, for me, is that curiosity. The world, the people, that stand beyond themselves. You learn something about yourself or the real world by reference to that wonder. I couldn't care less about the blue aliens and their Jesus, and I think that is why this film never worked for me. I think all science fiction is a strange project of building a little bit on what we know to create what could be, Avatar never makes it off the ground for me.

I can say only that I don't like much the movie and his ending and that is only my opinion. Otherwise it's really good made. And there's some logical things that can be shown for reasoning of the story and the last actions or middle a tions in the movie.

If you saw this film in IMAX 3D, then you got the full effect of the film which is why it is the highest grossing film of all time (not adjusted for inflation). It was the first to film entirely with 3D cameras and got the whole modern "3D fad" going. If you simply saw the movie itself, it comes off as a decent film chalk full of CGI. The action sequences were well done. Zoe Saldana was the stand out of the film as Neytiri, one of the indigenous Na'vi. The story itself, however, has been done before. This film is essentially Dances with Wolves or The Last Samurai just in space/on another planet.

This is the movie that would end changing the film industry forever. After this movie was released in the cinema, it became incredibly popular to give movies 3D releases, however, they still don't know how to make the 3D look as good as it did in this movie. This is a visual masterpiece and you can thank James Cameron for his persistance and his vision that eventually enabled this masterpiece to be shown on the big screen. The movie has some very good performances, but the best performance is given by Stephen Lang who plays the main antagonist in the movie. He gives so much of himself in this performance and really nails the motivation and the villainous nature that this character needs. The story is, however, a very classic and it's something that we have seen 100 times before. The movie is a visual masterpiece, but the story really lacks something new and my only prayer for the next couple of movies is that Cameron comes up with better and original stories.

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Avatar: The Way of Water review – a soggy, twee, trillion-dollar screensaver

Thirteen years in the making, James Cameron’s insipid, overlong followup to his sci-fi record-breaker is a very expensive beached whale

D renching us with a disappointment that can hardly be admitted out loud, James Cameron’s soggy new digitised film has beached like a massive, pointless whale. The story, which might fill a 30-minute cartoon, is stretched as if by some AI program into a three-hour movie of epic tweeness.

The first Avatar was a pioneering 3D sci-fi spectacular which Cameron delivered in 2009. Now, after 13 years of unimaginably expensive pixel-crunching, the aquatic followup has arrived, with a third and a fourth on the way. This one is available in 3D and 2D, and so at any rate keeping loyal to that three-dimensional vision that Cameron almost single-handedly revived but which the rest of the industry has quietly forgotten about. Yet the whole idea of the “avatar” from the first movie – the artificially created body that can be remotely piloted into an unknown world and which crucially formed a dramatic part of the audience’s 3D experience – has been left behind.

The effects now, technically impressive as they are, amount to high frame-rate motion smoothness which is soulless and inert, creating not so much an uncanny valley but an uncanny Mariana Trench down in the depths. Cameron’s undersea world is like a trillion-dollar screensaver. Where is the oceanic passion and jeopardy of great Cameron movies such as Titanic or The Abyss?

The situation is that ex-human Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is committed to the Na’vi body he assumed when insinuating himself among the blue-bodied, pointy-eared tribe as part of the “avatar” strategy in the first film, before falling in love with dynamic warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and siding with her people against the humans who would exploit the Na’vi’s mineral resources. Now, some years later, Sully and Neytiri are living happily with their children and their stepdaughter Kiri – whose connection with the original film soon becomes apparent – and also a semi-feral human kid called Spider.

But just when they thought they were happy, the “sky people” of planet Earth reappear and there is an admittedly ingenious twist concerning the gung-ho marine colonel Miles Quaritch, memorably played by Stephen Lang. Sully’s family have to leave their rainforest habitat and hide away among the far-off Metkayina, an amphibious reef people led by Ronal (Kate Winslet) and Tonowari (Cliff Curtis). There they must learn the mystical Metkayina art of existing for long periods underwater. Sully’s children and Tonowari’s children, at first spiky and rivalrous, become as close as cousins. But this new Eden can’t last forever either.

The submarine world of this film is, in its way, its chief character and its whole point. The move from land- to sea-based existence is the way a new film was created. But the sea world is imagined with a lot of cliche. Frankly, there isn’t a single interesting visual image and the whole thing has the non-briny smell of a MacBook Pro. Finding Nemo was more vivid.

And what do we find aside from the high-tech visual superstructure? The floatingly bland plot is like a children’s story without the humour; a YA story without the emotional wound; an action thriller without the hard edge of real excitement.

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The film, Avatar is directed by James Cameron. It stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, and Sigourney Weaver. The cinematography is in the hands of Mauro Fiore with Joe Letteri handling the special effects and music by James Horner. This action film runs for 2 hours and 43 minutes.

The film tells the story of a paraplegic marine, Jake Sully, played by actor Sam Worthington. After Jake’s twin brother dies, he is asked at the last minute to go to a new planet called Pandora in his brother’s place. Jake is sent on a special mission, along with his new virtual avatar body (so that he looks like the natives), to integrate himself with them and gain their trust.

Jake meets Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) a member of the Navi, the indigenous, primitive humanoid race that resides above a plot of land on Planet Pandora. The US Army lands on Pandora, an earth-sized satellite in outer space, to mine its valuable minerals from Pandora’s soil. But before their objective is established, the army has to fight with the peace-loving inhabitants of the alien world of Pandora. Giovanni Ribisi’s Parker Selfridge, the company executive has the choice of peace or superior firepower.

After several weeks of learning their ways, Jake begins to develop feelings for the big blues, and even finds himself falling in love with Neytiri.

But Selfridge has no time for pleasantries. He has a battle-hardened colonel (Lang) just waiting to unleash military hell, and Jake has given them just enough information to begin their campaign.

Two groups of people lead the invading humans. The character Dr Grace, played by actress Sigourney Weaver, leads the kind-hearted scientists. Their mission is to learn and understand Pandora’s physical environment and also learn about the Navi and how to possibly relocate them in a humane way. Colonel Quaritch played by actor Stephen Lang, leads the warriors. Their main goal is to destroy and kill the Pandora Navis and their land.

However, Jake finds himself leaving his human colleagues and joining the indigenous race of life forms in their battle for survival.

Avatar has received attention because it is the first film to be released in 3D. The 3D effects were smooth and mesmerizing. They made the file come to life with the feeling that the breathtaking scenery was directly in front of you and that you were there with the characters and among the landscape.

Avatar truly marks the coming-of-age of 3-D cinema with its pure technology, special. effects, beautiful finesse, aesthete, shock, fearfulness, and eye for detail. The director’s vision inside the Pandora is a pure art that is made more beautiful with the tall and wide-eyed people, lush greenery, and the post-modern creatures. With its simple straightforward narration, the movie’s evergreen romance between. a human and an alien blended beautifully with the strong anti-war statement, giving Avatar its simplicity and heart.

Director and Screenwriter, James Cameron has no doubt created a burly and visually thrilling appeal to save the world, before it is too late. The cinematography by Mauro Fiore is excellent and the special effects by foe Letteri are truly mind-blowing. Music given by James II pier goes off smoothly with the flow of the movie. Both Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington perform their roles excellently and have shaped up the warm love story of the Navi woman and the blue-skinned human avatar perfectly.

I enjoyed the film for its uniqueness, its storyline of survival set against power, and violence. I would rate it 8/10. If you like futuristic films with a dash of incredulity plus romance and 3D magic, Avatar is for you.

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Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the arm... Read all Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home. Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

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