Avatar (2009)

Writer/Director: James Cameron

Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel David Moore



On the planet Pandora, a mega-corporation and its military lackeys are preparing to blast the indigenous Na'vi in order to gain access to a valuable mineral. 



In a last ditch effort to resolve the situation peacefully, genetically designed replicas of the natives are linked to the minds of human operators and sent into the wilderness to broker an agreement. 



The stage is set for a cataclysmic clash of cultures. 



Writer/director James Cameron delivered big time with his first fiction film in ten years, which broke new ground technically while telling a compelling and moving story.

 


No one injects human drama into special effects extravaganzas more effectively than Cameron. 



Here, he indulges a fetish for technology that would shame Tom Clancy and juxtaposes it with a fascinating alien ecology and a noble race of arboreal aborigines.

 


Thankfully, he balances heavy-handed messages with a tight focus on character, some incredible action sequences, and absolutely jaw-dropping visuals.












































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