Avatar symbolizes how imaginative human beings are. It feeds us the taste that probably in our lives, we will not meet. This is an introductory film to modern pictures that embodies High Definition panoramic viewing, and more-than-the-standard crafting.
Quick Brief!
Human beings are set to exploit and invade Pandora, a moon in the Alpha Centauri star system, with RDA mining corporation in search for the mineral Unobtanium. Through the false body, called avatar, man can research the planet more effectively. These avatars are almost synonymous to the bodies of the native humanoids there, the Na'vi.
A researcher from Earth named Marine Corporal Jake Sully was commissioned to explore Pandora. Jake's disabled feet in his human flesh vanishes when he brings his avatar to life. While researching, he fell in love with Neytiri, a Na'vi girl.
When the human fleet attacked the Na'vi, Jake's feelings weighed more to the Na'vi and fought those cruels who commissioned him. It ended with the human defeat, and he had chosen to stay and became one of the Na'vis.
This is the first film review of Doctor know Junior, apology for the amateurity and for the late post. Anyway, here's the Doctor's flick report of grades:
Story: A
Just imagine: people in the future disprove that aliens would invade Earth. Perhaps, human will invade the aliens. That's so eerie considering that our brains are fixed that only aliens have the capability to become predators, and the entire human race is the poor prey. Proofs are the films that are made to somehow help boost our hoax beliefs.
Story-wise creative! Visually stunning! That is the difference of Avatar to these aliens-as-invaders theme based films. With the unique concept embellished with extravagant effects, this flick is not your ordinary visual sensation!
Effects: A
Colors are very essential to the film. It is so remarkable to note that colors are perfectly utilized that a pixel would like to talk and introduce its color. Most especially on the flowers and the trees, they are all like glittering neon bulbs. How would a tree emit light whenever you step on it? It's just insane, as if every plant in Pandora were digitalized.
Avatar used the CGI Imagery and partly with James Cameron's 3D camera system, that is why even a dust is as sharp as it can be, and the finest moves were flawlessly executed. All were attractive, so vivid!
Robotics design is not that quite impressive. The flick dishes the one-man operated robots where the pilot can control the robot with its own actions, almost like Daimos. The helicopters, the ships, and the other machineries are not that too special.
It was the year 2154, so the the gadgets must be almost unimaginable by then. Like with the removable transparent computer screen, it was already introduced in the science-fiction film Minority Report. The capsules where they transport their brain activities to the avatars were not so techie.
Characters: B+
Hats off to Zoe Saldana, who played the role of Neytiri. She acted very well, and her every scene is gripping. Also, Michelle Rodriguez, the one who played the pilot Trudy Chacon, even though she only has this minor role, but she did justice to it.
On the contrary, the villains are not that too good. They are not too scary or rude. Exerting more effort from them would be better fof the movie.
Direction: A-
The start is a little bit a maze. The sneak peaks were showing then came suddenly a scene. There's supposed to be a title or something in the beginning of the film. One would probably think that it was still part of the sneak peaks. Well, that's the way the director laid the story. But mind you, the ending was good particularly when the title appeared.
James Cameron was at his peak. Maybe this guy is a perfectionist in his crafts that anybody will not dare to take each of those for granted. In his every shot, no one can afford to blink.
Cinematography: A+
Floating islands with waterfalls? It's not here in Earth, but in Pandora. If only Eywa, the humanoids' goddess, is real, she should be a scientist by profession. Just kidding, but Physics and other Sciences are in her creations. All places are all detailed and so sharp. Pretty awesome.
Imagination took a furious flight in Avatar. The settings were exceptional, breath-taking! A good combination of reality and creativity intensified each second of the film with nature.
Value Content: A-
To be free is a value being portrayed in the early part of the film. When the physically challenged Jake had his first walk with his avatar, one would notice the intensity of excitement of the character. That's something to those who can really relate in the real life.
The theme, emphasis on the choice made and not the opportunity foregone, was depicted in the latter part where Jake decided to become one of the Na'vis.
On the general parameter, Avatar tells us the message: Do the stuffs you know are right, even if the majority is doing the wrong ones.
Overall: A
Though there are some minute flaws, still, the values gave spice to Avatar, yet dominantly, the effects made it stand out! Maybe not as classic as Titanic, but worth watching!
Doctor Know Junior knows that:
- Avatar was made in 15 loooooong years.
- The Hindi word avatar means incarnation.
- The film is not based in a book, yet penned and script written by James Cameron.
- Avatar holds the title of the second highest grossing film in history with $1,620,491,649 revenue as of January 18, 2010, defeating Cameron's Titanic.
- Books under Harper Entertainment; games under Ubisoft Montreal; and action figures under Matell Toys of Avatar were all released last December 2009.
- Cameron's Avatar is not related to Nickelodeon's Avatar.
- The full script is downloadable here.
- Cameron sited two possible sequels.
- The official web site of Avatar is cool!
Official Trailer (Don't forget your flash player. It's oversized for better visuals
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