Director: James Cameron
My curiosity for this movie drove me to watching this movie in a crappy theatre; (I watched it on the 3rd day : ( ).
Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and some others are transferred into their ‘Avatars’ to convince the Na’vi of Pandora to evacuate a site, which supposedly is a source of some extremely valuable mineral. It so happens that actually it was Jake Sully’s twin who was in the mission and an Avatar was created for him, but he dies and so Jake is summoned to transform into the Avatar as the neurological structure of the created Avatar should match with the person who is being transferred into it.
Jake (in his Avatar) runs into the princess of the Na’vi (Zoë Saldaña) and the Na’vi decide to teach Jake their ways, instead of killing him. Now begins the journey of Jake (as well as the audience) into the world of the Na’vi, where they live in perfect harmony with nature.
The strong-point of the movie is most definitely the graphics – the representation of the world of Na’vi is awesome. I liked the floating mountains the most. The Avatars themselves are remarkable - their height, the strong build and the funny glowing dots on their faces, and yeah, the even more funny plait! :D
Another thing worth mentioning is that the characterization is not lost in all the graphics and story-telling and the movie manages to make the audience feel empathy for the characters. I couldn’t help but cheer out loud when a pilot, Trudy (Michelle Rodriguez), swoops into the scene firing tons of bullets to fight the baddies and when Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephan Lang) orders attacks on the Na’vi, I was so irritated at his determination to destruct their world, that at one point near the climax, I wanted to leap out at the screen and strangle him!!!
Watching the movie was a wonderful experience – even in 2D, in a stupid theatre. Can’t wait to watch it in 3D!
Verdict: Watch it for the graphics
My Rating: 4/5
P. S. - I watched the movie for the second time in 3 D and I did not find much difference between watching it in 2D and 3D. It was a real pain to watch it the second time :(
