Avatar (2009)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 290
Fresh: 242 | Rotten: 48
It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking.
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 6
It might be more impressive on a technical level than as a piece of storytelling, but Avatar reaffirms James Cameron's singular gift for imaginative, absorbing filmmaking.
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A paraplegic ex-marine finds a new life on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind alongside the planet's indigenous Na'vi race in this ambitious digital 3D sci-fi epic from Academy Award-winning Titanic director James Cameron. The film, which marks Cameron's first dramatic feature since 1997's Titanic, follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a war veteran who gets called to the depths of space to pick up the job of his slain twin brother for the scientific arm of a
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Cast
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Sam Worthington
Jake Sully -
Zoe Saldana
Neytiri -
Sigourney Weaver
Grace -
Stephen Lang
Col. Miles Quaritch -
Michelle Rodriguez
Trudy Chacon -
Giovanni Ribisi
Parker Selfridge -
Joel David 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 Michael Dillon
Shuttle Crew Chief -
Kevin Dorman
Tractor Operator -
Kelson Henderson
Dragon Gunship Pilot -
David Van Horn
Dragon Gunship Gunner -
Jacob Tomuri
Dragon Gunship Navigato... -
Michael Blain-Rozgay
Suit #1 -
Jon Curry
Suit #2 -
Peter Mensah
Horse Clan Leader -
Julene Renee
Ambient Room Tech -
Luke Hawker
Ambient Room Tech -
Woody Schultz
Ambient Room Tech -
Sonia Yee
Link Room Tech -
Jahnel Curfman
Basketball Avatar -
Ilram Choi
Basketball Avatar -
Kyla Warren
Na'vi Child -
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Cameron's 'Avatar': Brainy & Beautiful
The narrative would be ho-hum without the spectacle. But what spectacle! Avatar is dizzying, enveloping, vertiginous ... I ran out of adjectives an hour into its 161 minutes.
I had the feeling coming out of this movie that I haven't felt since maybe I was eleven years old in 1977 and I saw Star Wars for the first time.
It's a remote-control movie experience, a high-tech "wish you were here" scribbled on a very expensive postcard.
The most-hyped movie of the year just about merits it.
Big money, big risk, pretty big reward. That's been his consistent pattern, and it's high time to give credit where credit is overdue: James Cameron delivers.
This sci-fi epic would be a masterpiece if judged solely on its technical merits.
Cameron is flexing his creative muscles, but the film never overcomes the nagging feeling that he's also simply going through the motions.
Piercing the hype, Avatar may not be a "game changer", but I'll be damned if the game didn't just get a hell of a lot more interesting from here on in.
While it wasn't the most original narrative, it serves the film well, even if it was merely a template for Cameron to show us this gorgeous world and its landscapes.
Planet Pandora's plant and animal life is done with a wonder that has been often absent from fiction screens.
It's both wildly original and hauntingly familiar, like Dances With Wolves in a galaxy far, far away.
It is far too long and the romance is half-hearted. Still, you'd have to travel very far to feel so fully immersed in another world.
It's good. It should have been better.
It may not change the world, but it'll certainly provide enjoyment to many millions of people all over it.
As a fantasy epic, Avatar is an undeniable victory ... but outside of the narrow confines of immersion he's managed, it's also quite limited.
The nature scenes are nothing short of magical in this film.
Spiritually moving, visually daring and emotionally stirring, Avatar is classic storytelling at its very best.
If you shoot for the moon and miss, it's a long way down. Now that Avatar has moved to the home video market, that plummet may have finally begun.
"Avatar" looks amazing on Blu-ray. If the plot wasn't so pedestrian, it could have been a great film. Paul Chambers, CNN.
Avatar looks more like a cartoon on the small screen than it did in theaters, but anyone who owns a Pixar film on video knows that isn't meant as a slam.
I did not like Avatar and I have no interest in any bonus features that prolong the agony of the 160 film.
Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition follows in the wake of James Cameron's other terrific special video editions - and even puts them to shame.
Audience Reviews for Avatar
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- Jake Sully: It's over Quaritch!
- Col. Miles Quaritch: Nothing's over while I'm breathing!
- Jake Sully: I kinda hoped you'd say that.
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- Col. Miles Quaritch: Everyone on this base, every one of you, is fighting for survival, and that's a fact. There's an aboriginal horde out there massing for an attack. These orbital images tell me that the hostile numbers have gone from a few hundred to well over two thousand in one day. And more are pourin' in. In a week's time, there could be 20,000 of 'em. At that point they will overrun our perimeter. That's not gonna happen. Our only security lies in preemptive attack. We will fight terror with terror. The hostiles believe that this mountain territory is protected by their... deity. And when we destroy it, we will blast a crater in their racial memory so deep, that they won't come within 1,000 klicks of this place ever again. And that too, is a fact.
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- Jake Sully: All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.
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- Jake Sully: This is our land!
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- Jake Sully: I see you Brother, and thank you. Your spirit goes with Eywa. Your body stays behind to become part of The People.
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- Trudy Chacon: You're not the only one with a gun, bitch.
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