Cameron's 'Avatar': Brainy & Beautiful
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Avatar (2009)
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Reviews Counted:268
Fresh:222
Rotten:46
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: 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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hr. 50 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Theatrical Release: Dec 18, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $753.8M
Synopsis: In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own... [More]
Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang
Director: James Cameron
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REVIEWS FOR AVATAR
Top CriticAvatar is a joyous celebration of story craft and the visual possibilities of cinema. Cameron had set his sights on taking the technology of film where no one had gone before. And he delivers. Avatar is stunning. Cameron and Peter Jackson's Weta Digital h
Jul 7, 2010
There is so much that is remarkable about Avatar that its failings - clunky writing, clumsy love story - are easily brushed away.
Jul 4, 2010
Hype and overly zealous fans be equally damned, Avatar remains a fine, if flawed, film.
May 29, 2010
It's rare that a movie can inspire genuine awe but Cameron has succeeded in another landmark technical achievement.
May 16, 2010
Demonstrates just how much the world of mainstream Hollywood action filmmaking has suffered without James Cameron active the last decade-plus.
May 16, 2010
As adventure movies go, it is impressively new in every way except the way that matters most -- storytelling. Its look will last. But its heart won't go on.
May 11, 2010
After revisiting Pandora via Blu-ray transmission, I have to state the obvious: this is some serious movie-making. There's good reason it's the highest grosser in film history.
Apr 29, 2010
Who needs 3-D? The Blu-ray Avatar jumps off the small screen until the director's clunky moralizing takes over.
Apr 26, 2010
Avatar spans genres and will truly please all generations of a family with perfect pacing that makes the 162 minute running time feel like a breeze.
Apr 15, 2010
A spectacular visual experience unlike anything you've seen before.
Apr 14, 2010
It's the experience, more than the story, that's worth celebrating here.
Apr 2, 2010
The movie looks like the kind of gaudy, 1970s airbrush painting you'd see on a van owned by your stoner friend who goes to too many Rush concerts.
Mar 19, 2010
Every ounce of James Cameron's energy in this fantasy epic is in making the audience's eyes pop out and lie on the floor in submission to the 3-D wonderment on the screen.
Mar 12, 2010
El argumento no es innovador pese a lo que el mismo Cameron pueda decir, sin embargo, visualmente en cine y en 3D, nunca se ha visto nada como Avatar.
Mar 11, 2010
For all its powerful technologies, Avatar can't get out from under its essential cardboardness.
Mar 11, 2010
"The year's most ambitious film is so breathtaking, it detracts you from the fact that Cameron's characters are caricatures, and too much of the dialogue is stock. The good news? None of it matters."
Feb 13, 2010
Ambitious but not overreaching, Avatar is a stunning piece of blue heaven.
Feb 9, 2010
Entertaining enough and stunning to look at but essentially an exceedingly detailed three hour video game -- without the benefit of remote controls
Feb 8, 2010
Rebirths the old fashioned action epic in a era of soulless marketing machines, desensitizing shock pieces, and overrated indie-art imposters. Cameron's vision exceeds the hype.
Feb 1, 2010
LATEST NEWS FOR AVATAR
August 25, 2010:
James Cameron on the Avatar Re-Release and Sequels
James Cameron's "Avatar" is heading back to theaters -- and back to DVD and Blu-ray -- with extra footage. Get Cameron's take on what fans can expect in this new Moviefone interview.
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August 9, 2010:
James Cameron Talks At the Mountains of Madness, Avatar Reissue
Want to know what you should expect in that added "Avatar" footage? Or the inside story about James Cameron's involvement in Guillermo del Toro's "At the Mountains of Madness"? Don't miss these...
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July 30, 2010:
Weekly Ketchup: James Cameron & Guillermo Del Toro Collaborate
This week's Ketchup includes news about the latest entries in the Alien, The Crow and Total Recall franchises, more news about what people associated with Lost and Star Trek have in the works, and new...
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July 12, 2010:
Sam Worthington on Clash of the Titans 2, Extra Avatar Scenes
What can you expect to see in the "Clash of the Titans" sequel -- or the extra eight minutes of footage being added to the "Avatar" re-release? Sam Worthington has some answers.
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July 8, 2010:
Avatar Returns on August 27
It's official: James Cameron's "Avatar" will return to theaters August 27, with eight minutes of additional footage in tow.
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