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Avatar (2009)
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Critic 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.
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Cast
as Neytiri
as Jake Sully
as Dr. Grace Augustine
as Colonel Miles Quaritch
as Trudy Chacon
as Parker Selfridge
as Norm Spellman
as Moat
as Eytukan
as Tsu 'tey
as Dr. Max Patel
as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet
as Private Fike
as Cryo Vault Med Tech
as Venture Star Crew Chief
as Lock Up Trooper
as Shuttle Pilot
as Shuttle Co-Pilot
as Shuttle Crew Chief
as Tractor Operator
as Dragon Gunship Pilot
as Dragon Gunship Gunner
as Dragon Gunship Navigator
as Suit #1
as Suit #2
as Ambient Room Tech
as Ambient Room Tech
as Ambient Room Tech
as Horse Clan Leader
as Link Room Tech
as Basketball Avatar
as Basketball Avatar
as Na'vi Child
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Critic Reviews for Avatar
All Critics (299) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (248) | Rotten (51) | DVD (15)
In my opinion, Avatar has been hyped beyond the point of forgiveness.
Avatar 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
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.
Audience Reviews for Avatar
A work of groundbreaking creativity on every level, James Cameron's new movie is a unique form of art of its own. I can't find a way to compare this to any other cinematic acomplishment. This creation, let's put it that way, will change something in cinema, and we can't but aknowledge that fact. This is not a movie that tops any of the best films out there, but it is indeed a work of art, something unique that needs to be compare to nothing but few other science fiction movies such as Star Wars. It was as predictable as it can be, and the dialogue were nothing but ordinary. But Avatar made me dream like no other movies I can recall did. Cameron created nothing but a stunning experience that leaves you breathless if you are willing to go along the ride. I still can't manage to find a way how I will list this movie among this year's others, but Avatar is something great, something you absolutely have to live.
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i liked the mix of actors and CGI. The story is nothing original - evil human miners killing local peace-loving population to harvest some ore - and the lowly indigenous inhabitants fighting for their planet.
Super Reviewer
The technical aspects are really impressive, quite exceptional indeed, and the plot may not be too original or clever but is mostly engaging and thought-provoking, with many welcome details about the fascinating world of Pandora and its humanoid race Na'vi.
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Avatar Quotes
| Grace: | They're just pissing on us without even giving us the courtesy of calling it rain |
| Grace: | They're just pissing on us without even giving us the courtesy of calling it rain. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Jake Sully: | All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for. |