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Avatar Reviewed – it is everything everyone says it is
Avatar is a movie to see whether you like the idea or not. Technically it is something new and I think noone can dispute as being worth the viewing if not just for the 3D visuals.
Avatar is about our Jake Sully, a paraplegic marine who’s twin brother dies and he has the opportunity to take his place in action. The premise revolves the idea that in the future we discover a planet with a rare mineral that is worth alot of money but is unable to be mined due to a race, the “Na’vi”, that live where the deposits exist. The Na’vi are a race very similar to our persona of American Indians and the story is very similar to that of Pocahontis. Our military steps in on behalf of a large government type corporation to remove the Na’vi by force and in the end many die.
Story aside, the idea of humans being able to operate other biological entities was pretty interesting and of course the visuals are excellent. Most notably is the way the CGI characters actually speak and their facial expressions. Final Fantasy , a full animation movie minus 3D, made the first real steps to real movie making in full CGI but it was clear in watching the movie that the lips and faces were good as long as they weren’t talking. Avatar has you believe at times that the CGI characters might just be people with make-up.
Go see it. Avatar is currently the number 2 grossing film of all time behind Cameron’s “Titanic” as of January, 11 2010.
