Avatar takes place in the future, when corruption in big business has sunk even lower as a major corporation is mining an extremely valuable substance from the planet Pandora and want the natives known as the Navi out-of-the-way so they can excavate the planet. A group of scientists that wish to study the natives have been given the task of making peace with them and make them move away from the excavation sites. They do this by transferring their minds into bodies of the natives called Avatars so they can fully communicate with the natives. The newest member an ex marine; Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) gets very close to a native which causes him to think hard on who's to team he's playing on.This was by far one of the best films of 2009 and my favourite. First off the effects for this film were flawless, beautiful and utterly amazing (especially if you saw it in 3D like I did). Its almost impossible to tell that the Navi were computer generated since they looked so bloody real (even more real than Morgan Freeman's voice) and every piece of the jungle and everything that lives in this world acts for itself. This means that the world of Pandora has a personality of its own and it portrays it through its showcasing of the beauty in all forms of nature and teaching us that there is beauty in our environment too, and that there are things in our environment we take for granted over others.
Like Jurassic Park before it this films real stars are the special effects present in the Navi as they prove to be the protagonists of the film compared to us who are the initial antagonists as the majority of the humans plan to destroy the life force of the Navi for profit. The way in which the humans are portrayed in this film is that they care too much about material possessions and not enough about what they have in front of them and ignoring their actions which is the flaw in the majority of their actions. Pandora on the other hand is a character itself and is the overall protagonist since everything on Pandora has a mind of its own and will do whatever its can to protect the other as everything on Pandora is connected in one way or another, as we with Earth.
The acting in this film is a bit mediocre because I don't see enough “electricity” coming from the actors (especially the antagonists) which either slows the movie down or when they are showing energy they are going to fast and you can't make much use out of their actions. The acting that is good in this film is coming directly from the Navi and as I said before they are the stars of this film. The reason their acting is better than the humans in this film is that they pace themselves and they know when and when to show the right amount of positive or negative or as most of them have shown; neutral energy.
I've heard a lot of talk that this film is very similar like Disney's Pocahontas (1995). Well although I do see some similarities between the two films there are many major differences; Avatar emphasizes its message of peace more effectively and its a piece a original story instead of a disunited historical documentary. Don't get me wrong I liked Pocahontas but its hard to deny that Avatar is better and is a major blockbuster of its time while Pocahontas wasn't as much.
Overall this was a great film that I think has set itself as the 3D king of the new ages. In my opinion I still hold Titanic as being my favourite James Cameron film but this film has far beaten Titanic in terms of effects and originality but Titanic was still better paced and acted which is what I value most in a movie. Even though the acting was a bit mediocre its still good and people are going to want to see this over and over again because of its beauty, storytelling and its mastery of special effects. And remember if you plan to see it again in theatre's see it in 3D, it will be the best thing you ever saw on screen.My Rating 3.5/4 Shamrocks
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