It
has
taken
more
than
15
years
for
James
Cameron
to
come
out
with
eco-minded
epic
Avatar
costing
in
excess
of
$300
million.
Coming
from
the
stable
of
Cameron
who
has
directed
Terminator,
Aliens,
True
Lies
and
and
Titanic,
Avatar
has
been
one
of
the
most
anticipated
movies
of
the
decade
and
Cameron
who
had
doubled
up
as
the
writer
hasn't
disappointed
the
audience.
Cameron
had
made
sure
that
Avatar
is
nothing
like
what
the
audience
has
seen
before.
Avatar
is
full
of
inspiration
and
has
references
to
Westerners
and
borrows
from
movies
like
The
Vanishing
America.
It
also
draws
inspiration
from
America's
defeat
in
the
Vietnam
war.
Avatar
is
intriguing
for
echoing
other
Cameron
films" mistrust
of
corporate
greed
like
in
Terminator
and
Aliens.
But
at
the
core,
it
is
still
a
touching
love
story.
The
love
between
Jake
and
Neytiri
(Zoe
SaldaÑa)
is
heart-wrenching.
This
romantic
tale
shows
that
there
is
still
hope
in
the
universe.
It
is
2154
AD
and
Jake
Sully
(Sam
Worthington)
is
a
former
U.S.
Marine,
who
is
wounded
and
paralyzed
from
the
waist
down
in
combat
on
Earth.
Jake
is
selected
to
participate
in
the
Avatar
program,
which
will
enable
him
to
walk.
Jake
travels
to
Pandora
which
is
a
lush
and
sentient-inhabited
jungle-covered
satellite
of
Polyphemus,
one
of
three
gas
giants
that
orbit
Alpha
Centauri
4.3
light
years
from
Earth.
This
world
is
also
home
to
the
Na"vi,
a
sentient
humanoid
race,
who
are
considered
primitive,
yet
are
more
physically
capable
than
humans.
Standing
10
feet
tall,
with
tails
and
sparkling
blue
skin,
the
Na"vi
live
in
harmony
with
their
unspoiled
world.
As
humans
encroach
deeper
into
Pandora's
forests
in
search
of
valuable
minerals,
the
Na"vi
unleash
their
formidable
warrior
abilities
to
defend
their
threatened
existence.
Jake
has
unwittingly
been
recruited
to
become
part
of
this
encroachment.
Since
humans
are
unable
to
breathe
the
air
on
Pandora,
they
have
created
genetically-bred
human-Na"vi
hybrids
known
as
Avatars.
On
Pandora,
through
his
Avatar
body,
Jake
will
be
able
to
walk
again.
Sent
deep
into
Pandora's
jungles
as
a
scout
for
the
soldiers
that
will
follow,
Jake
encounters
many
of
Pandora's
beauties
and
dangers.
There
he
meets
a
young
Na"vi
female,
Neytiri
(Zoe
SaldaÑa).
Over
time,
Jake
integrates
himself
into
the
Na'vi
clan,
and
begins
to
fall
in
love
with
Neytiri.
As
a
result,
Jake
finds
himself
caught
between
the
military-industrial
forces
of
Earth
and
the
Na"vi,
forcing
him
to
choose
sides
in
an
epic
battle
that
will
decide
the
fate
of
Pandora.
Cameron
once
again
proves
that
he
is
master
of
science-fiction
along
Spielberg.
Although
many
criticised
the
huge
hype
around
Avatar,
the
film"s
heart
is
firmly
in
the
right
place
and
the
performances
are
committed.
Avatar's
visuals
like
any
Cameron
movie
are
breath-taking.
Sam
Worthington
and
Zoe
SaldaÑa
have
lived
up
to
the
role
of
such
anticipated
movie.
Sigourney
Weaver,
Michelle
Rodriguez
and
Stephen
Lang
provide
good
supporting
performance.
The
movie
definitely
takes
imagination
to
an
unimaginable
limit.
The
first
half
of
the
movie
is
a
happy
scenario
which
is
shown
with
vibrant
colours.
But
something
goes
wrong
in
the
second
half
when
the
narrative
become
heavy,
and
the
story
line
does
not
move
ahead
so
well.
The
script
at
times
isn't
able
to
hold
with
direction
that
Cameron
has
provided.
But
in
the
end,
it
surpasses
all
categories
and
morphs
into
something
truly
spectacular.
Avatar
is
a
brilliant
movie
and
if
you
see
it
your
160-odd
minutes
won't
be
wasted.
It
is
a
great
experience,
not
to
be
missed
under
any
conditions.
It
is
highly
advisable
to
watch
it
only
in
3-D.