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This story follows the story of Jake Sully, a once marine that suffered from a spinal injury, trying to live his life on earth as a civilian. He receives unfortunate news that his brother had passed on, but that his brother left behind a science project that he'd spent months training for. Jake decides that he has nothing more to lose, so he agree's to take on his brother's avatar on a hostile planet known as Pandora. This planet has a native race known as the Na'vi that cause a problem for the business organization wanting to harvest the land of Pandora for its resources. Jake meets Neytiri (a Na'vi), and begins to learn more about the Na'vi inhabiting the planet. Jake quickly finds himself facing an oncoming war between the Na'vi and the human race.

Now, we must toss away what the professionals said about this film. About it being nothing more than a hoax of 3-D to make a blockbuster out of a story just about blue people. Sure, it's about blue people but guess what-they're an alien race of beings. Naturally, aliens won't look like humans even in skin color-get over it. I admire the amount of work that director James Cameron placed into the making of this film. He started from scratch creating the individual look of the characters down to their weapon styles and their language, but he also created the plant, and animal, life of the planet. That kind of passion in filmmaking is beginning to fade unfortunately. This film also contains a powerful message-one that the director had wanted to make for a long time.

The effects of this film are highly computer generated. I recently watched the extended version in which I saw a new breed of animal and the future of earth. The Na'vi and the avatar's do have subtle differences such as eyes, nose, and how many digits a hand has. Otherwise, they are very unique, and appealing, in appearance. Their characters are a mix of African native tribes and America's Native Americans. I was surprised that there was never a thought made of the equality among the gender types. Women could actually be warriors in this film-a concept almost unspeakable to most. That might also coincide with the fact that Neytiri's bad-assness comes from her always needing to save Jake. The plant life is exotic and looked really amazing in a 3-D theater at night. The animals were reminiscent to the wildlife you'd see in current jungles, or at least what should be seen. Most of them were deadly, but they were all still very well done. The technology the humans used was pretty cool. The weaponry, the planes, and the computers were very believable. It is very easy to see that technology existing a few years from now. Although, the computer generated images had to be established from scratch, creating a new form of technology, none of it was blotchy or poorly done.

There was a few small quirks mostly involving scientific story conflict. The plantet has no oxygen that humans can breath, but yet fire breathes just fine. Fire lives off the same component as oxygen that humans can't breathe. If the fire was different from fire you'd see in earth-like coloring it blue, purple, or even black. There is also a small question of if technology equipment doesn't work around the tree of souls then how can someone receive aerial photo's of the location? This is a very dramatic story with a message of nature. In the ending battle the constant drama can become almost overwhelming for some people. The message is also placed as the forefront of the story. Its what places the characters in their predicament. Some people might also despise the idea of nature being respected for its beauty, but others will love it for that reason. A few other people will love, or hate, it for the sub-idea of a culture being lost to mankind. One last quirk is that the characters are almost too much alike. There are obvious differences between them, but they essentially all have that same bold headedness idea of being right.

Sam Worthington plays the leading role of Jake Sully. He creates an very unique character to this type of film. He tries to reach an understanding of all sides, and he also acts kind of childish at times. He tells the story through his video-logs, and this allows the audience to hear the story from a somewhat neutral stand point. Zoe Saldana had the difficult role of playing Neytiri. This was one of two major films that was released that year, 2009, starring her. She was the actress who established the language of the Na'vi. She creates a character that is easy liked and understood while maintaining the idea of an alien race. Sigourney Weaver played the role of Grace-the scientist who is fighting for the right of the Na'vi. Oddly enough this wasn't her first time working with James Cameron. They worked together the film Aliens back in 1986. She pulls of the role of being a smart-ass scientist that the audience enjoys watching. Michelle Rodriguez plays the role of Trudy. This is her usual action type role, but it is good to watch. Joel David Moore plays the role of Norm Spellman. He's the jealous scientist who overcomes this and becomes Jake's friend. Stephen Lang and Giovanni Ribisi make up the cast of villains ( Colonel Miles Quaritch and Parker Selfridge). Ribisi plays the role of the business man obsessed with greed, but yet has a small hint of guilt. Lang is the bad-ass who will not stop in his mission-fire nor lack of oxygen will stop him.

I give this film a 10 out of 10 stars! It tells a great story in a unique and entertaining way. It was also a treat to watch it in 3-D and receive the full effect of the film's imagery.

Answer ro last blog: Guy Pearce is widely known for his role in the film Momento.

Que: What film from 2009, also featured Zoe Saldana?

The Hangover
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Angele's and Demons
Star Trek