Pandora, home to a peaceful race known as the Na’vi, rests on the brink of alien invasion from human beings hungrily eying the rich minerals beneath Pandora’s fertile soil. A quadriplegic ex-marine Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) is forced to choose sides in an all-out trans-species battle pitting technological greed and might against the organic harmony of the peaceful blue warrior tribes. While Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) and Colonel Miles Quarich (Steven Lang) devise plans for hostile negotiations, Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver) and her team stubborn seek a peaceful resolution to the impending conflict.
James Cameron, director of Terminator, Titanic and Aliens, returns with a fantasy adventure so vivid, most claim its full grandeur can only be appreciated in Imax 3D. Avatar, years in the making, is a detailed and engaging universe of flora and fauna that immerses you both visually and emotionally as the drama ensues. The near 3 hour movie is never slow paced, always urging the audience to keep its eyes peeled as even the subtlest of effects and reactions take play on the screen.
Avatar is archetypal in plot as well as character, each personality behaving within the guidelines of long-defined roles. Dr. Grace Augustine oversees the scientific research team which has combined human and Na’vi DNA to create a hybrid known as an avatar. Through a neurolink, the science team – along with Jake – are able to control the avatar in order to interact with Pandora and her inhabitants, furthering their peaceful agenda of cross-education and assimilation.
Despite Jake Sully’s disability, he is recruited for the Avatar program after the death of his twin brother. Sully’s DNA match to his late sibling allows his to interface with the multi-million dollar meat-bot. Researcher Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) and pilot Trudy Chacone (Michelle Rodriguez) are Sully’s allies, and along with Dr. Augustine, they attempt to defy Parker and the Colonel.
Not known for his great dialogue in feature films, James Cameron more than compensates with creative action sequences, dimensionally cultural interactions and dream-like environments. See this movie in theaters and in 3D to experience the rare combination of hype and reality. Avatar is an extraordinary delight that sparkles with the detail of precision and vibrates with the excitement of death-defying chases, breathtaking leaps and heart-pounding vertigo.
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