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Movie Review - Avatar(2009) An American Science Fiction Movie
In the year 2154, the RDA corporation is mining Pandora, the lush, Earthlike moon of the planet Polyphemus, in the Alpha Centauri system. Parker Selfridge, (Giovanni Ribisi), the administrator, hires ex- marines as armed force to impart security. The humans aim to exploit Pandora's reserves of unobtanium, a precious mineral. Pandora is populated by the na'vi, a Paleolithic genus of sapient humanoids with catlike characteristics. Physically stronger and several feet taller than humans, the blue-skinned indigenes live in agreement with Nature and venerate a mother deity called Eywa. Humans cannot inhale Pandora's air. In order to move regarding Pandora uninhibited, human scientists have genetically prepared human-na'vi hybrid bodies called Avatars, which are controlled by genetically matched human operators. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic ex- marine, arrives on Pandora to replace his killed twin brother, an Avatar worker. Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the chief of the Avatar Program, considers him an imperfect substitute for his brother, relegating him to a bodyguard job. While Jake is accompanying Augustine and biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) in their Avatar forms, the group is attacked by a big predator, and Jake becomes estranged and helpless. Attempting to live the night in Pandora's hazardous jungles, he is saved by Neytiri (Zoë Saldaņa), a female na'vi, Neytiri brings Jake back to Hometree, which is occupied by Neytiri's tribe, the Omaticaya. Mo'at, (C. C. H. Pounder), the na'vi spiritualist and Neytiri's mother, instructs her to coach him their ways. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the mercenary leader of the security forces, comes to know of Jake's love affair with the Omaticaya, and proposes him to move over again in exchange for providing intelligence regarding the citizens and learning what it will take to make them abandon Hometree, which rests above a huge deposit of unobtanium. Through the next three months, Jake becomes intimate to Neytiri and the Omaticaya, and begins to prefer the life he lives in the Avatar. Jake's affection begins to erode his devotion towards the corporation and the humans and when he is ultimately initiated into the tribe, he and Neytiri select each other as companions. Jake's change of loyalty is revealed when he disarms a bulldozer as it demolishes the Tree of Voices; upon seeing this, Col. Quaritch forcibly cuts him off from his Avatar, and presents Selfridge and Augustine with a vlog in which Jake had admitted that his operation was futile; that the humans had nothing the Omaticaya considered to be of value and that they would never abandon Hometree. This convinces Selfridge that negotiations would be unsuccessful and he orders the damage of Hometree by a armed hit. Augustine, whose experiments suggests that all organisms on Pandora are connected in a big bio-botanical neural network, protests at the demolition of Hometree, but Selfridge persists, allowing Jake only one hour to convince the na'vi to depart before Col. Quaritch's army pull in. When he discloses the true nature of his project to the Omaticaya, Neytiri blames him of betraying them, which results in Jake and Augustine's brief captivity. Jake's time runs out and Quaritch's forces demolish Hometree. Eytucan (Wes Studi), Neytiri's father and clan chief, and many others are killed in the attack. Jake and Augustine are once over again cut off from their Avatars and under arrest for betrayal against the humans. Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a security force pilot who is sickened by the bloodshed, breaks them out but Augustine is wounded by the coldblooded Quaritch through their escape. With Augustine in a critical state, Jake turns to the Omaticaya for help. Searching for a way to regain their faith, he recalls that Neytiri told him that only five na'vi had ever tamed the Toruk, an immensely mighty flying creature. fruitfully taming it, he flies to the na'vis, who have gathered at the sacred Tree of Souls. He begs with Mo'at to heal Augustine, who is now dying. They attempt to transplant her soul into her Avatar but fail. With the help of Neytiri and Tsu'Tey (Laz Alonso), the new head of the Omaticaya, Jake vows defiance against the humans, and assembles thousands of na'vi from other clans. Col. Quaritch, seeing the na'vi's growing force, commands a preemptive hit on the Tree of Souls, as it is the center of na'vi religion and civilization; its destruction would depart the na'vi too downhearted to continue resisting the humans. As the humans move against the sacred site, the na'vi fight back fiercely, but human technology and firepower outweighs their bravery; they bear heavy fatalities, including Tsu'Tey and Trudy. When all hope seems alone, the Pandoran wildlife suddenly attacks the humans in great numbers. Col. Quaritch orders the bombing of the Tree of Souls but Jake destroys the bomber before it can reach its aim. Quaritch flees in an AMP (Amplified Mobility Platform) suit. He finds the Avatar interface pod, where Jake's human body is situated, and strikes it, damaging it and exposing Jake to Pandora's environment. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake, seeing his human form for the first time. With the human attack effectively repelled, they express their love for each other. The defeated humans are expelled from Pandora, while Jake and his friends remain. Jake is seen wearing the emblem of the Omaticaya tribe guide, suggesting that he has become the new head after the death of Tsu'Tey. The movie ends with Jake's soul being productively transplanted into his na'vi Avatar. Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released theatrically worldwide from December 16 - 18. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 83% of 229 critics have given the picture a positive review, with a rating average of 7.4 out of 10. The film earned $27 million on its opening day, and $77,025,481 over its opening weekend domestically, making it the second largest December opening ever, behind I Am Legend. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Mitsha is a new writer. Her main job is writing articles about movies. MItsha writes on movie reviews and the trend. |
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