Avatar (2009)

Avatar

Written and Directed by James Cameron

Review by: The Hakar-G

Rating: 9/10

Unforgettable experience!

The enchanting tale of life in another form is brought to life in the latest film by “Titanic and Terminator series” maestro, James Cameron. Believed to have worked on his latest creation for 12 years, the story of Jake Sullay a man with disabilities in his legs after a battle on Earth is sent on a mission to the planet, Pandora.

Pandora is famously known from the mystical mythological Pandora’s Box which held eternal life. In the film the planet holds eternal beauty and a rock which the humans are after called, “Unoptabian”. The rock is said to be worth 2 million dollars which the humans wish to live on, but here’s the catch, the rock is under the tree of a tribe called The Na’vi.

It is now up to Jake and Grace a scientist to obtain this rock and bring it back to the humans, but they fall in love with the world and the Na’vi tribe and turn their backs on the human world leading them into a monstrous battle.

The film in practicalities seems impossible to make, but James Cameron and his crew have designed a true piece of cinema which will live on forever. Like Peter Jackson’s Lord of The Rings series we have fallen in love with the characters and will regard them as classics. The true art of the film however is the 3D aspect which explodes before our eyes and mesmerises us with its greatness.

To my dismay however the plot may have some similarities to that of the Wachowski Brother’s production, “The Matrix” and may be regarded as a unoriginal rehash of their work, in respect to James Cameron the film is in a way original as it is the only movie out of Hollywood recently which is not based on a book or is a remake of classics.

Thank you James Cameron, you definitely gave Hollywood a run for its money.