They want to send in their troops before harvesting the resources to calm the indigenous Na' vi people.īut before they send their daisy-cutters and rocket launchers, they send people who have been reshaped into look-a-likes of Na'vi (they call them avatars) to infiltrate the peace-loving race and learn about their strengths and weaknesses. The US Armed Forces are discovering a source of priceless minerals in Pandora, a distant moon orbiting a star in this futuristic world. It is a simple story, it was told straight away. That is the only way you can justify removing the stuff from them! "Cosy? Minerals, right here.
The filmmaker is openly indicting America for its expansionist policies post-9/11 and clearly states: "when people sit on the shit that you want, you make them your enemies.
Mercifully, the film isn't just a visual extravaganza it also has a meaningful story that could turn this magnum opus into a modern-day parable for pacifists, climate scientists, humanists, globalists. On the one side, it's the sheer iridescence of the canvas and the unprecedented contours of the creatures, the flora, the fauna flying across the screen that makes you wonder how computers can increase creativity while on the other side, it's the countless times you jump back to avoid the arrows, the guns or slide away from the floating dandelions and fierce raptors that leave you totally hypocritical witness Indeed, Cameron 's vision of Pandora is pure art, with its people tall, wide-eyed, slender, blue Na' vi, it's modernist creatures and its green greens.īut above all, Cameron's scream against war and violence is what makes Avatar an eloquent testimony to the present. For its art-house visual effects and its shock and awe handling, Avatar marks the coming of age of both CGI and 3-D filmmaking in terms of pure technology.
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney WeaverĪnd we assumed it was a mammoth task to sink the Titanic! Well, James Cameron chooses to play god this time around and creates a whole new world with such exquisite finesse, aesthetic, and eye for detail that he almost takes your breath away.
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