Avatar

Rating: 10/10 (23 September 2014)

I'm one of those people who never likes to watch a movie more then once. With that being said Avatar is an exception! In this sci-fi movie, which award-winning producer James Cameron directs, not only are the special effects amazing, the whole idea of the movie itself is. Avatar is about an ex marine named Jake who gets sent into an alien world named Pandora. His job is to interact with the locals of the land who are called Na'vi. He needs to become "one of them" in order to convince them to move their home somewhere else. Unfortunately the Na'vi's homeland, which is called the tree of souls, lays right on top of rich valuable mining ground. Us as humans want to dig all that up. After officially becoming a Na'vi, Jake soon becomes torn on whether or not he wants to follow through with what he was sent their to do because he's not sure if he still believes in what the humans are doing. Jake has also fallen in love with one of the Na'vi name Neytiri.
If the movie sounds childish or something that you don't think you'd like, I'd still give it a shot. The reason for this is because of the wonderful producer and special effects in the movie. The imagination James Cameron has is remarkable! From the little details on the Na'vi characters faces, to exactly what types of plants are going to be put in the movie where and when, it all just blows my mind! It has been reported that over 250 million dollars was spent just on the effects for this movie! Not to mention James Cameron waited many years to make Avatar in order to be able to use a special 3-D camera that had not come out at the time the movie idea was generated. In my opinion that shows dedication to this movie! There was also an expensive video setup used to make the actors and actresses feel as if they were actually in the world Pandora so that they could connect with their characters on a more personal level. That is so fascinating to me, which is just another way the special effects of Avatar stand out compared to all other movies out there.
The high quality of acting represented throughout Avatar helps it to be distinct from other movies. The actor Sam Worthington was absolutely spectacular in the movie. He showed raw emotion during the entire movie and you could tell from his attitude and expressions that he really put his all into making his character, Jake, seem as much like a kind human being as was possible! In one scene, Jake is controlling his Avatar body when he suddenly gets woken up. This infuriates Jake since he is no longer able to control himself as a Na'vi. At least for me, his character Jake made the movie! A memorable actress in this movie was Zoe Saldana. She's stared in other movies such as Star Trek but her performances couldn't nearly compare to the one she put on during Avatar! You could tell from the way she had presented Neytiri's voice and actions that she put her entire soul into her performance. She showed many different sides to her character such as being angry, sad, confused, worried, in love or happy. In the beginning of the movie Neytiri had to seem tough because the Na'vi weren't just going to let anyone into their clan, and since she is one of the leaders she had a big say in whether or not Jake would be allowed in. Then she eased up on being so hard on Jake throughout the movie until, the end when she finally realized she loved him! These incidents show how Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington were able to portray all those emotions, which is nothing else but true talent.
I have nothing but good things to say to all the actors, actresses, producers, writers, and behind-the-scenes people who put this wonderful movie together. Overall, all the characters and the people who played the characters in Avatar did an astonishing job. It's a good family movie; it's good for a date night or good for any other occasion! I would undeniably recommend this movie to anyone anytime and say nothing but great things about it!