Avatar

"34: Avatar with Emily St. James" is the 36th episode in the Podcast Like It's 2009 series and the 79th Patreon episode overall. The episode is hosted by Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove and was released on December 26, 2022.

## Description

"Today on the Podcast Like It's Patreon… we are watching our final movie of 2009, Avatar with Emily St. James!

We talk about this film's influence on modern blockbusters, and the push for 3D."

## Kenny's Intro

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It’s 2009, the podcast where we talk about the films of 2009 **mining for unobtainium** here in 2022."

## Historical Information

"On the lush alien world of Pandora live the Na'vi, beings who appear primitive but are highly evolved. Because the planet's environment is poisonous, human/Na'vi hybrids, called Avatars, must link to human minds to allow for free movement on Pandora. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paralyzed former Marine, becomes mobile again through one such Avatar and falls in love with a Na'vi woman (Zoe Saldana). As a bond with her grows, he is drawn into a battle for the survival of her world."

*Avatar* was released on 12/18/2009 in 1st place against *The Princess and the Frog*, *The Blind Side*, *Did You Hear About the Morgans?* and *The Twilight Saga: New Moon*. It made $2.923B on a $237M budget. It has 82% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 82% from audiences. Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars.

## Ratings

**Avatar**
 **Phil** | 80
 **Emily** | 76/77

## Movies/TV Mentioned

The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, A Serious Man, Bright Star, Coraline, Where the Wild Things Are, House of the Devil, Drag Me to Hell, Jennifer's Body, Paranormal Activity, The Final Destination, Saw VI, Orphan, No Country for Old Men, The Departed, Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Parasite, Moonlight, Spotlight, 12 Years a Slave, CODA, The Power of the Dog, Titanic, Alice in Wonderland, Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Return of the Jedi, Top Gun: Maverick, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Big Short, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Star Trek, The Matrix Resurrections, The Matrix, Aliens, Dances with Wolves, Ferngully, Marvel series, Deadpool, Last Night in Soho, Cornetto trilogy, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Community, The Lovely Bones, Heavenly Creatures, The Hobbit, Piranha II, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Oz the Great and Powerful, Spider-Man, After Earth, Baby Driver, Alita: Battle Angel, A Christmas Carol (2009), Toy Story 3, Gravity, Bourne series, Mad Max: Fury Road, A Time to Kill, Wall-E, The White Ribbon, Birdman, The Revenant, Hugo, Life of Pi, La La Land, Inception, Up in the Air, Precious, 1917, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan, Shakespeare in Love, Argo, Roma, Green Book, West Side Story, Step Up: High Water, True Lies, The Terminator

## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. Avatar. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on December 9, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. Avatar. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on December 9, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. Cameron retains his crown. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on December 9, 2022.