{"id":5188,"date":"2016-12-29T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2024-01-03T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:06:07","slug":"avatar-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5188","title":{"rendered":"Avatar-2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Avatar-2009<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director James Cameron<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #572<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed December 29, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acclaimed director James Cameron has done it again- similar to Titanic, he has created a masterpiece, but, oddly in one facet of the film, not the entire ball of wax.<\/p>\n

Avatar (2009) has two main factors to evaluate- the story and the visual aspect. Both are crucial, but the visual experience is immeasurable, so much so that the story is nearly irrelevant.<\/p>\n

Futuristic in the timeline and set in the Twenty-second century, human beings begin to colonize Pandora, a lush planet, filled with lavish forests and creatures who flutter about.<\/p>\n

Planet Earth has become depleted of resources, causing scientists to utilize Pandora for their gain. Poisonous to humans, visitors must wear protection.<\/p>\n

Sam Worthington portrays Jake Scully, a paraplegic former Marine, who visits Pandora and falls in love with Neytiri, a native creature of the planet.<\/p>\n

From a story perspective, Avatar is very ordinary and nothing separates the story from others that have come before it.<\/p>\n

At the center is a love story and a rather predictable one in nature, but this is not the reason to view Avatar. Jake and Neytiri are sweet together, but I had much more fun watching\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>the film than caring what happened between the pair.<\/p>\n

Visually, Avatar is one of the most amazing films I have ever seen. The intricate style and the attention to detail are astounding- this is my favorite aspect of Avatar and why I feel that the story is not the reason to see the film.<\/p>\n

Everything, from the art direction to the background pieces is perfectly made. Natives of Pandora are all CGI- blue\/green in color and are gorgeous, peaceful, and moving.<\/p>\n

Avatar will likely go down in history as a groundbreaking film- it is a visual feast.<\/p>\n

The anti-war slant is also impressive to me, but the creative, and technical achievements set this film over the top.<\/p>\n

James Cameron creates a magical, absorbing film that must be cherished.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 3 wins-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Director-James Cameron, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Art Direction (won)<\/strong>, Best Cinematography (won)<\/strong>, Best Film Editing, Best Visual Effects (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Avatar-2009 Director James Cameron Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana Scott’s Review #572 Reviewed December 29, 2016 Grade: A Acclaimed director James Cameron has done it again- similar to Titanic, he has created a masterpiece, but, oddly in one facet of the film, not the entire ball of wax. Avatar (2009) has two main factors to … Continue reading Avatar-2009<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308,2892,201,2021,1462,2891,2890,103,1158,2893],"tags":[309,2896,257,2027,1465,2895,2894,105,1160,2897],"class_list":["post-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2009-movie-reviews","category-cch-pounder","category-fantasy-films","category-giovanni-ribisi","category-james-cameron","category-michelle-rodriguez","category-sam-worthington","category-scifi","category-sigourney-weaver","category-zoe-saldana","tag-2009-movie-reviews","tag-cch-pounder","tag-fantasy-films","tag-giovanni-ribisi","tag-james-cameron","tag-michelle-rodriguez","tag-sam-worthington","tag-sci-fi-films","tag-sigourney-weaver","tag-zoe-saldana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5188"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19746,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5188\/revisions\/19746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}