Avatar (2009) - Sci-Fi Adventure on the Moon Pandora

In James Cameron's Oscar-winning film "Avatar," set in a post-apocalyptic world, humans rely on a habitable moon called Pandora for vital resources. The movie explores themes of survival, exploitation, and the clash between different civilizations on Pandora. The protagonist, a paraplegic marine, faces a moral dilemma between following orders and protecting the alien world he grows attached to. The story revolves around the Navi, a humanoid species native to Pandora, whose existence is threatened by the expansion of a mining colony. With a stellar cast and mesmerizing visuals, "Avatar" is a captivating sci-fi adventure that delves into profound environmental and ethical issues.

• Avatar
• Sci-Fi
• Adventure
• James Cameron
• Pandora

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1. Avatar (2009) 1 THE FILM

2. AVATAR 2

3. Themes - 1 3 This Oscar-winning James Cameron movie deals with a post-apocalyptic world where the natural resources of Earth has been severely depleted, and now depends on another habitable moon, Pandora.

4. Themes - 2 4 Themes of this movie range from survival of the fittest to the idea of man as the centre of the universe who need their needs fulfilled, even at the cost of destroying the civilization of an another people, much as it had done its own. The end of this movie saw all the humans - except a few good men expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth.

5. Theatrical release poster 5 A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Avatar Poster

6. AVATAR 6 Trailer

7. NAVI 7 The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi ahumanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora.

8. The film -1 8 Directed by James Cameron Produced by James Cameron Jon Landau Written by James Cameron

9. The film - 2 9 Starring Sam Worthington Zoe Saldana Stephen Lang Michelle Rodriguez Sigourney Weaver

10. The film - 3 10 Music by James Horner Cinematography Mauro Fiore Edited by James Cameron John Refoua

11. The film - 4 11 Stephen E. Rivkin Production company Lightstorm Entertainment Dune Entertainment Ingenious Film Partners

12. The film - 5 12 Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release dates December 10, 2009(London premiere) December 17, 2009(United Kingdom) December 18, 2009(United States)

13. The film - 6 13 Running time 161 minutes Country United States United Kingdom Language English

14. The film 7 14 Budget $237 million $9 million+ (re-release) Box office $2.788 billion

15. Epic Science fiction film - 1 15 Avatar (marketed as James Cameron's Avatar) is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James starringSam Worthington, Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. Cameron, and Zoe

16. Epic Science film - 2 16 The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room- temperature superconductor.

17. Theatrical release poster 17 Avatar Poster The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi a humanoid indigenous to Pandora. The film's title refers to a engineered Na'vi body with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora. species genetically

18. Plot - 1 18 By 2154, humans have depleted Earth's natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The Resources Administration (RDA for short) mines for a valuable mineral Pandora, a densely forested moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. Development unobtanium on habitable

19. Plot - 2 19 Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot tall (3.0 skinned, sapient humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa m), blue-

20. Plot - 3 20 To explore Pandora's biosphere, scientists use Na'vi-human hybrids called "avatars", operated by genetically matched humans; Jake Sully, a paraplegic former Marine, replaces his deceased identical twin brother as an operator of one. Dr. Grace Augustine, head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate replacement but accepts his assignment as a bodyguard.

21. Plot - 4 21 While protecting the avatars of Grace and fellow scientist Dr. Norm Spellman as they collect biological data, Jake's avatar is attacked by a thanator and flees into the forest, where he is rescued by Neytiri, a female Na'vi. Witnessing an auspicious sign, she takes him to her clan, whereupon Neytiri's mother Mo'at, the clan's spiritual leader, orders her daughter to initiate Jake into their society.

22. Plot - 5 22 Colonel RDA's private security force, promises Jake that the company will restore his legs if he gathers information about the Na'vi and the clan's gathering place, a giant tree called Hometree, on grounds that it stands above the richest deposit of unobtanium in the area. Miles Quaritch, head of

23. Plot - 6 23 When Grace learns of this, she transfers herself, Jake, and Norm to an outpost. Over three months, Jake grows to sympathize with the natives. After Jake is initiated into the tribe, he and Neytiri choose each other as mates, and soon afterward, Jake reveals his change of allegiance when he attempts to disable a bulldozer that threatens to destroy a sacred Na'vi site.

24. Plot - 7 24 When Quaritch shows a video recording of Jake's attack on Administrator Parker Selfridge, and another in which Jake admits that the Na'vi will never abandon Hometree, Selfridge orders Hometree destroyed. the bulldozer to

25. Plot - 8 25 Despite Grace's argument that destroying Hometree could damage the neural network native to Pandora, Selfridge gives Jake and Grace one hour to convince the Na'vi to evacuate before commencing the attack. While trying to warn the Na'vi, Jake confesses to being a spy and the Na'vi take him and Grace captive. biological

26. Plot- 9 26 Seeing Hometree, killing Neytiri's father (the clan chief) and many others. Mo'at frees Jake and Grace, but they are detached from their avatars and imprisoned by Quaritch's forces. Pilot Trudy Chac n, disgusted by Quaritch's brutality, carries them to Grace's outpost, but during the escape, Quaritch fires at them, hitting Grace. this, Quaritch's men destroy

27. Plot - 10 27 To regain the Na'vi's trust, Jake connects his mind to that of Toruk, a dragon-like predator feared and honored by the Na'vi. Jake finds the refugees at the sacred Tree of Souls and pleads with Mo'at to heal Grace. The clan attempts to transfer Grace from her human body into her avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls, but she dies before the process can be completed.

28. Plot - 11 28 Supported by the new chief Tsu'tey, who acts as Jake's translator, Jake speaks to unite the clan and tells them to gather all of the clans to battle against the RDA. Noticing the impending gathering, Quaritch organizes a pre-emptive strike against the Tree of Souls, believing that its destruction will demoralize the natives. On the eve of battle, Jake prays to Eywa, via a neural connection to the Tree of Souls, to intercede on behalf of the Na'vi.

29. Plot - 12 29 During the subsequent battle, the Na'vi suffer heavy casualties, including Tsu'tey and Trudy; but are rescued when Pandoran wildlife unexpectedly join the attack and overwhelm the humans, which Neytiri interprets as Eywa's answer to Jake's prayer. Jake destroys a makeshift bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls;

30. Plot - 13 30 Quaritch escapes from his own damaged aircraft, wearing an AMP suit and breaks open the avatar link unit containing Jake's human body, exposing it to Pandora's poisonous atmosphere. Quaritch prepares to slit the throat of Jake's avatar, but Neytiri kills Quaritch and suffocation. saves Jake from

31. Plot - 14 31 With the exceptions of Jake, Norm, Max (another scientist), and a select few others, all humans are expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth, after which Jake is transferred permanently into his avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls.

32. Themes and inspirations - 1 32 Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in of imperialism and deep ecology. Cameron said his inspiration was "every single science fiction book I read as a kid", and that he was particularly striving to update the style of Edgar Rice Burroughs's John Carter series and the deep jungles of Pandora were visualized from Disney's film, Tarzan. the context 37th animated

33. Themes and inspirations - 2 33 He acknowledged that Avatar shares themes with the films At Play in the Fields of the Lord, The Emerald Forest, and Princess Mononoke, which feature clashes between cultures and civilizations, and with Dances with Wolves, where a battered soldier finds himself drawn to the culture he was initially fighting against.

34. Themes and inspirations - 3 34 In a 2007 interview with Time magazine, Cameron was asked about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means is that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body."

35. 35 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/38/Avatarjakeneytiri.jpg/220px-Avatarjakeneytiri.jpg Jake's avatar and Neytiri. One of the inspirations for the look of the Na'vi came from a dream that Cameron's mother had told him about.

36. Themes and inspirations - 4 36 The look of the Na'vi the humanoids indigenous to Pandora was inspired by a dream that Cameron's mother had, long before he started work on Avatar. In her dream, she saw a blue-skinned woman 12 feet (4 m) tall, which he thought was "kind of a cool image".

37. Themes and inspirations - 5 37 Also he said, "I just like blue. It's a good color ... plus, there's a connection to the Hindu deities,which I like conceptually. He included similar creatures in his first screenplay (written in 1976 or 1977), which featured a planet with a native population of "gorgeous" tall blue aliens. The Na'vi were based on them.

38. Themes and inspirations - 6 38 For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri, Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme, and acknowledged its similarity to the pairing of Jack and Rose from his film Titanic.An interviewer stated, "Both couples come from radically different cultures that are contemptuous of their relationship and are forced to choose sides between the competing communities."[73]

39. Themes and inspirations - 7 39 Cameron felt that whether or not the Jake and Neytiri love story would be perceived as believable partially hinged on the physical attractiveness of Neytiri's alien appearance, which was developed by considering her appeal to the all-male crew of artists.[74]

40. 40 Though Cameron felt Jake and Neytiri do not fall in love right away, their portrayers (Worthington and Saldana) felt the characters do. Cameron said the two actors "had a great chemistry" during filming.[73]