James Cameron's epic AVATAR is a must-see this season. Cameron began the prep for this huge film in 1994 with a script treatment. The principle photography began in 2007 with a $280-$310 million dollar price tag. The cost is due to the CGI and motion-capture technology used. Then the movie is also in 3-D. To be honest, it is a totally new and ground-breaking technological feat. I have NEVER seen a movie like it. You MUST see it in theaters to fully appreciate the film.
Roger Ebert says AVATAR is "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. "Watching Avatar, I felt sort of the same as when I saw Star Wars in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations," he said. "Avatar is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It's a technical breakthrough."
The domestic gross (as of 12/29/09) is $232,129,323 and foreign is $410,864,537 for a grand total of $642,993,860 worldwide.
This 2 hour 40 minute huge epic film follows a wheel-chair bound marine, Jake Sully as he enters in to the Na'vi world on the Pandora Planet. He battles an inner conscious as to whether or not he should side with the military that plans on destroying the spiritual land of Pandora or help the natives keep there home. It has definite imperialism themes, environmental sympathies, and what it means to be tolerant.
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