Avatar

2009 • 162 minutes

About this movie

Avatar takes us to the amazing world of Pandora, where a man embarks on an epic journey of adventure and love, ultimately fighting to save the unique place he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar®-winning director of Titanic, delivers an immersive cinematic experience, where revolutionary technology meets engaging characters in a timeless, emotional story.

Ratings and reviews

I don't get the complaint about the originality of the plot. Go look up "monomyth." There's no such thing as an original plot. Half of the movies you watch are coming of age stories that follow the same basics plot points. So this copies the plot of Dances With Wolves? That wasn't original either. I think people who criticize plot originality are just upset that the subtext criticizes colonialism. What matters is implementation, and this implements better than most action movies.

Hands down, THE BEST 3D of any movie, ever. Story was good, but the cinematography was legendary. 10 years later, only Alita Battle Angel has come close to the cinematic experience of Avatar. MUST SEE, preferably in true IMAX.

Idc that the story has been done before.. every story has been done before. There's no Blue alien race in Dances with Wolves, there's no lightsabers in Harry Potter, there's no one ring to rule them all in Skyrim. Avatar is a great piece of world building that has a sense of scope and immersion that has been lacking ever since Avengers (2012). It reminds me why I love movies. If you haven't seen it since 2009 you'll probably find a number of incredible sequences you forgot about.