STORY OF AVATAR
In 2154, the RDA corporation is mining Pandora, a lush, Earth-like moon of the planet Polyphemus,[23] in the Alpha Centauri star system.[5] Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi) heads the mining operation, which employs Marines for security. The corporation intends to exploit Pandora's reserves of a valuable mineral called unobtanium. Pandora is inhabited by the Na'vi, a ten-foot-tall blue-skinned species of sapient humanoids with tails.[24] The Na'vi live in harmony with nature, worshiping a mother goddess called Eywa.
Pandora's atmosphere is toxic to humans, forcing them to use breathing masks. Attempting to improve relations with the natives and learn about Pandora's biology, scientists grow Na'vi bodies modified with human DNA, called avatars, controlled by genetically matched, mentally linked human operators.[25] Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic former marine, replaces his twin brother, a scientist trained to be an avatar operator, who was murdered in a mugging. Doctor Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate replacement for his brother and relegates him to a bodyguard role.
In their avatar forms, Augustine, biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) and Jake leave the base on a mission to take biological samples and reestablish peaceful relations with the Na'vi. A predator attacks the group, and Jake becomes separated and lost. Facing more predators at night in Pandora's jungle, he is rescued by Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a female Na'vi. Neytiri brings Jake to Hometree, which is inhabited by her clan, the Omaticaya. Neytiri's mother Mo'at (C. C. H. Pounder), the clan's shaman, shows interest in the warrior "Dream-walker" and instructs her daughter to teach Jake their ways. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), leader of the security forces, enlists Jake to bring him intelligence about the natives that could help RDA convince the Na'vi to leave Hometree so the company can mine the huge unobtanium deposit that lies beneath it. He promises Jake that he will help him obtain the expensive neuroregeneration treatment to restore the use of his legs.
At first, Jake delivers key strategic information to Quaritch. Augustine becomes suspicious and relocates herself, Jake and Norm to a remote scientific outpost with an avatar link unit. Over three months, Jake grows close to Neytiri and the Omaticaya, eventually rejecting RDA's agenda. He is initiated into the Omaticaya, and he and Neytiri choose each other as mates. Jake reveals his change of allegiance when he disables a bulldozer as it destroys the tribe's "Tree of Voices". Quaritch presents Selfridge with Jake's video diary, in which Jake admits that the Omaticaya will never abandon Hometree. Selfridge decides further negotiations are futile and orders Hometree destroyed.
Augustine argues that the destruction of Hometree could affect the bio-botanical neural network that all Pandoran organisms are connected to, and Selfridge gives Jake and Augustine one hour to convince the Na'vi to leave Hometree. Jake reveals his original mission to the Omaticaya, and Neytiri sees him as a betrayer. Jake and Augustine's avatars are taken captive. Quaritch's forces arrive and destroy Hometree, killing Neytiri's father, who is the clan chief, Eytucan (Wes Studi), and many others. Jake and Augustine are disconnected from their avatars and detained for treason along with Norm. Trudy Chacón (Michelle Rodriguez), a security force pilot disgusted with Quaritch's senseless violence, breaks them out and flies them to the link unit, which they relocate to a new, hidden place. During their escape, Quaritch shoots Augustine, seriously wounding her.
To regain the trust of the Omaticaya, Jake tames a Toruk, a powerful flying beast that only five Na'vi have ever tamed. Jake finds the Omaticaya at the sacred Tree of Souls and pleads with Mo'at to heal Augustine. The clan attempts to transfer Grace from her dying body into her Na'vi avatar with the aid of the Tree, but she succumbs to her injuries before the transfer is complete. Mo'at declares that "she is with Eywa now".
With the assistance of Neytiri and Tsu'Tey (Laz Alonso), the new leader of the Omaticaya, Jake assembles over two thousand of Na'vi from other clans to repel the humans. Jake prays to Eywa, via neural connection to the Tree of Souls, to intercede on behalf of the Na'vi in the coming battle. Quaritch notes the mobilization of Na'vi clans and convinces Selfridge to authorize a preemptive strike on the Tree of Souls. Because it is a center of Na'vi religion and culture, its destruction would leave the Na'vi too demoralized to resist further encroachment.
As the security forces attack, the Na'vi strike, using their knowledge of the forest, but suffer heavy casualties, among them Tsu'Tey and Trudy. Suddenly, the Pandoran wildlife joins the attack on the corporation's forces, overwhelming them, an event Neytiri interprets as Eywa answering Jake's prayer. Jake destroys the main bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls. Quaritch finds the avatar link unit where Jake's human body is located and attacks it, exposing Jake to Pandora's atmosphere. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake. With the attack repelled, Neytiri and Jake reaffirm their love as she sees his human body for the first time.
Selfridge and the remaining corporate personnel are expelled from Pandora, while Jake, Norm, and the scientists studying the moon are allowed to remain. Jake is seen wearing the insignia of the Omaticaya leader. The clan performs the ritual that permanently transfers Jake from his human body into his Na'vi avatar.
Pandora's atmosphere is toxic to humans, forcing them to use breathing masks. Attempting to improve relations with the natives and learn about Pandora's biology, scientists grow Na'vi bodies modified with human DNA, called avatars, controlled by genetically matched, mentally linked human operators.[25] Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic former marine, replaces his twin brother, a scientist trained to be an avatar operator, who was murdered in a mugging. Doctor Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), the head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate replacement for his brother and relegates him to a bodyguard role.
In their avatar forms, Augustine, biologist Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore) and Jake leave the base on a mission to take biological samples and reestablish peaceful relations with the Na'vi. A predator attacks the group, and Jake becomes separated and lost. Facing more predators at night in Pandora's jungle, he is rescued by Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a female Na'vi. Neytiri brings Jake to Hometree, which is inhabited by her clan, the Omaticaya. Neytiri's mother Mo'at (C. C. H. Pounder), the clan's shaman, shows interest in the warrior "Dream-walker" and instructs her daughter to teach Jake their ways. Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), leader of the security forces, enlists Jake to bring him intelligence about the natives that could help RDA convince the Na'vi to leave Hometree so the company can mine the huge unobtanium deposit that lies beneath it. He promises Jake that he will help him obtain the expensive neuroregeneration treatment to restore the use of his legs.
At first, Jake delivers key strategic information to Quaritch. Augustine becomes suspicious and relocates herself, Jake and Norm to a remote scientific outpost with an avatar link unit. Over three months, Jake grows close to Neytiri and the Omaticaya, eventually rejecting RDA's agenda. He is initiated into the Omaticaya, and he and Neytiri choose each other as mates. Jake reveals his change of allegiance when he disables a bulldozer as it destroys the tribe's "Tree of Voices". Quaritch presents Selfridge with Jake's video diary, in which Jake admits that the Omaticaya will never abandon Hometree. Selfridge decides further negotiations are futile and orders Hometree destroyed.
Augustine argues that the destruction of Hometree could affect the bio-botanical neural network that all Pandoran organisms are connected to, and Selfridge gives Jake and Augustine one hour to convince the Na'vi to leave Hometree. Jake reveals his original mission to the Omaticaya, and Neytiri sees him as a betrayer. Jake and Augustine's avatars are taken captive. Quaritch's forces arrive and destroy Hometree, killing Neytiri's father, who is the clan chief, Eytucan (Wes Studi), and many others. Jake and Augustine are disconnected from their avatars and detained for treason along with Norm. Trudy Chacón (Michelle Rodriguez), a security force pilot disgusted with Quaritch's senseless violence, breaks them out and flies them to the link unit, which they relocate to a new, hidden place. During their escape, Quaritch shoots Augustine, seriously wounding her.
To regain the trust of the Omaticaya, Jake tames a Toruk, a powerful flying beast that only five Na'vi have ever tamed. Jake finds the Omaticaya at the sacred Tree of Souls and pleads with Mo'at to heal Augustine. The clan attempts to transfer Grace from her dying body into her Na'vi avatar with the aid of the Tree, but she succumbs to her injuries before the transfer is complete. Mo'at declares that "she is with Eywa now".
With the assistance of Neytiri and Tsu'Tey (Laz Alonso), the new leader of the Omaticaya, Jake assembles over two thousand of Na'vi from other clans to repel the humans. Jake prays to Eywa, via neural connection to the Tree of Souls, to intercede on behalf of the Na'vi in the coming battle. Quaritch notes the mobilization of Na'vi clans and convinces Selfridge to authorize a preemptive strike on the Tree of Souls. Because it is a center of Na'vi religion and culture, its destruction would leave the Na'vi too demoralized to resist further encroachment.
As the security forces attack, the Na'vi strike, using their knowledge of the forest, but suffer heavy casualties, among them Tsu'Tey and Trudy. Suddenly, the Pandoran wildlife joins the attack on the corporation's forces, overwhelming them, an event Neytiri interprets as Eywa answering Jake's prayer. Jake destroys the main bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls. Quaritch finds the avatar link unit where Jake's human body is located and attacks it, exposing Jake to Pandora's atmosphere. Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake. With the attack repelled, Neytiri and Jake reaffirm their love as she sees his human body for the first time.
Selfridge and the remaining corporate personnel are expelled from Pandora, while Jake, Norm, and the scientists studying the moon are allowed to remain. Jake is seen wearing the insignia of the Omaticaya leader. The clan performs the ritual that permanently transfers Jake from his human body into his Na'vi avatar.
AVATAR (2009) MOVIE
Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction epic film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang. The film is set in the year 2154, when humans are engaged in mining reserves of a precious mineral called unobtanium on the lush moon Pandora of the Alpha Centauri star system.[5] The colonists' expansion threatens the continued existence of the Na'vi, a race of humanoids indigenous to Pandora, as well as the moon's ecosystem. The film's title refers to the genetically engineered Na'vi bodies used by several human characters to interact with the natives of Pandora.[6]
Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page scriptment for the film.[7] Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's previous film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999, but according to Cameron, the technology was not yet available to portray his vision of the film.[8][9] Work on the language for the film's extraterrestrial race began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the script and fictional universe in early 2006.[10][11]
The film was released in traditional 2-D, as well as in 3-D, using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, and IMAX 3D formats. Avatar is officially budgeted at $237 million;[2] other estimates put the cost at $280–310 million to produce and $150 million for marketing.[12][13][14] The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.[15]
Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released internationally on December 16, 2009, and in North America on December 18, 2009, to critical acclaim and commercial success.[16][17][18] The film broke several box office records during its release and became the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Titanic (It is the twenty-sixth highest-grossing film in North America once adjusted for inflation.)[19].[20][21] Due to the film's success, Cameron confirmed that there will be a sequel.[22]
Development on Avatar began in 1994, when Cameron wrote an 80-page scriptment for the film.[7] Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's previous film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999, but according to Cameron, the technology was not yet available to portray his vision of the film.[8][9] Work on the language for the film's extraterrestrial race began in summer 2005, and Cameron began developing the script and fictional universe in early 2006.[10][11]
The film was released in traditional 2-D, as well as in 3-D, using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, and IMAX 3D formats. Avatar is officially budgeted at $237 million;[2] other estimates put the cost at $280–310 million to produce and $150 million for marketing.[12][13][14] The film is being touted as a breakthrough in terms of filmmaking technology, for its development of 3D viewing and stereoscopic filmmaking with cameras that were specially designed for the film's production.[15]
Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released internationally on December 16, 2009, and in North America on December 18, 2009, to critical acclaim and commercial success.[16][17][18] The film broke several box office records during its release and became the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing Titanic (It is the twenty-sixth highest-grossing film in North America once adjusted for inflation.)[19].[20][21] Due to the film's success, Cameron confirmed that there will be a sequel.[22]
AVATAR THE MOVIE
'Avatar' Breaks 'Titanic' Worldwide Box-Office Record
Two down, one to go. On Tuesday (January 26), James Cameron's "Avatar" officially pushed past the record for the top-grossing worldwide release of all-time, set by the director's 1997 movie "Titanic." The achievement comes just a day after "Avatar" bested "Titanic" as the best international release (not including North America) of all-time. All that remains for "Avatar" is the #1 spot on the all-time domestic chart, where "Titanic" currently sits with $601 million.
The record-breaking worldwide figure — $1.858 billion, to the "Titanic" number of $1.843 billion — took just 39 days to secure. That's quite a jump over the 41 weeks it took Cameron's doomed love story to reach the lower number.
Of course, part of that is accounted for by the increased ticket cost. Standard admission prices are higher now than they were in 1997, and "Avatar" is particularly expensive since the 3-D screenings demand an even higher price. An impressive 72 percent of the global box office for "Avatar" came from those more expensive tickets, according to Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock.
"Avatar" came out of this past weekend with an overseas box-office haul of $1.288 billion, breaking the first of three all-time gross records held by Cameron's famed sunken cruise ship. Combined with U.S. ticket sales, the total became $1.841 billion, just $2 million shy of the $1.843 billion "Titanic" figure. Few, if any, doubted that the blue aliens of Pandora would put another record behind them by Tuesday.
Domestically, "Avatar" beat out "The Dark Knight" for the all-time #2 spot on Monday, topping the Caped Crusader's $533 million haul with $552.8 million in ticket sales. Adjusting for Monday night's figures, that number now rests at $554.9 million. That's less than $50 million away from the $600.7 million "Titanic" number. As long as the brisk weekend business continues for "Avatar" — which it should, considering that the next 3-D competition is March release "Alice in Wonderland" — we can expect "Avatar" to claim the domestic record within the next two or three weeks.
Two down, one to go. On Tuesday (January 26), James Cameron's "Avatar" officially pushed past the record for the top-grossing worldwide release of all-time, set by the director's 1997 movie "Titanic." The achievement comes just a day after "Avatar" bested "Titanic" as the best international release (not including North America) of all-time. All that remains for "Avatar" is the #1 spot on the all-time domestic chart, where "Titanic" currently sits with $601 million.
The record-breaking worldwide figure — $1.858 billion, to the "Titanic" number of $1.843 billion — took just 39 days to secure. That's quite a jump over the 41 weeks it took Cameron's doomed love story to reach the lower number.
Of course, part of that is accounted for by the increased ticket cost. Standard admission prices are higher now than they were in 1997, and "Avatar" is particularly expensive since the 3-D screenings demand an even higher price. An impressive 72 percent of the global box office for "Avatar" came from those more expensive tickets, according to Exhibitor Relations box-office analyst Jeff Bock.
"Avatar" came out of this past weekend with an overseas box-office haul of $1.288 billion, breaking the first of three all-time gross records held by Cameron's famed sunken cruise ship. Combined with U.S. ticket sales, the total became $1.841 billion, just $2 million shy of the $1.843 billion "Titanic" figure. Few, if any, doubted that the blue aliens of Pandora would put another record behind them by Tuesday.
Domestically, "Avatar" beat out "The Dark Knight" for the all-time #2 spot on Monday, topping the Caped Crusader's $533 million haul with $552.8 million in ticket sales. Adjusting for Monday night's figures, that number now rests at $554.9 million. That's less than $50 million away from the $600.7 million "Titanic" number. As long as the brisk weekend business continues for "Avatar" — which it should, considering that the next 3-D competition is March release "Alice in Wonderland" — we can expect "Avatar" to claim the domestic record within the next two or three weeks.
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