Exclusive: James Cameron talks Avatar

11 facts about the most important film of the decade

Feb 3rd 2009


6. The cast is typical Cameron.

Take an unknown hunk (Sam Worthington) a couple of strong powerful women (Zoe Saldana, Michelle Rodriguez) add a couple of character actors, Giovanni Ribisi, CCH Pounder, a sprinkling of Sigourney Weaver, and you’ve got yourself a Cameron movie.

7. The plot is ace.

Unfolding in the distant future on an exotic alien planet called Pandora, it’s the story of paraplegic ex-Marine Jake Sully.

 After undergoing an experiment to exist in the alien world as an avatar – a blue, 10ft-tall, genetically engineered biological body, controlled by his human mind – Sully finds himself torn in a fight for his own survival and that of Pandora’s indigenous people, the Na’vi.

Cameron’s script sets up an epic war between the native race of an incredible world and the humans who want to exploit it.

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    • sleepwalker

      Feb 3rd 2009, 13:01

      feel sorry for those kids who ran with scissors and lost an eye. It sounds like this 3d experience is going to be outstanding.

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    • goldfarb

      Feb 11th 2009, 17:54

      I'm looking forward to Avatar as much as the next person...however, it might be prudent to avoid statements like the following: a total cinematic revolution changing the way we watch films forever Avatar will be the most important film of the decade - possibly century ...the fact that neither you nor anyone else has seen any footage and/or is able to comment on it objectively makes these statements ridiculous hyperbole "He teamed with WETA to develop new motion-capture techniques and photorealistic CG" a gross exaggeration...that ignores the past 15 years of VFX work that has led to the work being done all over the world right now. "the VPS system tracks every CG cloud and blade of CG grass in the film" this is factually incorrect. Katzenberg's statements MUST be taken with the understanding that he has a vested interest in attracting people into the theater...the future of 3D cinema will be very different than what he, or Cameron for that matter, claim. ...

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    • Yonatan

      Apr 30th 2009, 9:03

      "Jeffrey Katzenberg predicts that one day soon, no one will film in 2-D." Yeah, right. There will always be making movies like Frost/Nixon, Doubt, Milk, etc. Drama movies, about characters and emoitions with real recognizable actors. They aren't better movies, and Avatar might be great, but there will always be room for both kind of movies. image is actually the equivalent of listening to vinyl,” said Katzenberg

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