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Title year: 2009

Genre: science fiction motion capture film

Director: James Cameron

Music/ soundtrack: James Horner

Main actors: Sam Worthington

Zoe Saldana

Stephen Lang

Michelle Rodriguez

Sigourney Weaver

Joel David Moore

Giovanni Ribisi

The director James Cameron, after nearly ten years following the box office hit a record high Titanic, Avatar is merely nothing more than a high-profile a masterpiece.

In spite of fulfilling the self-satisfaction in real life, people are undoubtedly obsessed with the role playing. There are many people desiring to try to escape from the reality, disguised as another perfect role, especially when they are in the defect state. In this film, the main character Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) used to this kind of addiction as he is disabled but can walk while connecting to Avatar. His self-consciousness to become Avatar, the stand on the planet Pandora and the satisfaction of entering into the beautiful world are his most anticipated things every day.

The story of Pandora’s star is in 2154. Pandora is the Alpha Centauri star system – Polyphemus which is orbiting gas giant. On Pandora, there is the grey and valuable mineral called unobtainium, which is a material that The Resources Development Administration (RDA) is going to excavate. Also, there are the indigenous population of humanoids named Na’vi living in Pandora, which is a category of intelligence race. In order to explore the relationship between humans and study more about the biosphere in the planet, scientists have trained Na’vi-human hybrid called “Avatar” who can connect their mind to and be controlled by the human genetically matched.

Jake Sully’s twin brother is a scientist, who had received the 3 years training for remotely controlled bodies Avatar, was killed in a persecution of robbery. Thus, paralysed ex-Marine Jake Sully replaced his brother’s work. The...