Avatar

Great film

Fantastic movie, however the case seems to be a little bit flimsy however the movie is absolutely fantastic and I would highly recommend that you watch it if you are on the fence about this movie, I was doubtful too and whilst it starts a little slow it gets so much better after a while and the second movie is even better.

Fantastic film in a great steelbook thank you 😊

It's not just been the most talked about movie of the year - it's been over a decade James Cameron has been building to this - so it would seem that Cameron has built expectation too high and that the movie could only disappoint. And yet, while not a perfect movie, he certainly has pulled something special out of the bag - a real spectacle of a movie, something new, and finally - a film where the 3D is not a distraction (or worse, a headache). For the record, I saw this in IMAX, so perhaps this helps the immersive nature of the 3D. While it is still to my way of thinking a gimmick which does not truly add to the experience, it does have the virtue in this case of actually working, rather than distracting you. Cameron seems to be the first to make a feature in 3D where there are certainly moments of things shooting out of the screen (Look, floating drops of liquid! Duck, the flamethrower is coming this way!), but always within the confines of the story development, and never shoehorned in because of the medium. What we are treated to is utterly spectacular worlds which are entirely a figment of the creator's imagination, believable in a way that cgi has seldom, if ever, been before. There's a richness of lore and background here that will actually make this worth watching twice to catch the detail. But what about the movie itself... The story is vintage Cameron, and has been much discussed - enough to say it wears it's anti-war and pro-environment credentials on its sleeve. The planet Pandora has been targeted by one of those big cumbersome corporations Cameron specialises in, with big brutish machinery and military to back it up, to take a valuable mineral in large strip mining operations. However, the planet's population don't take too kindly to this. To interact with the 10 foot high Na'vi and this world where everything is oversized, genetically created Avatars are used. It's the `user' of one of these Avatars who becomes the lynchpin of the story - an ex-marine, who now has to decide whether to gain his redemption by fulfilling his marine training, or to embrace the new Gaia he finds on Pandora. Sam Worthington is perfect in the role - it works that he is relatively unknown, so that we just believe him in the role. Sigourney Weaver is also her usual terrific self and several other character actors fill out the other roles. However, the natives (who are to all intents and purposes like Native Americans), and the bad guys (the evil land-raping corporation with its attendant military) are just a little too stereotypically bad.. there's no feeling that you can get inside their heads or understand them.. they are just ciphers in the story to make a point. Perhaps that's ok when it's a point well made, but the bluntness and obvious nature of the message here could grate with some. At over two hours long, the movie seems just a little long, but it would be tough to decide which spectacle you'd like to cut to make it shorter - the floating mountains? The aerial battles? The flying.. well ok, enough said, I don't want to give any more away... So a popcorn chewing event movie it is, classic cinema it isn't. It might not be spectacularly good - but it's definitely good - and certainly spectacular. Frankly, with all the hype, and with all the new cinematic technology on display, if you don't go see it to make up your own mind, you're going to find yourself left out of a few conversations...

Arrived within a week. BD and DVD disks are immaculate; have they even been used?. Disks open and run without problem

Avatar is set in a future where Earth's resources have been ravished, the first world's increasing population of poor and disenfranchised cannot afford medical care, and the rich have expanded their quest for wealth to distant exoplanets. In this case it's the planet of Pandora, which harbours the (unfortunately somewhat naffly named) precious ore "unobtanium", worth millions of dollars a kilo. The ubiquitous "corporation" of dystopian science fiction old and new, is now on a mission to plunder Pandora's virgin jungle of its natural wealth at the expense of the natives and their sacred sites. Jake Sully is a former marine who lost his legs defending his country. After his scientist twin brother dies, Jake's shared DNA means that he is recruited to replace him on Pandora, remotely operating a biological "avatar" that can live and breathe among the natives, gain their trust, and encourage them to clear out of their sacred forest so that the miners can move in. Now free from his crippling situation and able to run about the rain forest as an alien, Jake predictably turns native, and finally falls in love with a native princess. Now unwilling to destroy their civilisation for the sake of unobtanium, he faces the wrath of the army and the corporation that controls them, as they move in with their guns, bombs and mega-bulldozers. Avatar has been criticised somewhat in some quarters of the press for its plot being too basic, the storyline too simple and it's lack of any complexity and subtlety. That's as may be, but much as I enjoy complex and subtle science-fiction myself, I'm not sure there's any need for it within this story. Science Fiction writers famously use metaphor as a language of dissent parody and prediction, and much of the best of that came from an age when most first world citizens believed that their governments were the good guys, and largely trusted that what they did was generally for the best. Now in an age of global protest, and the first world's deep and increasing distrust of the powers that be, Avatar's metaphor is blunt, and in places contains clear and unashamed references to the manufacture of enemies and branding of them as hostile to get at their resources, and its unsubtle portrayal of the culture and plight of the natives as almost synonymous with Native Americans, Amazonian tribes and their like. From the plot to the production, and here Avatar comes into its own. While the flora and fauna of Pandora are a tad unimaginative (e.g suped-up dogs, luminous lemurs, armoured horses and dinosaurs, plus flying creatures straight out of one of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books, they are wonderfully realised, and the epic scale of the giant living, breathing forest sunlit by day and luminous by night, is lovely. Avatar may be just a very pretty, oversimplified film having a pop at vast corporations' desire for greed above humanity and following a plot that often does happen in our world but featuring an ending that could never happen in reality. In reality poorly resourced minorities sitting on massive resources usually get a pretty good kicking, and cultures are decimated regardless of prayers to their deity. Hollywood however, can give it the finale we want, however unlikely achieved. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching this spectacular film very much. The three versions (basic cinema/theatrical release, extended cut (extra 8 minutes) and extended collector's edition (extra 16 minutes) all begin on the first DVD and conclude on the second.

Fast shipping. Great price. Comes with 3 discs. One is 3D version of the movie. Second is the basic Blu-ray. And the 3rd is 3 hours of bonus material. So worth it. And it came brand new. Thank you.

Amazing film

Très bien et bonne qualité d'image Merci

Was great but it won't work on my dvd player now

Picture and sound really impressive enjoy the whole movie from start to end for collector must have it.

Visually breathtaking and immersive, Avatar is a true spectacle. James Cameron creates a fully realized world with stunning attention to detail, and the 3D effects are still impressive years later. The story is heartfelt, blending adventure, romance, and environmental themes, while the performances bring life to the fantastical characters. A cinematic experience that’s both entertaining and awe-inspiring—definitely worth watching on the biggest screen possible.

Un film davvero emozionante, qualità video sorprendente!