Avatar (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) [Blu-ray] | ![Avatar (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512Kb3ix8VL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  1591 reviews
Sales Rank: 76
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 162 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: FOXBR2265613
UPC: 024543656135
EAN: 0024543656135
ASIN: B002VPE1B6
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 2009
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/22/2010 Rating: Pg13
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After 12 years of thinking about it (and waiting for movie technology to catch up with his visions), James Cameron followed up his unsinkable Titanic with Avatar, a sci-fi epic meant to trump all previous sci-fi epics. Set in the future on a distant planet, Avatar spins a simple little parable about greedy colonizers (that would be mankind) messing up the lush tribal world of Pandora. A paraplegic Marine named Jake (Sam Worthington) acts through a 9-foot-tall avatar that allows him to roam the planet and pass as one of the Na'vi, the blue-skinned, large-eyed native people who would very much like to live their peaceful lives without the interference of the visitors. Although he's supposed to be gathering intel for the badass general (Stephen Lang) who'd like to lay waste to the planet and its inhabitants, Jake naturally begins to take a liking to the Na'vi, especially the feisty Neytiri (Zoë Saldana, whose entire performance, recorded by Cameron's complicated motion-capture system, exists as a digitally rendered Na'vi). The movie uses state-of-the-art 3D technology to plunge the viewer deep into Cameron's crazy toy box of planetary ecosystems and high-tech machinery. Maybe it's the fact that Cameron seems torn between his two loves--awesome destructive gizmos and flower-power message mongering--that makes Avatar's pursuit of its point ultimately uncertain. That, and the fact that Cameron's dialogue continues to clunk badly. If you're won over by the movie's trippy new world, the characters will be forgivable as broad, useful archetypes rather than standard-issue stereotypes, and you might be able to overlook the unsurprising central plot. (The overextended "take that, Michael Bay" final battle sequences could tax even Cameron enthusiasts, however.) It doesn't measure up to the hype (what could?) yet Avatar frequently hits a giddy delirium all its own. The film itself is our Pandora, a sensation-saturated universe only the movies could create. --Robert Horton
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 Dazed and confused... September 10, 2010
e. verrillo (williamsburg, ma)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow, the first few minutes of this film really had me going. I mean, I'd been told the animation was great, but the paraplegic guy was so realistic that I actually believed he was a person! Then I figured out that the characters that SEEMED real were way too stiff to be real people. (You could tell by the way their lips hardly moved that their lines had been dubbed.) So, I just sat back and let myself enjoy the special effects. But then--big disappointment--these big blue guys showed up and spoiled everything. I mean, it was so OBVIOUS that they were just a bunch of Indian extras from Pocahontas. After that, I kind of lost interest. There was an occasional nice bit of animation (Sigourney Weaver looked almost ALIVE), but for the most part it reminded me too much of daily life in LA to be entertaining.
 All's well that ends well. September 10, 2010
T. Humphrey (FL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I watched the movie Avatar on Amazon and did experience a couple short glitches, but was mostly satisfied with the experience.
 Awesome Movie, Wait For The Special Edition! September 9, 2010
Gandalf The Grey (Middle-Earth)
In the meantime you can borrow it from your local library for free (usually - some libraries have a minimal charge!) Or for that matter the special edition in 3D is out in theaters right now! So go see that. James Cameron gives us his best movie since Aliens and The Abyss! I hope they bring Michael Biehn for one of the sequels!
very pleased September 9, 2010
brittany86
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very pleased with this product. it had no scratches, and plays perfectly fine.I would highly recommend ordering from them.
AVATAR September 7, 2010
D. Herron (SHREVEPORT, LA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I missed seeing this in 3D and imagine it was great. I bought the Blu-ray version and we have watched it twice. The scenes are amazing, the music great and the story line extremely well written. This is a great movie for the entire family.
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