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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by GummySquirrel@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website

This week i've decided to rewatch the avatar films on blu ray. I picked up the special editions with the 3 hours worth of extras for each film. I've rewatched the first film and some extras. I'm a casual fan at best and by no means a movie critic, but here arey impressions.

The first avatar film has aged well. I enjoy the world of pandora and it is beautiful on blu ray. The details in the plants are incredible. A botanist that consulted on the film is featured in the bonus content.

I still get the sense that this could of been a two part film, with the first part ending with the destruction of the home tree. Then there would of been space go explore the na'vi tribes before the battle.

I watched the family audio version with english subtitles. The audio creatively removed the swears, but the subtitles didn't.

The bonus features had the main actors reflecting on their experiences making the film and their reflections on its success. They all played their characters brilliantly, and I was surprisingly impressed by Stephen Langs take on playing Quaritch.

Edit: Also after someone pointing this out, I can see the similatities with Fern Gully (which happens to be the first film I watched in theatre.)

I'm looking forward to rewatching way of the water, as I streamed it for the first watch.


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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

When Avatar first came out, a friend of mine described it as "Pocahontas with a tech demo" and I've had a hard time enjoying it since. The story is really similar.

[-] GummySquirrel@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

Your friends not wrong. The link with european arrival in north and south america was intentional for the film.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

If course, but it's not just that it's a story about colonialism, it's that the plot structure is basically the same

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