DVD Review: Avatar

ABOUT THE MOVIE:

A reluctant hero.  An Epic journey.  A choice between the life he left behind and the incredible new world he’s learned to call home.

Check out The AVATAR Program:
Through a unique code found inside the AVATAR Blu-ray/DVD, consumers can register at www.avatarmovie.com into “The AVATAR Program” and gain exclusive access to first-look bonus materials, special content, money saving offers and much more. Additionally, only those fans will be able to adopt one of the one million trees being planted on behalf of Earth Day and receive a virtual hometree they can locate on a map to see where it’s actually planted.

Other AVATAR digital initiatives include:
• “Pandorama” – Via a computer’s webcam users can immerse themselves into the world of Pandora, inserting themselves into different locations from the movie and interacting with the elements in each; users can snap postcards and share amongst friends only at www.pandorama.avatarmovie.com
• “Pandorapedia” – The official guide to the world of Pandora and James Cameron’s AVATAR, fans enter a world beyond imagination with hundreds of facts on Pandora that can be accessed online at www.pandorapedia.com
• “Immersive Trailer” – The first-ever interactive trailer allows fans to click on any part of the video to explore detail frame-by-frame and in-context “hot spots” that will offer meticulous information on characters, locations and more
• “Interactive Desktop Wallpaper” – Instant access to all things AVATAR including newsfeeds, videos, social network updates and exclusive content that is updated automatically right on your desktop

Official Avatar Movie

MY THOUGHTS:

Okay so finally I got to watch Avatar and I would say it was good.  I definitely am glad I watched it, but honestly it was so long.  Now even though the movie was long, I would have like to see more about the Navi people and what happened before Jake arrived.  Maybe it is just me, but I would love a pre-quel to the movie, but then again I am a huge Sigourney Weaver fan and I think she was a big part in the Navi project.

Avatar is science fiction, but I don’t think you have to be a science fiction geek to still appreciate it.  I think it a movie that everyone should see at least once as it has a good story line and characters.  It is predictable, but I don’t think they could have done it any other way.  The special effects were awesome and I am always amazed at how the effects are done, and I am sure in 3D this movie was pretty cool.  (I didn’t get a chance to see it in theatres.)

Overall, Avatar is a good movie.  I love science fiction movies, but this one just was okay for me.  Now some other members in my family are in love with it and could watch it over and over, but for me maybe every now and then I will put it on again.  I do like the lessons it displayed over communication barriers, preserving nature, greed, and determination, just to name a few.  I also want to mention that it does have quite a few swear words towards the beginning just in case you don’t want your children to hear those.

Did you check out my Earth Day Avatar Post?  Here are some pictures from the event!

Actress CCH Pounder, director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis plant first tree in North America symbolizing the one million tree initiative on behalf of the “Avatar” Blu-ray disc and DVD release on Earth Day held at Twentieth Century Fox Studio Lot on April 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

BUY IT:  You can buy Avatar everywhere DVDs are sold or find it at Amazon

Mama’s Money Savers Disclosure:  I was sent this DVD to review.  This review is 100% my opinion and was not edited in any way.  I was not compensated in any other way.