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What’s important is the filmmaking technology on display here, much of it (by no surprise) the work of the effects team at WETA Digital – the same people who dazzled us all with The Lord of the Rings films. extravaganza, "a tale as old as time", and it arguably could have been edited pretty significantly without any major issues. Those who already bought Avatar back in May have a tough decision ahead of them – do you really want to have access to two alternative cuts to the movie if they aren’t actually all that good, and are certainly no better than the Theatrical Version? steeds, swooping over the Pandoran equivalent of a herd of bison and loosing their arrows and spears.Pandorapedia – 449 pages of white text on a black background explaining every detail of the fictional world Cameron created. What I would say is this: The film looks fantastic on Blu-ray and I think most of you will be really blown away.

High definition home video enthusiasts—myself included—collectively held their mouths agape in awe when Avatar debuted on Blu-ray in April. If the bit rate was already maximized for the theatrical length, wouldn't that mean that a longer version has to suffer a lower bit rate? track that you found on the original theatrical cut, and it does just as good a job of almost keeping up with the landmark visuals and their immaculate presentation. Still not a 3D-capable edition, it nevertheless boasts not only the original theatrical 162-minute cut, but also the IMAX reissue 171-minute special edition and the all-new 178-minute collector’s extended cut.First, James Cameron may just have saved (or at least breathed much new life into) the film business. The editors needed to learn how to cut together the actors' performances without shot compositions, which would be chosen later. style guide to the sci-fi world of the film, and all of the lyrics to the Na'vi songs, translated into English.

And none of them addresses the plot hole of what happened to all the other Avatars seen at the beginning of the film. Turns out that he wasn't quite dead yet, and takes a moment to formally pass the reigns of clan leadership to Jake.

beg to differ, or they just don't care, content to simply get lost in the film's big-budget escapism. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. budget, tent pole event that only comes around once or twice a generation—and it's easy to get sucked into the film's universe.