What is so original about the film Avatar?

[joseph grech]

The fim Avatar has been cited as the biggest-grossing film ever; but what is so original about the film anyhow? The following are some of the innovative and ingenious ideas behind the film; please add to this list:

1. The protagonist is wheelchair-bound
2. The intimate way the natives of Pandora interact with nature
3. The totally convincing love affair between a human and an alien
4. The way the huge prehistoric bird is domesticated....

:nuts: (my avatar)

[DeadBattery]

I think the idea of having avatars was original and also the controversy between money and natives.

[xav0989]

I was more excited at going to see it for the graphics than the actual story. The first time I saw it, I recall thinking half the time "The graphics are literally awesome".

[cybercool]

If you ask me , The Only Interest which attracted me was its Visuals and all the Innovation those folks put into the Filming of the Movie.

Apart from Visuals the story was just ok.

[farscapeone]

The general idea behind the movie is not that original. There's a book by a Serbian author called "Tihana from Ergo" (sr. "Tihana iz Erga") written in 1984. with the same idea. I suppose there are many more book like that all over the world.

The only think new is an excellent combination of CGI and 3D. Just my opinion.

[stevenazari]

last of mohekans in space.
Case closed.

was a nice film to pass the time though. 3D and all that but that's it.

[phazzedout]

No one mentioned those floating island things. Not plausible in physics but still awesome. The story was good, it wasn't the best story ever but it was nothing to complain about. This is not one of the movies that you spend 10-12$ to go see and come out complaining on how you spent your hard earned money. You will come out satisfied and probably recommend it to your peers.

Apart from all that, the graphics were awesome hands down. Anyone who disagrees is just a critic of everything.

I especially loved the part were he domesticated the largest bird.

[iluvme]

3d
and also the message that all people in the world are interconnected and we as humans are connected to nature/earth so we should take care of it or something like that......... didn't see that message yet in any movie.... so for me that's the original thing about it

[joseph grech]

Well definitely the bridging between real acting and CGI was an innovative technique at the frontier of modern film-making... And yes the scenery was stunning. However I think the story consolidates everything... if you were to ask me.

[ramsankar]

I don't think there was anything very original it apart from the 3d technology. The story has been told a hundred times, just the settings and characters change; anybody has played some major MMORPG can feel a strong connection between the night elves and the design of the Naavi. It's more like a bigger, better version of what we have already seen. Just my opinion of course, and I do not mean to say that the movie was bad, just that it's not original.