The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic fantasy film, written by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954–1955) and directed by Peter Jackson. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), followed by, The Two Towers (2002) and The Returnof the King (2003), which also written by by J. R. R. Tolkien. They were distributed by New Line Cinema. Considered to be one of the biggest and most ambitious film projects ever undertaken, with an overall budget of $281 million the entire project took eight years, with the filming for all three films done simultaneously and entirely in New Zealand. The series was a major financial success, with the films collectively being among the highest-grossing film series of all time. The films were critically acclaimed and heavily awarded, winning 17 out of 30 total Academy Award nominations.

The story tells of the young hobbit Frodo Baggins who has found a Ring, which the Dark Lord Sauron looking for. Fordo and eight companions who form the Fellowship of the Ring begin their journey to destroy to Mount Doom in the land of Mordor, the only place where the Ring can be destroyed. The film was highly acclaimed by critics and fans alike who considered it to be a landmark in film-making and an achievement in the fantasy film genre. It also considered as a one of the greatest fantasy film ever made. The film was a massive box office success, earning over $871 million worldwide against its budget $93 million. And becoming the second highest-grossing film of 2001 in the U.S. and worldwide.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring directed by Peter Jackson, Produced byBarrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Tim Sanders and Peter Jackson. And music by Howard Shore, Edited by John Gilbert and Cinematography by Andrew Lesnie. Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson. Film released in 10 December 2001 in Odeon Leicester Square, 19 December 2001 in U.S.A and 20 December 2001 in New Zealand with 178 minutes.Here is the Loard of the rings Fellowships of the Ring Trailler.

Plot

In the Second Age of Middle Earth, the Dark Lord Sauron defeated by Isildur by chopping off the Ring from his body. Ring prevent its destruction corrupting Isildur mind who killed by Orcs. Ring lost for 2500 years until discovered by Sméagol (Gollum). After 500 years,unexpectedly recovered by a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Sixty years later, Bilbo celebrates his 111th birthday and is visited by his friend Gandalf the Grey. He leaves his inheritance to his nephew Frodo, vanished from his party, stay with the elves of Rivendell. Gandalf convinces him to leave the Ring for Frodo, and Gandolf discovered the truth and warns Frodo, and stated that Gollum informed Sauron’s forces of Bilbo’s home. Samwise Gamgee Frodo’s best friend, joined with his friend’s journey to village of Bree. . Gandalf goes to Isengard to speak to Saruman the White but Saruman is revealed to be aiding Sauron, and he imprisons Gandalf on the roof of his tower Orthanc.

Frodo and Sam meet fellow Hobbits, Merry and Pippin, but they have to hide from the Ringwraiths. Arriving in Bree, they learn Gandalf is missing, but are joined by a mysterious ranger named Strider who escorts them to Rivendell. The Hobbits are ambushed by the Ringwraiths, one stabbing Frodo with a deathly morgul blade until Strider fends them off. Frodo is taken to Rivendell by Strider’s lover, the Elvin princess Arwen, and is healed by her father Lord Elrond. Gandalf arrives, having escaped Isengard on an eagle. Elrond holds a council Frodo volunteering to throw it into Mount Doom,and forms the Fellowship of the Ring, accompanied by , Gandalf, Sam, Merry, Pippin, dwarf Gimli, elf Legolas, Boromir of Gondor, and Strider, actually revealed to be Aragorn, a descendant of Isildur and rightful king of Gondor . Bilbo gives Frodo his old sword Sting. as a weapon.

 

 The Fellowship set out but when Saruman magically blocks off their path, they must venture into the dwarf Mines of Moria. They discover all of the dwarves have been slain by Orcs, and Gollum is secretly stalking them. They are attacked by the enemy accompanied by a troll but escape, only for a fiery demonic Balrog to awaken. Gandalf prevents the Balrog from pursuing the group, but is dragged into a chasm by the beast, believed to be dead. . Aragorn leads the mourning Fellowship to Lothlórien, home of Galadriel and Celeborn. Galadriel privately informs Frodo that the Ring will be a burden, and one of his friends will try to take the Ring. Meanwhile, Saruman forms an army of Uruk-hai to hunt down the Fellowship and bring the carrier of the Ring unharmed.

The group sail on to Parth Galen, where Boromir attempts to take the Ring from Frodo. Afraid of losing his friends to the Ring, Frodo decides to go off alone. The Uruk-hai arrive, and in the commotion, Merry and Pippin are taken captive, believed to be carriers, and Boromir is fatally shot with three arrows by the Uruk-hai commander Lurtz. Aragorn beheads Lurtz and helps the dying Boromir find peace. Sam pursues Frodo, informing him he must follow him as a promise he made to Gandalf. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli go to rescue Merry and Pippin, while Frodo and Sam head for Mordor.

Here Is the Ending Scene.

Cast

·         Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins

·         Sean Astin as Samwise "Sam" Gamgee

·         Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn

·         Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey

·         Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf

·         Liv Tyler as Arwen Undomiel

·         John Rhys-Davies as Gimli

·         Billy Boyd as Peregrin "Pippin"

·         Christopher Lee as Saruman the White

·         Hugo Weaving as Elrond

·         Andy Serkis as Gollum

Production and filming

Jackson, Walsh and Boyens made numerous changes to the story, for purposes of pacing and character development. In the book the time between Gandalf leaving the Ring to Frodo and returning to reveal its inscription, which is 17 years, is compressed for timing reasons. Arwen was given a greater role in the film, accompanying Frodo all the way to Rivendell, while in the book Frodo faced the Ringwraiths alone at the Ford of Bruinen. Also significant new addition is Aragorn's self-doubt, which causes him to hesitate to claim the kingship of Gondor. This element is not present in the book, where Aragorn intends to claim the throne at an appropriate time.

Filming took place in various locations across New Zealand. The Fellowship of the Ring makes extensive use of digital, practical and make-up special effects throughout. Like Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, is 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall in real life, but the character of Frodo Baggins is barely four feet in height. At one point in the film, Frodo runs along a corridor in Bag End, followed by Gandalf. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen were filmed in separate versions of the same corridor, built at two different scales, and a fast camera pan conceals the edit between the two so that the characters would appear to be the appropriate size.

Critical Response And Box office

 Film released in 10 December 2001 in Odeon Leicester Square, 19 December 2001 in U.S.A and 20 December 2001 in New Zealand with 178 minutes. . The film was a massive box office success, earned $870.7 million worldwide against its budget $93 million.

The Fellowship of the Ring received universal critical acclaim from major film critics and was one of 2001's best reviewed films. The film holds a 91% "Fresh" rating on aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 225 reviews, with an average score of 8.2/10. The film holds a score of 92 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 34 reviews, indicating "Universal Acclaim". Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the film an "A" rating for the film. USA Today also gave the film three out of four stars and In CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of "A-".

Awards

In 2002, the film won four Academy Awards from thirteen nominations. The winning categories were for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Makeup, and Best Original Score. The film won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. It also won Empire readers' Best Film award, as well as five BAFTAs, including Best Film.

Reference

1.Wikipedia “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”.

Star Wars The Force Awakens

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We all knows, Star Wars Force Awakens is one of the most anticipated movie ever in the history. And it is one of the greatest  movie  ever made. Star Wars The Force Awakens  was released on 14^th December 2015 to a enormous attention from audience as well as critics.Star Wars The Force Awakens is a 2015 American epic space opera film directed, co-produced, and co-written by J. J. Abrams. The film is the 7^th  installment in Star Wars main Series and The Force Awakens is set about 30 years after Return of the Jedi, and follows Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron's fight with the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, which descended from the Galactic Empire.

The Force Awakens premiered in Los Angeles on December 14, 2015. Critics compared it favorably to the original trilogy, praising its action sequences, characters, acting, special effects, musical score and emotional drama, though some criticized it as derivative. It received five Academy Award nominations, including Williams' first Star Wars nomination since Return of the Jedi, and four BAFTA Film Awards. The film was widely anticipated, and it has broken many box office records, attaining the highest-grossing worldwide opening of all time and reaching $1 billion faster than any other film. As of Febuary 14^th , 2016, it has generated a global box office revenue of over $2billion, becoming the highest-grossing film in the franchise, as well as the third-highest of all time. Two sequels, Episode VIII and Episode IX, are scheduled for release on May 26, 2017 and in 2019, respectively.

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The film is Directed by by J.J Abrams, Produced by J.J Abrams, Bryan Burk, and Kathleen Kennedy. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan rewrote an initial script by Michael Arndt. John Williams, composer for the previous six films, returned to compose its score and distributed by Walt Disney and Motion Pictures. Filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland, with principal photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in England. Star Wars The Force Awakens released on December 14 2015 in Los Angeles and 28 Desember 2015 in United States With 135 minutes Running time. As of Febuary 14^th, 2016, it has generated a global box office revenue of over $2billion and agains it’s budget  $ 200 million and becomes 3^rd  movie ever to pass $2 billion mark.This is the Star Wars Force Awakens  movie trailer.

Plot

30 years after the destruction of the second Death Star, Luke Skywalker, the last Jedi, has disappeared. The First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to eliminate Luke and the Republic. The Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by Luke's twin sister, General Leia Organa, opposes them while searching for Luke to enlist his aid. Resistance pilot Poe Dameron meets village elder on the planet Jakku to obtain a map to Luke's location. Stormtroopers under the command of Kylo Ren destroy the village and capture Poe. Poe's droid BB-8 escapes with the map, and encounters a scavenger, Rey, at a junkyard settlement. Ren tortures Poe and learns of BB-8. Stormtrooper FN-2187, unable to kill for the First Order, frees Poe and they escape in a stolen TIE fighter; Poe dubs FN-2187 "Finn". They crash on Jakku, and Finn appears to be the only survivor. He encounters Rey and BB-8, but the First Order tracks them and launches an airstrike. They flee the planet in a stolen, rundown ship, the Millennium Falcon.

The Falcon breaks down, and is captured by a much larger ship, piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca, who reclaim their former vessel. Somehow five managed to escape in the Falcon. The criminals inform the First Order of Han's involvement. At the First Order's Starkiller Base, a planet converted to a superweapon capable of destroying star systems, Supreme Leader Snoke orders General Hux to use it for the first time. Snoke also questions Ren about the involvement of his father, Han Solo Ren protests that Han means nothing to him. The Falcon crew view BB-8's map and determine it is incomplete. Han explains that Luke tried to rebuild the Jedi Order but went into exile after an apprentice turned to the dark side and destroyed all that Luke had built. They travel to the planet Takodana and meet with cantina owner Maz Kanata, who can help BB-8 reach the Resistance, but Finn wants to flee on his own. Rey is drawn to a vault and finds the lightsaber that belonged to Luke and his father Anakin Skywalker before him. She experiences disturbing visions and flees into the woods. Maz gives Finn the lightsaber for safekeeping.

Starkiller Base destroys the Republic capital and fleet. The First Order attacks Takodana in search of BB-8. Han, Chewbacca, and Finn are saved by Resistance X-wing fighters led by Poe, but Rey is captured by Ren and taken to Starkiller Base. Ren interrogates Rey about the map, but she resists his mind-reading. Discovering she, too, can use the Force, she escapes her cell with a Jedi mind trick. Leia arrives at Takodana with C-3PO and reunites with Han and Chewbacca. At the Resistance base on D'Qar, BB-8 finds R2-D2 who has been inactive since Luke's disappearance.

As Starkiller Base prepares to fire on D'Qar, the Resistance devises a plan to destroy it by attacking a critical facility. Leia urges Han to return their son alive. Using the Falcon, Han, Chewbacca, and Finn infiltrate the base. They lower its shield, find Rey, set explosives, and encounter Ren. Han confronts Ren, calling him by his birth name, Ben, and implores him to abandon the dark side. Though conflicted, Ren kills Han. Enraged, Chewbacca shoots Ren in the side and sets off the explosives, allowing the Resistance X-wing fighters to attack and start a chain reaction that destroys Starkiller Base.

The injured Ren pursues Finn and Rey to the surface. Finn battles Ren with the lightsaber, but is overpowered and badly wounded. Rey takes the lightsaber and fights Ren, overpowering him with the Force before they are separated by a fissure. Snoke orders Hux to evacuate and bring Ren to him, while Rey and Chewbacca escape with Finn in the Falcon. On D'Qar, the Resistance celebrates while Leia, Chewbacca, and Rey mourn Han's death. R2-D2 awakens and reveals the rest of the map, which Rey follows with R2-D2 and Chewbacca to an island on a distant planet. She finds Luke and presents him with his lightsaber.Here is the ending of the movie.

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Cast

·           Harrison Ford as Han Solo.

·         Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

·         Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa.

·         Adam Driver as Kylo Ren.

·         John Boyega as Finn.

·         Daisy Ridley as Rey.

·         Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata.

·         Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron.

·         Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata.

·         Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke

Development

Star Wars creator George Lucas discussed ideas for a sequel trilogy several times after the conclusion of the original trilogy, but denied any intent to make it. In October 2012, he sold his production company Lucasfilm, and with it the Star Wars franchise, to The Walt Disney Company. As creative consultant on the film, Lucas attended early story meetings and advised on the details of the Star Wars universe but he later stated that Disney had discarded his story ideas. Several directors were considered and J. J. Abrams was named director in January 2013. Arndt worked on the script for eight months, but said he needed 18 more, so Arndt's exit from the project on October 24, 2013, and Kasdan and Abrams took over script duties and the first draft was completed in six weeks.

In May 2013, it was confirmed that Episode VII would be filmed in the United Kingdom. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne  agreed to produce Episode VII in the UK. He also committed £25 million ($37 million) of public money towards the film, claiming it was a boost for British culture and the film industry. Film editors Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon, film's costume designer was Michael Kaplan, cinematographer Daniel Mindel were also signed in.In February 2014, Abrams said filming would begin in May and last about three months. Principal photography would commence in May and be based at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. It also filmed in Iceland, U.A.E. emirate of Abu Dhabi. Skellig Michael island off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland etc.

Principal photography began in Abu Dhabi on May 16, 2014. In June, Harrison Ford fractured his leg while filming at Pinewood after a hydraulic door on the Millennium Falcon set fell on him, and was taken to a hospital. According to Abrams, Ford's ankle "went to a 90-degree angle. Abrams also fractured a vertebra in his own back when he was trying to help lift the door after Ford's accident. Principal photography ended on November 3, 2014. Abrams supervised post-production and editing of the film at Bad Robot Productions' headquarters in Santa Monica and gave the estimated running time of the film as 124–125 minutes.

In July 2013, John Williams was confirmed to compose the score. Recording sessions for The Force Awakens began in June 2015 at the Sony Pictures Studios' Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage in Culver City, with William Ross conducting most of the music. Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiered in Los Angeles at the TCL Chinese Theatre, El Captain Theatre and Dolby Theatre on December 14, 2015. On November 28, 2014, Lucasfilm released a 90-second teaser trailer to promote The Force Awakens. It was also released on YouTube and the iTunes Store, generating a record 58.2 million views on YouTube in its first week.

On April 16, 2015, a second teaser trailer, this one lasting two minutes and the trailer was viewed over 88 million times within the first 24 hours of release, breaking the record. According to the Guinness World Records, the second teaser trailer amassed 30.65 million in 24 hours, setting a new world record for the "most viewed movie trailer on YouTube in 24 hours. Another trailer released in in August 2015 and it received 128 million views in 24 hours, a new record for the most views of a trailer in 24 hours.

Reception and Box office

As of February 16, 2016, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has grossed for a worldwide total of $2 billion, against a budget of $200 million. The film is currently the highest-grossing release of 2015, the highest-grossing film released by Walt Disney Studios, the highest-grossing film in North America, and the third-highest-grossing film of all time. It was the 24th film in cinematic history to surpass $1 billion worldwide, standing as the fastest film to surpass the mark, doing so in 12 days.And critis the 3rd movie ever to pass $2 billion mark in sales.  Upon it’s release  it broke many records. On its opening day, the film grossed $119.1 million from 14,300 screens, marking the biggest single and opening day record and the first time a film has earned more than $100 million in a single day.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens received overwhelmingly positive reviews from both critics and audiences. Rotten Tomatoes gave it score of 93% based on 324 reviews and a rating average of 8.2/10. Metacritic, assigned the film a weighted score of 81 out of 100, based on 52 critics, indicating " universal acclaim". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film an A grade, women, under-25s and under-18s gave it an "A+", while 98% of audiences gave it an "A" or "B". The Guardian also gave it five stars out of five.

Accolades

Still there are so many nominations for this movie. I am going to updates this section when it wins the Awards.

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Avatar (2009)

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As we all know Avatar is  one of a greatest movie ever made in history.  During its theatrical run, the film broke several box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time surpassing Titanic also directed by James Cameron. And it is still holding the record for highest grossing film in history.In my opinion this record can’t be broken at least for another decades. I assume you also agree with me.

 Avatar is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor. The film's title refers to a genetically engineered Na'vi body (local tribe exist in Pandora named Navi) with the mind of a remotely located human that is used to interact with the natives of Pandora. Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million. Other estimates put the cost between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion. The film made extensive use of new motion capture filming techniques.

 Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was internationally released on December 16.It met positive critical reviews, with critics highly praising its groundbreaking visual effects. During its theatrical run, the film broke several box office records and became the highest-grossing film of all time surpassing Titanic also directed by James Cameron. Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won three of them. Three sequels, all directed and co-written by Cameron, will be released each year starting from December 2017 to 2019.This is the official movie trailer for Avatar.

The Avatar directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, Produced Jon Landau, music by James Horner. Cinematography by Mauro Fiore, Edited by John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin , while Production companies were Lightstrom Entertainment and Dune Entertainment and distributed by 20^th  Century Fox . Film Released December 10, 2009 in London and in December 17, 2009 UK and December 18, 2009 in U.S.A with 161 minutes running time which grossed $2.788 billion against its budget  $237 million.

Plot

Due to the energy crisis in 2154 Resources Development Administration (RDA) mines for a valuable mineral named unobtanium on Pandora , a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system. Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot tall blue-skinned, sapient humanoids who live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess called Eywa. o explore Pandora's biosphere, scientists use Na'vi-human hybrids called "avatars", operated by genetically matched humans; Jake Sully, a paraplegic former Marine, replaces his deceased twin brother as an operator of one. Dr. Grace Augustine, head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate replacement but accepts his assignment as a bodyguard. While they were collecting biological data Jake's avatar is attacked by a thanator and flees into the forest, where he is rescued by Neytiri, a female Na'vi. Witnessing an auspicious sign, she takes him to her clan, whereupon Neytiri's mother Mo'at, the clan's spiritual leader, orders her daughter to initiate Jake into their society.

Despite Grace's argument that destroying Hometree could damage the biological neural network native to Pandora, Selfridge gives Jake and Grace one hour to convince the Na'vi to evacuate before commencing the attack. Jake confesses to being a spy and the Na'vi take him and Grace captive. Seeing this, Quaritch's men destroy Hometree, killing Neytiri's father and many others. Mo'at frees Jake and Grace, but they are detached from their avatars and imprisoned by Quaritch's forces. Pilot Trudy Chacón, disgusted by Quaritch's brutality, carries them to Grace's outpost, but during the escape, Quaritch fires at them, hitting Grace. To regain the Na'vi's trust, Jake connects his mind to that of Toruk, a dragon-like predator feared and honored by the Na'vi.they tries to save Grace with the help of three of souls in Pandora but failed.

Jake speaks to unite the clan and gather all of the clans to battle against the RDA. Noticing the impending gathering Quaritch organizes a pre-emptive strike against the Tree of Souls, believing it will destroy entire Navi. Jake prays to Eywa, via a neural connection to the Tree of Souls, to intercede on behalf of the Na'vi. During the subsequent battle, the Na'vi suffer heavy casualties, including Tsu'tey and Trudy; but are rescued when Pandoran wildlife unexpectedly join the attack and overwhelm the humans, which Neytiri interprets as Eywa's answer to Jake's prayer. Then Jake destroys a makeshift bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls; Quaritch escapes from his own damaged aircraft, wearing an AMP suit and breaks open the avatar link unit containing Jake's human body, exposing it to Pandora's poisonous atmosphere. Quaritch then prepares to slit the throat of Jake's avatar, but Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake from suffocation.

With the exceptions of Jake, Norm, Max and a select few others, all humans are expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth, after which Jake is transferred permanently into his avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls.Here is the ending Avatar shows us.

Cast

·         Sam Worthington as Jake Sully

·         Zoe Saldana as Neytiri

·         Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine

·         Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge

·         Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch

·         Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy Chacón

·         Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm Spellman

·         Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel

·         Wes Studi as Eytukan, the Omaticaya's clan leader

·         Laz Alonso as Tsu'tey

Production and filming

In 1994, James Cameron wrote an 80-page treatment for Avatar but drop it down due to the lack of digital technology for film. From January to April 2006, Cameron worked on the script and developed a culture for the film's aliens, the Na'vi. In 2007 the visual effects studio Weta Digital signed on to help Cameron produce Avatar. Stan Winston, who had collaborated with Cameron in the past, joined Avatar to help with the film's designs. In September 2006, Cameron was announced to be using his own Reality Camera System to film in 3-D. Fox was wavering because of its painful experience with cost overruns and delays on Cameron's previous picture, Titanic but in In October 2006, Fox finally agreed to commit to making Avatar . After Fox accepted Avatar, one skeptical Fox executive shook his head and told Cameron and Landau, "I don't know if we're crazier for letting you do this, or if you're crazier for thinking you can do this ..." A studio spokesperson said that the budget was "$237 million, with $150 million for promotion, end of story.

Avatar is primarily an action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the context of imperialism and deep ecology. Cameron was asked about the meaning of the term Avatar, to which he replied, "It's an incarnation of one of the Hindu gods taking a flesh form. In this film what that means is that the human technology in the future is capable of injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body for time magazine. For the love story between characters Jake and Neytiri, Cameron applied a star-crossed love theme. For the film's floating "Hallelujah Mountains", the designers drew inspiration from "many different types of mountains, but mainly the karst limestone formations in China.

Principal photography for Avatar began in April 2007 in Los Angeles and Wellington, New Zealand. Cameron described the film as a hybrid with a full live-action shoot in combination with computer-generated characters and live environments. The live action was shot with a modified version of the proprietary digital 3-D Fusion Camera System, developed by Cameron and Vince Pace. Live action photography began in October 2007 at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, New Zealand, and was scheduled to last 31 days. Before shooting the film, Cameron also sent the cast to the Hawaiian tropical rainforests to get a feel for a rainforest setting before shooting on the soundstage. Cameron gave fellow directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson a chance to test the new technology.

A number of innovative visual effects techniques were used during production. The director planned to make use of photorealistic computer-generated characters, created using new motion capture animation technologies he had been developing in the 14 months. The lead visual effects company was Weta Digital in Wellington, New Zealand, at one point employing 900 people to work on the film. Because of the huge amount of data which needed to be stored a new cloud computing and Digital Asset Management system named Gaia was created by Microsoft especially for Avatar. o render Avatar, Weta used a 10,000 sq ft server farm making use of 4,000 Hewlett-Packard servers with 35,000 processor cores with 104 terabytes of RAM and three petabytes of network area storage running Ubuntu Linux, Grid Engine cluster manager, and 2 of the animation software and managers, Pixar's RenderMan and Pixar's Alfred queue management system.Composer James Horner scored the film and he stated in an interview, "Avatar has been the most difficult film I have worked on and the biggest job I have undertaken.Watch this video.

The 129-second trailer was released online on August 20, 2009 and The new 210-second trailer was premiered in theatres on October 23, 2009, then soon after premiered online on Yahoo! on October 29, 2009, to positive reviews. The teaser has been among the most viewed trailers in the history of film marketing, reaching the first place of all trailers viewed on Apple.com with 4 million views. Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora, a 224-page book in the form of a field guide to the film's fictional setting of the planet of Pandora, was released by Harper Entertainment on November 24, 2009. Ubisoft Montreal released a game for Avatar in 2009.

Critical Response And Box office

Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released theatrically worldwide from December 16 to 18. Internationally, Avatar opened on a total of 14,604 screens in 106 territories, of which 3,671 were showing the film in 3D. The film received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 83% of 292 professional critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.4 out of 10. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. CinemaScore gave A on an A+ to F scale for Avartar. And received huge positive reviews for it ground breaking visual effects alike fans. Avatar received compliments from filmmakers, with Steven Spielberg praising it as "the most evocative and amazing science-fiction movie since Star Wars" and others calling it "audacious and awe inspiring", "master class", and "brilliant". Noted art director-turned-filmmaker Roger Christian is also a noted fan of the film.

The film earned $26,752,099 on its opening day, and $77,025,481 over its opening weekend, making it the second largest December opening ever behind I Am Legend. he film also set an IMAX opening weekend record, with 178 theaters generating approximately $9.5 million, 12% of the film's $77 million North American gross on less than 3% of the screens. Avatar's worldwide gross was US$241.6 million after five days, the ninth largest opening-weekend gross of all time, and the largest for a non-franchise, non-sequel and original film. Avatar crossed the $1 billion mark on the 19th day of its international release, making it the first film to reach this mark in only 19 days. It is the fastest film to gross $600 million domestically, on its 47th day in theatres.

On January 31, it became the first film to earn over $2 billion worldwide, and it became the first film to gross over $700 million in North America. By the end of its first theatrical release Avatar had grossed for a worldwide total of $2,749,064,328. Including the revenue from a re-release of Avatar featuring extended footage, Avatar grossed for a worldwide total of $2,787,965,087. It became the highest-grossing film of all time in at least 30 other countries and is the first film to earn over $2 billion in foreign box office receipts.

Awards

Avatar won the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for a total of nine. Avatar also won the 67th Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, and was nominated for two others. At the 36th Saturn Awards, Avatar won all ten awards it was nominated for: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Music, Best Production Design and Best Special Effects and many more from around the world.

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