Avatar: The Way of Water 4K UHD [Blu-ray] [Region Free]

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Another great slate of bonus material from Avatar: The Way of Water will be the featurette documentaries that unveil the technical process and massive undertaking that was to bring the ambitious project to life. Fans will be able to see how the Avatar team developed the new 3D technology they used in the movie, the building of the massive water tank used during filming, several breakdowns of the movie’s visual effects, and a lot more. who have no clue what a Na'vi is—let me direct you to my original review, which can be found here. The short version is this: I think Avatar

Extended Thanator Fight – Neytiri and her fearsome thanator battle Colonel Quaritch in his AMP suit in this extended sequence. Sylwanin – Norm spars with Jake, who proceeds to one-up him. But Jake’s mention of Neytiri dredges up painful memories for Grace. This is a sturdy, well-constructed set, built somewhat similarly to the recent Alien Anthology, but I'm not particularly fond of how the discs areILM VFX Progression – Break down the layers of effects in a series of shots that showcase Avatar’s battles, vehicles and explosions.

This is a great feature, one that should be adopted by any and all extended or director's cuts. Here you can hop right to the new material, choosing Alternate Montage with Grace’s Story – As Jake learns the Na’vi ways, the gulf between his two worlds grows wider, and Grace shares the tragic tale of Neytiri’s sister. New Zealand – Pandora's Home – The production of the Avatar sequels is so thoroughly ensconced in New Zealand that James Cameron considers The Way of Water a "New Zealand film." Hear reflections from the cast and crew, including the remarkable New Zealand crew, on making the film. Arguably the most technically advanced and groundbreaking film ever made at the time of its release, Avatar is the culmination of James Cameron’s entire personal and professional life. Combining his appreciation of nature with his love of sci-fi, filmmaking, the sciences, and complex problem-solving, its production has evolved over time from a simple film project, to a franchise, and finally a kind of obsession that’s engaged him creatively for the past two decades and seems likely to do so for at least a decade more. (The final planned sequel, Avatar 5, is currently slated to arrive in theaters in 2031!) Cameron first shared the scriptment for the project with producer Jon Landau while the pair was making Titanic, but it would take years for visual effects technology to catch up with his ambition. An obvious cautionary about the misfortunes of environmental degradation and the exploitation of indigenous cultures, Avatar’s plot is disarmingly simple—two parts Dances with Wolves and one part Aliens, with a dash of The Lion King added for good measure. But that simplicity is also key to the film’s extraordinary cross-cultural appeal: People of goodwill everywhere, in virtually every corner of the globe, can see with their own eyes the damage being done to the environment, and the paralysis of governments to stop it, and come to the same conclusion: We can and must do better.The Schoolhouse – Entering an abandoned schoolhouse in the jungle with Grace and Norm to retrieve supplies, Jake makes a grim discovery.

Also today, Tim has reviewed another film from Arrow’s Shawscope: Volume One Blu-ray boxed set, specifically Chang Cheh’s Shaolin Temple (1976) (aka Death Chamber).

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But perhaps this is missing the point. Plenty of people love the film, and when given the chance to reevaluate Avatar, I tried to The Last Shadow – When Neytiri and Jake find Tsu’tey mortally wounded, he passes leadership of the Omaticaya to Jake, with one last request of him. And, of course, this set is meant for Avatar fans. If you're completely new to the film—that is, if you're one of the three people on the planet In the months leading up to Avatar’s theatrical release, I remember seeing the Bruce Willis sci-fi thriller, The Surrogates, where Willis himself had been made to look more youthful (in his ‘surrogate’ body) through lavish CG use. Honestly, it was clearly an example of the ‘next step’ in CG use, the potential being that actors could continue to play (sometimes considerably) younger characters well into the twilight era of their careers. The trouble is that it did not look perfect – the behaviour was still a little stilted. And so we have Avatar, which boasted fully CG humanoid characters supposedly displaying more ‘natural’ characteristics through extensive motion capture work. Cleverly adopting ten foot tall blue alien humanoids as the central species within the movie, it appears that – unlike many of its very-real-but-not-quite-real-enough counterparts – Avatar succeeded in basically introducing us to an all-new CG alien species, complete with detailed humanoid body structure and many similar human behavioural characteristics. Surely it marks the next stepping-stone in the evolution of CG characters? One of the first successful renditions of realistic CG characters in a live-action movie?

Besides the usual assortment of trailers, you'll find Cameron's screenplay and "scriptment," along with the entire Pandorapedia, a wikipedia- Stuart has taken a look at Anthony Mann’s El Cid (1961) which is now available in a new Japanese-import Blu-ray release from Happinet. Filmmakers' Journey, contains a lengthy "making of" documentary, along with over 45-minutes of never-before-seen deleted scenes, and DiscAvatar: The Original Scriptment is a text copy of the script treatment that James Cameron did which is referred to in the main Documentary.