{"id":2507,"date":"2009-12-14T03:37:32","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T08:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2009-12-14T03:37:32","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T08:37:32","slug":"repostavatar-rogerebert-com-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/14\/repostavatar-rogerebert-com-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::Avatar :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Avatar<\/strong><br \/>\nBY ROGER EBERT \/ December 11, 2009<br \/>\nCast &amp; Credits<br \/>\nJake Sully Sam Worthington<br \/>\nNeytiri Zoe Saldana<br \/>\nGrace Sigourney Weaver<br \/>\nCol. Miles Quaritch Stephen Lang<br \/>\nTrudy Chacon Michelle Rodriguez<br \/>\nParker Selfridge Giovanni Ribisi<br \/>\nNorm Spellman Joel David Moore<br \/>\nMoat CCH Pounder<br \/>\nEytukan Wes Studi<br \/>\nTsu&#8217;tey Laz Alonso<br \/>\nDr. Max Patel Dileep Rao<br \/>\nCorporal Lyle Wainfleet Matt Gerald<br \/>\n<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"20th Century Fox\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxmovies.com\/\">20th Century Fox<\/a> presents film written and directed by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"James Cameron\" rel=\"imdb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000116\/\">James Cameron<\/a>. Running time: 163 minutes. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Motion Picture Association of America film rating system\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America_film_rating_system\">MPAA rating<\/a>: PG-13 (for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking).<br \/>\nWatching &#8220;Avatar,&#8221; I felt sort of the same as when I saw &#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Star Wars\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Wars\">Star Wars<\/a>&#8221; in 1977. That was another movie I walked into with uncertain expectations. James Cameron&#8217;s film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz, just as his &#8220;<a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Titanic (Three-Disc Special Collector's Edition)\" rel=\"amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Titanic-Three-Disc-Collectors-Leonardo-DiCaprio\/dp\/B000ANVQ0K%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000ANVQ0K\">Titanic<\/a>&#8221; was. Once again, he has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film. There is still at least one man in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hollywood, Los Angeles, California\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=34.1,-118.333333333&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=34.1,-118.333333333%20%28Hollywood%2C%20Los%20Angeles%2C%20California%29&amp;t=h\">Hollywood<\/a> who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely.<br \/>\n&#8220;Avatar&#8221; is not simply a sensational entertainment, although it is that. It&#8217;s a technical breakthrough. It has a flat-out Green and anti-war message. It is predestined to launch a cult. It contains such visual detailing that it would reward repeating viewings. It invents a new language, Na&#8217;vi, as &#8220;Lord of the Rings&#8221; did, although mercifully I doubt this one can be spoken by humans, even teenage humans. It creates new movie <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Movie star\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Movie_star\">stars<\/a>. It is an Event, one of those <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Film\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Film\">films<\/a> you feel you must see to keep up with the conversation.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/rogerebert.suntimes.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20091211\/REVIEWS\/912119998\">Avatar :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hmm, I was really obsessing on the fact that we have the Metro Manila Film Fest this Dec 25 to the 1st week of January. Was wondering how I would be able to watch this at least twice. Hope it is as good as it is said. Need to watch this at <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"IMAX\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IMAX\">IMAX<\/a>. I&#8217;m babbling. I am really excited!!<br \/>\nOn James Cameron being such a hippie, we need someone like cameron to counteract micheal bay , enough said!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/f5790887-3b00-49c4-9c32-e17002e6daf7\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: medium none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?w=525\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avatar BY ROGER EBERT \/ December 11, 2009 Cast &amp; Credits Jake Sully Sam Worthington Neytiri Zoe Saldana Grace Sigourney Weaver Col. Miles Quaritch Stephen Lang Trudy Chacon Michelle Rodriguez Parker Selfridge Giovanni Ribisi Norm Spellman Joel David Moore Moat CCH Pounder Eytukan Wes Studi Tsu&#8217;tey Laz Alonso Dr. Max Patel Dileep Rao Corporal Lyle &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/12\/14\/repostavatar-rogerebert-com-reviews\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;rePost::Avatar :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-movies","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}