You would almost have to be a hermit to have missed all the praise for James Cameron’s new 2-D, 3-D, and IMAX movie sensation Avatar. With a price tag of nearly three hundred and ten million, this cinematic masterpiece has been setting box office records. Any one who has seen this epic science fiction film is likely to tell you both the plot and cinematic techniques are incredibly unique. However, this moviegoer, while praising the film, questions whether the plot and basic cinematic concepts haven’t been seen before.
In 1994, director James Cameron produced an 80-page draft for Avatar and reportedly wrote it in just two weeks. He noted that his inspiration was “every single science fiction book I read as a kid.” He did not mention as an influence the 1992 Australian animated feature FernGully: The Last Rainforest. For those who have seen FernGully, I challenge you to honestly say there are no cinematic similarities. It’s not just that the plots are similar, even some of the cinematic concepts appear emulated, especially when you consider FernGully was produced in 1992. No one could possibly question that Avatar is perhaps one of the best animated films ever produced, it’s just interesting that no one has mentioned how closely it approximates FernGully. - Henry (Downtown)
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