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Avatar is a 2009 science fiction film directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver. The movie takes place in the mid-22nd century and follows the character of Jake Sully, a disabled former Marine who is recruited to take part in a mission on the planet Pandora.
Pandora is home to an indigenous species called the Na'vi, who live in harmony with their environment and worship a goddess known as Eywa. The mission is led by a corporation that is mining a valuable mineral on Pandora, but the mining operation is causing damage to the planet's ecosystem and threatening the Na'vi's way of life.
Jake is sent to Pandora to control a genetically engineered Na'vi-human hybrid called an Avatar, which is created to explore the planet and interact with the Na'vi. However, after spending time with the Na'vi and falling in love with one of their own, Neytiri (played by Zoe Saldana), Jake begins to question his mission and becomes sympathetic to the Na'vi's cause.
The movie explores themes of colonialism, environmentalism, and the struggle between tradition and progress. It features groundbreaking visual effects and stunning landscapes, created using a combination of motion capture technology and computer-generated imagery.