James Cameron's "Avatar" may be the most expensive cowboys-and-Indians movie ever made but it's also a spectacular piece of escapism. Set in 2154 on Pandora, a distant moon, it's about a clash between the moon's indigenous Na'vi clan and the humans who have traveled light-years to mine its precious minerals. The Na'vi are understandably unfriendly, but one of the earthlings, an ex-marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), makes some headway – or, to be more precise, his avatar does – with the comely Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), a lissome Na'vi warrior who caroms through the jungle battling all manner of intergalactic beast. The "Three-Disc Extended Collector's Edition" includes an extended cut of the movie and the "Capturing Avatar" documentary.
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