James Cameron Finally Lets Avatar Out Of The Bag

Avatar is coming. We’ll see it in theatres in December in glorious digital 3d. The director of “Avatar”, James Cameron, has been slow to release footage or even pictures from the movie. While we are kept in the Sci-Fi darkness, our geeky imagination builds more hype than if he released a ton of content.

Well, James is apparently finished torturing us and has shown 24 minutes of Avatar while in Amsterdam at CineExpo. Although the business suit types have tried to keep the Avatar juice from leaking out in a huge way, plenty of reactions and descriptions are flooding out.

Here is a quote from Unique Cinema Systems via Aintitcool.

“Footage from “Avatar” at #cinexpo was stunning, literally jawdropping. Amazing visuals unlike any before seen, with incredible detail.”

From ComingSoon:

The most beautiful scene follows directly after the one I’ve described above. When Jake wants to take his torch with him, Neytiri takes it from him and throws it in the river. Like magic the flowers and plants – even the grassy soil – begin to glow in the night. The beauty completely takes my breath away. Meanwhile we get to learn more about Neytiri and her people. Everybody who knows the story of Native American Pocahontas and John Smith, will recognize a lot of similarities. Before you can sing “Colors of the Wind,” Neytiri guides Jake through her world. Mysterious flowing and glowing seeds from a mystic tree appear out of nowhere. To Neytiri’s surprise Jake attracts them. She has a look in her eyes like he’s the ‘chosen one.’ And of course she’s right. Jake has to lead the Na’Vi into battle against the massive army of Colonel Quaritch.

The folks at ComingSoon have a much larger description of the footage, an excerpt of which is above. A couple of pictures of concept art have also been released. I imagine we will see more reactions coming out as the day progresses. Endy will data mine all the Avatar info for you, no worries.