Avatar (Directors MP reversal version)
To get a new set of legs, a paraplegic marine agrees to pilot an avatar (expensive living bio-puppet made of his dead brother’s and an indigenous tribes DNA). While helping relocate the natives for strip-mining, he’s spiritually transformed, falls for the chief’s daughter, and acts against the greedy organisation to prevent the settlement and planet from exploitation (57).
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Isn’t this really just a review?
When a paraplegic ex-Marine accepts the mission to become an avatar of another species, natives of the moon Pandora with psychic abilities, he becomes torn between following orders and protecting the natives with whom he has come to identify.
Hi Lucius, yes its a little long. Karel asked me to add this to the classics page. In class, mentioned different logline functions hence why this is “a producer version “, they’re more interested in the Mid Point dynamics (and presumably never heard of an avatar prior to the pitch). By comparison the ” public”, usually want to know more about the second half and more attracted to a high concept summary. I’m sure it can be reduced depending on the audience. As for example did dpg, good one.
I’m posting this here just for my own reference, as it is a surprisingly detailed, yet concise paragraph synopsis:
When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge’s intentions of driving off the native humanoid “Na’vi” in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na’vi people with the use of an “avatar” identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand – and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.