Avatar (DVD + Blu-ray) [2017]

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Still, despite overcoming expectations, overstepping the chasm that is the ‘Uncanny Valley’ to create one of the first fully-integrated CG/human live-action movies, and single-handedly catapulting 3D technology into the mainstream, what about the movie itself? Jake’s whole ‘dreamhunt’ subplot might have worked well had it been completed, offering – dare I say it – a bit more depth to the characters; and the further development of the corporate chief storyline shown across a couple of scenes here could have given it that a little more substance too.

James Cameron’s Avatar is a marvellous, visionary effort, literally picking you up and dropping you off on a whole new planet. But in the meantime, if you haven’t got Avatar already, and are a few years away from full 3D conversion, you could do worse than picking up this near-definitive release and gorging on the extra material. video-ish for my tastes—and the human characters, on second viewing, sometimes stand out awkwardly from their digital environs.A few of my attempts at playback failed unless I cleared my Blu-ray player's Persistent Storage beforehand.

On the first disc we still get only the movie (albeit presented in its 3 different flavours) but there is also the nifty option to watch just the extra scenes, presented with a few seconds of final film footage to bookend them and give them some context.Sure, even from the menu sequences, you know this is going to be quite a bass-dominant, all-encompassing mix that brings out the best in the movie, but that is not to say that they don’t pay attention to the more subtle aspects of the track, presenting the dialogue and lighter atmospheric effects well across the array, and never allowing them to get drowned out amidst the heavier noises. But few will listen to me – Avatar is such an unstoppable juggernaut that its fans and followers will want any edition that comes out.