Corrected entry: The great expense of the avatar program is mentioned early in the film, hence wanting to use Jake so as not to waste his brother's avatar. Why then, since Jake has them over a barrel so to speak, doesn't Jake ask the corporation to repair his spine as a condition for joining the program? The Commander promised to get them for him if he spied on the Navi. It just seems that he could have avoided the whole spy/betrayal dilemma.
BocaDavie
26th May 2012
Avatar (2009)
6th Mar 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: When Jake faces off with the hammerhead rhino, its family unit or herd is not behind it until after it charges and then begins to back off.
18th Feb 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: During Jake and Neytiri's "mate for life" scene, after their first kiss you can see that their queues (neural-interface hair braids) are connected. This is how the Na'vi mate for life. It does not, however, lead to reproduction.
16th Feb 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: Just before Jake and Neytiri go to the Tree of Voices, there is a shot of Polyphemus (the planet that Pandora orbits) visibly rotating. It is impossible for a planet to rotate this fast, and it is not seen to visibly rotate anywhere else in the movie.
Correction: It is a complete assumption to say that a planet cannot rotate at that speed. In a world where mountains can float we will have to accept that almost anything is possible, including a planet that can rotate at varying speeds; there are extraordinary gravitational forces at work in this system.
13th Jan 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: Near the end, where Neytiri has just put on the real Jake's mask, he holds his hand to her cheek. The hands are the same size.
4th Jan 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: When the evil Colonel is descending from the burning ship into the robot, first his left shoulder only is on fire, then his right shoulder only is on fire.
2nd Jan 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: Before the last battle, Jake and his human friends sneak out from the human operating headquarter. They fly to the forest and take away Grace's secret mobile lab. At this scene, Norm's avatar suddenly appear. Norm's avatar should be stay at the human lab. How do he can escape easily from there and join the human friend in the big forest?
Correction: The submitter assumes that Norm's avatar was at the lab. Actually, we haven't seen it through most of the movie; it could be anywhere. We also don't know what happens in the time between them leaving the hanger and arriving at the remote lab; they could have picked up Norm's avatar en route.
2nd Jan 2010
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: Col. Quaritch spends a lot of time exercising to remain fit in Pandora's supposed "low gravity". If the gravity were really low enough to cause health problems, the effects would be visible: objects would fall to the ground a lot slower, people would hop instead of running, etc. None of that happens, so the gravity can't be that low.
Correction: By 'low gravity' he is referring to gravity not equal to that of earth. If the gravity was, say, 3/4 that of earth items would fall at a rate indiscernible from the way they fall in normal gravity. Quaritch is not afraid of health problems; he just doesn't want to be weaker when he returns to earth.
21st Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: The Hallelujah Mountains - How is it possible for some the floating islands to have such powerful waterfalls? The flow/source seems disproportionate to the size of the island(s).
Correction: This is a question, not a mistake. Since we cannot see the source of the water you cannot assume it is a mistake for there to be "powerful waterfalls". The bizzare gravitational fields holding those islands in place must also be capable of pushing water up to the surface from within the island.
Boca Dixie you didn't explain the error. Where is the source of the waterfall from smaller floating rocks? Magic? This is cosmetic for awe effect but at the cost of it being a serious blunder.
Perhaps very heavy condensation from atmosphere (there is fog everywhere). These waterfalls may not be permanent - some underground reservoir inside islands may be filling up until they are heavy enough to cause the island to tilt, after which the water flows out for some time until empty, and the process repeats. So they just see temporary waterfalls here and there.
21st Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: After switching sides, Jake and his crew escape into an area with heavy magnetic distortions so that they can not be detected. This area is also safe from cruise missiles due to the interferences. However, Jake has no problems using the portal to get into his Avatar.
21st Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: The movie is set in the year 2154. Humans have developed the technology to travel to a distant planet, yet they still use wheelchairs for paraplegics (Jake Sully)? Wouldn't more advanced technology have been developed to aid paraplegics by then?
Correction: This is a question, not a mistake. They do have the technology to repair his legs, that was never the problem. The problem was that the Veterans Administration refused to fund the operation. That's why Colonel Quaritch is able to bribe Jake to go along with his plan - by promising Jake that if he goes along with the plan Quaritch will get him his "new legs". As for the wheelchair, it is Jake's choice to use it instead of some floating device; he obviously wanted to keep his arms strong, and even refuses assistance from anyone trying to help him.
20th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: In the final battle, the human soldiers are about to drop a bomb on the Tree of Souls, when their ship is taken down by Jake. The ship crashes and explodes along with the bomb. However, the Tree of Souls remains untouched by the explosion as if the ship crashed miles away.
20th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: When they first arrive on Pandora, they must wear gas masks because the air is toxic. Later when Jake and Sully are riding one of the aircraft as humans to go to the new upload location, they are not wearing gas masks even though the cabin door is open and they are in the open air. How can they breathe?
20th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: There's no oxygen on Pandora, yet Jake is able to light a fire when he's in the forest. You need oxygen in order to make fire.
19th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: So just how lethal is Pandora's air? Quaritch is exposed to the elements for almost two minutes and is just fine, yet at the end of the movie, when Jake comes out of his stasis pod, he is instantly suffocating and passes out.
Correction: Quarich is able to hold his breath for a long time, as shown in two scenes. It is particularly evident when he runs into the hanger with no face mask. He holds his breath the whole time that he is shooting at Jake's escaping ship. When an aide finally rushes a face mask out to him he takes a huge, deep breath; he had obviously been holding his breath for the whole two minutes. In the end when the cockpit of his armor suit is breached you can see him taking a deep breath before the toxic air pours in. He keeps fighting for several seconds holding his breath until he finally gets a chance to put his face mask on. Jake was not holding his breath when coming out of the stasis pod; the toxic gasses affected him immediately.
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Correction: This is a question, not a mistake. For all we know Jake did ask but was turned down. Either way, getting his legs back was not the motivating factor that made Jake take the job; he clearly states that he was just tired of people telling him what he can't do.
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