9 Ways James Cameron's Avatar Blatantly Copies Other Movies

Avatar and its sequel Avatar: The Way of Water brought to the screen a wealth of imagery and film technology that the world had never seen before, making huge breakthroughs in 3D, filming underwater, and more.

It did all of that innovating by taking liberally from stories that came before it. Similarities between Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, and Ferngully are just the beginning. Sully’s rise to leadership mirrors A Man Called Horse, his riding the leonopteryx mirrors Paul Attratis riding the giant sandworm in Dune, there are even characters ripped wholesale from movies like Atlantis: The Lost World. Here’s all the places you’ve seen this all before.

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Chapters:

0:00 - Dances With Wolves
0:39 - Pocahontas
0:55 - Pocahontas II
1:19 - Dune
1:37 - Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
2:09 - A Man Called Horse
2:42 - Atlantis: The Lost City
3:19 - Princess Mononoke
3:48 - The Last Samurai

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