Fill in the Blanks LANGUAGES SKILLS READINGOnline version The goals of the activities of the reading are increment the vocabulary of context , basics expressions by Leydi Mayerly 1 earned clone attempt unobtanium During film sympathetic moon fights than Jake MOVIE REVIEW AVATAR Avatar is a 2009 science fiction directed by James Cameron . The movie takes place on a distant called Pandora , which orbits a large , gas planet . Humans move to the moon to extract a natural resource they call " " . As humans begin to mine the planet , a native species against them . The humans to learn more about the species by building a that can connect to the mind of an operator . The concept is similar to driving a car by remote control . Sully , the person selected to run the avatar , however , becomes to the alien beings living there and turns against the humans . The film earned praise from critics and audiences . its theatrical release , it more money at the box office any other film before it .