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Movie review

In the movies, like in real life, people consider themselves superior than others because of skin color, economic or social issues. But once you think about it, we are all human beings, no more or less than each other. So why do some of us think that we are more superior? They go around calling some people “savages” and destroying where they live without thinking that those people that are being destroyed are the equal to them… The movie Avatar produced and directed by James Cameron highlights this issue.

There is a certain resource that is plentiful in Pandora – a jungle-covered planet where indigenous Na’vi people live—and the U.S government wants it. They had a plan of going there and take the resource, but first they had to follow a program. The program consisted of creating an Avatar – humanoid raze – that looked exactly like the Na’vi people, so that the scientists that studied the tribe could connect with the Avatar body and control it with their minds.

They’ll go to Pandora to learn about the indigenous people and interact with them so that they could manage a way to persuade them to move. Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) was part of that plan. He was a paraplegic ex-marine who had to take his dead brother’s important job. He didn’t know much about the Na’vi, but he did know that the government and Colonel Miles Quarithch (Stephen Lang) team would en up taking down the sacred tree down because it was in the rich area of the resource.

Once Jake went to Pandora with the company of Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), he was happier because he could run, walk, clime, and do so many things that he was unable to do on Earth. In his first trip, he meets Neytiri (Zoe Soldana) who was the tribe chief’s daughter. She had received a message from Ewya – the goddess that the Na’vi believed in—so the Omaticayan tribe decided to teach everything to Jake. Everything was going great for the government’s plan…

Soon, Jake was turning into part of the Omaticaya tribe; he had learned what he was supposed to and… He had fallen in love with Neytiri.

One day, Jake and Neytiri were sleeping in the jungle next to the sacred tree, when suddenly they hear and see that the machines were destroying the sacred tree! The government had started their plan… Soon, the machines got to the home tree and forced everyone out while they bombed and destroyed it. Jake didn’t have much more to do but to confess that he knew this was going to happen and that he had once agreed on the plan, until he fell in love with Neytiri and learned about the tribe. Obviously Neytiri was angry and disappointed. But they had to stop this craziness first! And the only one that could save them was Jake… And he knew it.

James Cameron made this film so real and easy to believe that people could get to connect and be convinced that everyday you can travel to other planet. It obviously is very original, too, like nothing we have ever seen before. We can certainly see the hard work that James Cameron has been working on since 1996. Watching Avatar is like being transported to a new planet, a new world, a new dimension. James Cameron’s creation brings you into the movie with realistic looking creatures, exotic jungles, environments, and so much that you won’t imagine! Avatar is full of surprises around every corner without expectations, and the best of all is that it jumps out at you with the 3D effect!

This movie is not just talking about the environment, but about creatures and machines. James Cameron not only gives the fiction genre but also gives realism enough so you could believe in fantasy. To all people that are ready to believe in fantasy, this is your perfect movie!