AvatarBy: Luciana Paz
When the conquistadors or the Spanish arrived to the Americas they came for one thing, gold. They brought things that the Incas and Aztec had never seen and really didn’t need. They just came and took their land. In James Cameron’s movie, Avatar, the Na’vi in Pandora just like the Incas and the Aztec with the Spanish were attacked but in Avatar by the RDA or Resources Development Administration who tried to extract their resources and control their land.
Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) an ex-marine, steps in his brother shoes, so to speak, and continues his mission. He travels to a new world where he can have a fresh start in a place named Pandora. A world filled with exotic life forms. He goes from a wheelchair to a ten-foot-tall, blue skinned, Avatar a half human and half Na’vi (a humanoid race). Jake is sent to learn their ways so that he can help relocate them and the humans can take over and get what they really want unobtanium, a mineral that is worth a lot back on earth. With their massive robots, air crafts and power they think that they can just barge in and destroy whatever they want. With time Jake grows close to Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) (the daughter of the clan leader) the Omaticaya people, and the forest. He learns their culture and forgets on which side he really is on. What will happen to Jake and the saving of Pandora? Will the RDA get what they want and win the battle? You’ll just have wait and see for yourself.
The idea of Avatar was started back in the year 1996 while James was filming the movie Titanic. Avatar said to feature photo-realistic and computer-generated characters meaning animated character but with realistic expressions and movements. It is said that Avatars budget was about $237- 300 million dollars making it one of the most expensive movies of all time. Avatar had many awards like it was nominated 9 times in the Oscars 2010 and won 3 of the nominations. James Cameron also made many other movies like King Kong, and Lord of the Rings, Terminator and of course Titanic.
Watching the 3D movie Avatar is like traveling to an unexpected world of art, love, science fiction, environmental justice, and of course action and adventure. The movie is like the saying, “expect the unexpected.” This movie really takes you to a spectacular world beyond imagination.
If you’re an adventure-loving, action-seeking moviegoer, then you’ll just be on the edge of your seat and want even more. Don’t worry if you think adventure and action is lame because Avatar is filled with many aspects and angels of life, art, science fiction, and technology. Don’t miss it, Avatar a movie like no other.
