Would you still love earth if in order to protect it, you have to fight to the verge of life and death?
This movie is very strong, emotional and beautiful. Though I got slapped right in the face many-many times through the movie and the lines from it echoed in my head, long after it’s finished.
One-third way through Avatar, I was struck and frightened by the thought that we, humans, might be doing all the things that the corrupted mining company and mercenaries do in the movie to Pandora. “They killed their mother” said someone in the movie, referring to Mother Earth, in 2145, being disastrous.
We are destroying forests, by bulldozing it, one by one and let the animals die without their homes.
We puncture the face of earth, by exploiting its gold and copper from the ground.
We littler the rivers, as if they were garbage disposals.
Why are humans, the khalifah in the face of the earth, the only creature given with reason, do such things?
Why are humans so stupidly greedy??
Can’t they see it’s not worth it, if they kill Earth slowly, how can they enjoy their money and jaded life on the dying ground ?
Sometimes when I read in newspaper about human deeds that destroy their own home, I became utterly disgusted. And sad. And I became teary watching the Na’vi people (imagine indigenous people in Kalimantan, Mentawai, Papua) got hurdled out of their once peaceful homes.
This movie has a universal message that is very noble, very softly brought up front to its spectators, from children to adults. The scenes offer breathtaking images of the fantasy rain-forest-cross-coral reef-like jungle, the habitat of the gentle tall lean blue people.
They are so wise, despite their simple way of living, trying to live in harmony with their surroundings. Whenever they killed (hunting etc) they pray for the creatures whom they take the lives from.
I was simple mesmerized, as my 7.5 year old boy who sat inanimated next to me. When he likes the actions of the ever so agile blue people, I enjoy the background, beautiful jelly fish-like spirit of the sacred tree, the glowing spots on the faces of the blue people and their cheetah-like postures (complete with a tail)
They have a long black braided hair which contains connecting fibers with what they can establish bonding with the other creatures, such as their horses and ikran – flying dinosaur-like bird. So their thoughts can be shared directly with the animals and vice versa.
The concept of Avaar, was not too superbly brilliant, but the executions of these ideas were very nicely done. I really have to give credits to Mr. James Cameron.
After the movie ended, with shaky voice and shadowed eyes I told my boy, “Z, that’s why, don’t hurt the plants and be nice to animals, okay?” Z, strangely and obediently answered and promised as we walked out of the theater, still thinking how not to become one of the greedy and ruthless mercenaries.








