Avatar Film Review

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Word Count: 1137 Avatar Film Review Avatar is a film that is based on the story line that Earth has found another world with life and resources. This world is called Pandora. Pandora is inhabited by a population of living creatures called the Na’vi. Earth sends a military crew to Pandora to try and build trusting relationships with the Na’vi and learn about their culture and how they survive. Scientists in the film create synthetic bodies called avatars that are controlled by the soldiers so that they can look like the Na’vi and survive on Pandora. Jake Sully is a marine that suffered from an accident which left him paralyzed. Jake’s brother was part of the military team that was studying Pandora and the Na’vi – and was killed in a tragic accident. The military recruited Jake to take over for his brother and use his avatar to learn about Pandora and the Na’vi. Jake builds relationships with the native people and falls in love with one of them. He finds out, quickly, that the point of building relationships and learning about Pandora was not obtaining knowledge and to work together, it was to get the information about how to get to the mineral source. At this point, the military team divides into those who support the mission and those who rebel against the mission to do what is “right.” There is a battle and ultimately, Jake and the Na’vi are victors. The overarching theological theme of this film that I’m going to focus on is the overwhelming presence of the controversy of good versus evil. In the film, we see that the Na’vi are representations of good. They all live in a state of harmony and grace with their community and their world. They can connect themselves with the tree of souls and animals which gives them a deeper level of interconnectedness. This is known as the queue. The military represent evil. They are disrespectful and
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