A good movie should touch us if does not touch it is a bad movie. Avatar ( an incarnation in human form) is a bad movie does not touch. But once again can we say that we have learned something about ourselves, the world or other people? Or can we reflect on this movie? This time James Cameron, the director of successful films like: Terminator or Titanic makes the movie industry high quality. Avatar used the most expensive animation techniques and 3D technology to date. It’s total budget was $250,000,000. It definitely made its money back and more.
The plot of Avatar is so simple and has a very poorly written script. The main character Jake (played by Australian actor Sam Worthington) is a paralyzed Marine. The mission is to replace his deceased twin brother in a scientific project on the faraway planet Pandora. Ex marine Jake Sully comes to Pandora with scientists that have bred the hybrids between humans and Na’vi. These body shells can be merged by a process with the consciousness of human Genspender. Externally, these look like the inhabitants of Pandora. This research interest collides with the tough economic interests of the Development Administration Group. The people protect its interests by a private army.
Jake runs into his new body in the jungle, at night. A Na’vi-tribesman finds him and wants to kill him first, but the daughter of the chief finds him and saves his life. He is not exactly received with enthusiasm, but the tribe always helps him. Jake will now have to constantly be shuttling between the human colony and the Na’vi. Here he is soon no longer sure which side he stands. It soon comes to the test.
The action of the movie takes place in the year 2154 on the planet Pandora. The planet Earth is already destroyed. At the beginning of the film, we can see what the technology can do. It is wonderful, the technique and the 3D effects as well as the animation get the audiences’ attention. The viewer flies over the rain forest of Pandora. They are beautiful shots but we still have those scenes from Vietnam era movies, but we know that this film is entirely a fictional world. Every tree, every rock, every vehicle, every flower, every bird, every insect was designed. We can see that technology can do a lot, but human imagination can do even more and that’s why Cameron’s vision of this movie did not impress me. He didn’t invent anything, he copied nature.
The whole movie is an allusion to the past when people on planet Earth colonized different parts of the world for centuries. At the planet Pandora, people have found a resource that could solve all their energy problems. But the planet is inhabited, with its enchanting nature of living things, the Na’vi, which are the reduction of the incredibly valuable mineral in the path.
The audience is sympathetic to the Na’vi. The big greedy company lost. The technological aspect of the movie was successful. We are impressed by the technology. But the dialogue was unimpressive. The technology overpowers our imaginations, which is why movies like this disappoint me. Imagination makes better movies than technology.
About Me
- adam
- My name is Adam Lizakowski. I was born in Poland. The immigration to another country dominated my thoughts, blood, breath, thinking, and feeling, understanding and seeing of the world. It is stronger than I and it does not matter where I am or where I am going to, which part of the world, I always feel like an immigrant. All artists are immigrants in one way or another. They cannot be citizens of one place. They must be on the move all their lives. But I do not care because I know I am changing not only my life, but also my writing. How? My specialty in poetry is writing about immigrants, America, the perception of American dreams. In my poetry I try to answer the question, "Is America still the Promised Land for immigrants?" I focus on people's lives through which I see their successes and failures. I met a lot of people for whom the America didn't bring happiness and successes, but they are still here for many years and decades, trying to reach their American Dream. I have also met successful people who think of America not as a Promise Land, but as the Land of Opportunity. I understand the difference between them. The observations are crucial materials for my poetry.
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