Avatar Movie Review

We humans are at it again. After completely plundering our world of its resources, humans have travelled to a planet far away they call Pandoria to mine an extremely precious mineral. The problem is that the biggest deposit lies under a tree home to an indigenous tribe known as the Na'vi. In comes Jake Scully, a crippled ex-marine who is drafted into the Avatar programme where his consciousness is transferred into a genetically modified clone of a Na;vi bearing his likeness. His purpose is to integrate himself into the Na'vi society, to learn their weakness and try to convince them to leave their tree home so that the greedy humans can plunder the mineral. But all goes wrong when he starts taking a liking to a Na'vi princess and their way of life.

Without spoiling too much of the plot, here's a trailer of the movie and a piece of advice: If you're gonna watch one movie this year, watch Avatar. Believe me, it's worth it and this coming from a guy who has watched it half a dozen times already.



But think about it for a second. What really is the thrill of the movie that has drawn in millions of dollars within a few days of it hitting the big screens? Is it those big blue people, I doubt it or the Smurfs would have had a bigger following. You could say it was the stunning graphics and flawless CGI. But aren't we at a stage of cinematics advancement that we've come to expect such perfection from Hollywood? No, it goes more deeper than that.

What would make us cheer so loudly when these aliens shoot their oversized arrows into a soldier? What would make us weep so much when we watch their tree home burn or shake our fist in anger as the bulldozers tear down the plants?

We see in ourselves the greed of the corporation. We see in our very own souls the very evil that the hired guns visited upon the Na'vi as they killed them mercilessly. We see our own selves there and we hate what we see. Then we look at the Na'vi and we see something that we wish we were or wish we could be.

Face it. Humanity has come to a stage where we have begun to despise our own selves to a point where seeing another race killing and beating us is actually fulfilling. We have begun to hate who we are and are spiraling on a death wish that can only end with either a change of who we are or annihilation.

Whatever the case, it looks like Hollywood has realised this too. We can look forward to more enjoyable films where the evil humans lose and the good aliens triumph over us.