The film we watched was Avatar which was directed by the world renowned director James Cameron. It was all about a different planet called Pandora where the Navi people live. Jack Sully, a former marine continued the legacy of his late brother Tom Sully in order to deal with the Navi people. He used the avatar as a Navi person in order to communicate with the tribe. There, he found himself amazed of the world of Pandora and its people. There he met Neytiri, the daughter of the leader of the tribe who helped him adjust and learn the way of living in Pandora.
I find the film very interesting since James Cameron himself was proud to say that he studied the effects he used in the film for 20 years. It was very amazing because the effects seemed very realistic. Aside from that, the plot was also a one of a kind storyline. It was not a clichéd type of film and the characters were unique too. The film was not only entertaining. In fact, it has a lot of philosophical interpretations; philosophical ideas that are related to humans. The way people value themselves and their identity was shown in the film. In the film, it showed that the Navi people were more humane than the real humans. As we could recall from the movie, the people in the ship were not considerate. As Jake realizes how important Pandora is to the Navi people, he changed his mind from agreeing to bulldoze the place. However, the soldiers and the members of the expedition were still committed to destroy the whole place. The colonel even told Jake how he has betrayed his own kind because he switched side with the Na’vi people for realizing how bad their intentions were to this tribe. He realized that they were not the only ones who can live peacefully and that some other creatures need respect too. Especially on the part where the soldiers attacked the Pandora. They did not think about the casualty they can make. All they thought about was their interest. Neytiri’s father died, which played a very significant role in the tribe since he was the leader. The other part where the Navi people seemed like more humans than the real humans were when they showed cooperation in the tribe. All respect one another and they follow rules in order to maintain peace and order in the community. Furthermore, they respect their environment and they show gratitude to their mother nature which they also called Eywa. Unlike the humans, they do not take care of their environment and they do not think about others. They only think about themselves and nothing more. The free will is also important as shown in the film. Freedom is a given gift to every living person. It is human’s decisions that shape their own lives. In the film, Jake chose to continue the journey of his brother, and not only that, he also chose Neytiri as his girl when they made a vow on the tree. In addition, Jake’s life decision to stay in the Pandora was a very big decision since he chose to live with the Navi people and gave up his life on Earth. He chose to be somewhere where he felt freer from limitations and sadness. In relations to freedom and free will, decision and choice making were also essential lessons from the movie. As Jake chose to live there, he realized how his choice could change his whole life. Not only in physical form, but also in his perspective in life. Pandora and Earth surely have some similarities but there are a lot of differences too. Aside from that, his choice too to betray his own kind and switch to the side of the Navi people also brought significant consequences not only to him but also to those around him. Many died from both parties, and his decision affected these.
My favorite part of the film was when Jake and Neytiri made a vow under the tree. There, Neytiri told Jake that he might choose a woman. Jake immediately said that he has already chosen but that woman must also choose him too. Without any second thought, Neytiri chose him too to be her man. This became striking for me since this was the time when the two chose each other and this was the time when both of them established a pact and trust to each other. After all the adventures and mischiefs they have gone through, they finally realized how they felt towards each other. It was not just about the feelings they felt, but also the decision they made. They trusted each other and gave themselves to each other too.
Basically, the film wanted to emphasize that trust is an important element in human’s life. Without trust, friendship and other relationships cannot be possible. One must learn to value the trust someone has given him/her too because once it is destroyed, it can no longer be turned back into its original form. Another moral from the film is how important choices are in our lives. It is the foundation of the road we are going to take; it has a significant effect in the lives of everyone around us too. The decisions we make are not only reflective in our lives, but also in other people’s lives too.
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