AVATAR

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AVATAR
Hello again! This past week in class we watched Avatar... aka a movie that made me questioning what I was doing with my life and why I wasn't an avatar... incase you were wondering, it would look something like thisà
good, right??

Anyways, Avatar takes place on planet Pandora with the two main characters being Neytiri and Jake Sully (a former marine who is also paralyzed). These two experience some romance amongst each other (LOVE!!!!... sorry I’m a hopeless romantic). HOWEVER, the more important part of the film is that it relates to ecofeminism.


On Planet Pandora lives people called ‘Na’vi’ and Jake Sully voluntarily goes to Planet Pandora too fill in the place of his brother whom had passed on and gives his body to science and undergoes the temporary transformation as one of the Na’vi people. Planet Pandora is poisonous to humans so if a human were to go to Pandora, they would need a special breathing mask but since Jake Sully is there to learn about their culture so he needs to blend in. Jake Sully is sent to Planet Pandora with two different groups, the scientists who studied Na’vi people and the military who were in it for the Unobtanium (really expensive mineral that can only be found on Pandora).

As Jake goes on to study the Na’vi ways, he is trained by Neytiri who in my eyes is a BOSS. Neytiri does not take orders from anyone. Throughout the film Neytiri was a strong female role in my eyes. She wouldn’t give up on Jake until he was ready to be declared a Na’vi and she stood up to her father when he was about to kill Jake. Which brings about another similar female icon throughout this movie, Grace. Grace is a boss scientist. Like Neytiri, Grace does not take heat from anyone which includes Colonel Miles Quaritch (aka the bad guy). Throughout the film we constantly see Grace stand up for what she believes is right, Grace sees through the Na’vi’s eyes. Grace too has a Na’vi body that she uses to learn their culture as well as teaching the Na’vi people english. Although Grace is represented throughout he film as a scientist, she is a fighter too and did not stop at anything. Not only were these two the only strong female roles throughout the film however, what both Neytiri and Grace contributed in this film identifies with ecofeminism.

Overall critique of Avatar:


Rating: ★★★★★
My favorite scene in this movie (besides watching Neytiri and Jake Sully fall in love) is when Jake decides to stay a Na’vi at the end of the film. At the beginning of the film I felt sorry for Jake Sully, not only did he not see faith in himself but others too did not believe in Jake Sully. But at the end of the film you are so happy for Jake Sully because he gets everything he wanted.

Recommendations: Check this out!
Sincerely, 
(newly cautious about the environment) Tiffany.