Awesome sci-fi movie on interracial relations

Rating: 9/10 (13 May 2010)

The big hit of 2009. The leader of the "1 Billion Dollars" very exclusive movie group. The "Revolution" in 3D movies. The movie that enchanted the whole world. But is it all that we make it to be? Let's start from the very beginning. As you have probably heard "Avatar" is really an old project. James Cameron first thought of it in the 80's and he even managed to get in production, but he soon realized that the technology wasn't quite up to the task so it got postponed until it was finally done in 2008/2009. The concept of the story is quite complex. It's set in a future where Humans have reached far more than the boundaries of their own galaxy and discovered a planet called Pandora. This planet – Pandora – is inhabited by very different species, and the most similar to Humans is a species called " Navi' ". The Navi' are a people that co-inhabit and coexist with nature in pure harmony. They embrace it and let it embrace them through an inner network, which resembles our own system of neurons. But as awesome as that seems the Human's real objective there isn't to explore the planet. It's to exploit it and get a special mineral which sells at 25 million dollars a kilo. Yet it isn't as simple as just getting there and "reaping" it. The largest deposit is actually right under a gigantic tree which is the home of the Navi', since they live in its interior. As you can see, this setup of the story won't bring a happy ending for either side. So the Humans with all their fancy technology decided to create real bodies similar to the Navi' which they call avatar. The avatars are controlled by the Humans through a special connection and special machines. Jack, one of the protagonists by a twist of fate, is put in control of one of these avatars. The connection with the avatars is so strong that they feel everything just as one would feel in their own body. These avatars are capable of living in Pandora like a native of the planet itself. With the avatars the Humans plan not only to explore the planet but also to try and manipulate the Navi' to "move" from their Home Tree so that they can extract the mineral. Unfortunately even when they manage to fully "infiltrate" one of their avatars into the Navi' people all they got was a refusal. The Navi' consider the Human ignorant and their goals a rape to their planet, which they happen to love. Due to their acceptance of their planet, the Humans goals feel like murder and as such they refuse to participate or collaborate in any of that. So in an act of abuse of the very little trust the Navi' gave them, the Humans attacked and destroyed the Home Tree of the Navi'. This obviously resulted in war, but since the Navi' weren't exactly very technologically advanced – not that they needed anyway – the Humans very easily overpowered them. Jack, the "avatar" that became one of the Navi' betrayed the Humans and joined the fight for the Navi' side. To rally up the Navi' people he became Turok Makto and brought together the many, many tribes of Pandora, so that even if the Humans had more fire power they would have more "men" power. It still wasn't enough though. When the battle began it became evident that even with a much bigger army the Navi' would be decimated. When all hope was lost Pandora came to the rescue. Yes, you've read that right. Pandora. The animals joined and fought alongside the Navi' against the Humans and won the fight quite easily actually. After the fight ended the Humans were kicked out of Pandora for good and thanks to the connection between the Navi' and his avatar, Jack left his broken Human body and truly became a Navi' in the body of his avatar. Quite obviously there is much more to "Avatar" than just this, but I decided no tell it all so you could enjoy the marvelous movie by yourself. The acting, directing, the musical score, everything is amazing in "Avatar", even for those that aren't huge fans of the sci-fi genre. And the 3D makes the whole experience that more wonderful. (Luis Roque)