More than a message... A warning to the world

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2010)

James Cameron leaves not only one, but lots of messages with this outstanding work, in a beautiful way.
The first thing that most people remember when trying to make analogies with our real world is the colonization of America, when white man came and eradicated the natives with absolutely no mercy. That's OK, but there's much more than this.
In fact, there are stories like that happening till this very day. In tribal regions of Asia, "missionaires" and "development associations" claim to bring "the word of God" and "progress" to the natives, while taking their lands, enslaving the children and destroying their culture.
Besides, it makes us think about our own society and the way we live. Our way of life is based in an endless need for resources, like they were infinite. We seek to explore everything from the land, not only mineral and biological resources, but even humans as well.
That's why Sully - and the crowd - fall in love with the world of Pandora and the Na'vi people. They live in perfect equilibrium with nature, as part of it, not "owners". They live as equals - brothers and sisters, in absolute respect for each other. No one has more rights than another. To live in such kind of society in a world of total freedom would be really like a dream - a dream we must all fight for, just as Sully. It's not like "progress" is our enemy. The point is, we must stop and think what "progress" really is. That's the kind of questions that Cameron brings to us.
If we persist in living this way, we'll be soon in a "dying world", just like said Jake.