The film called “Avatar” created by James Cameron and released at the end of 2009 has quickly won the favor of millions of viewers all around the world. Today, this movie is named one of the most legendary works that made a significant impact on the film making industry and changed it forever.
The film is famous for the advanced and unusual special effects and techniques. Besides, the themes explored in the movie are very important for the contemporary world and especially for the people of the United States, because they are connected to this country’s social and cultural past.
The film by James Cameron features the events of crucial meaning. Humans come to the planet called Pandora searching for resources. At the same time, the researchers do not care much about the indigenous people inhabiting the planet, the nation called Na’vi, which consists of innocent creatures that are closely connected to the world they live in. These creatures are in harmony with nature, they can communicate with animals and plants of their forests.
Their world is deep and contains precious wisdom, while the newcomers see them mainly as an obstacle on the way towards resources bringing wealth and influence. Humans view Na’vi creatures as wild and uncivilized beings. This story was written by James Cameron in order to emphasize the American past and the tragic historical events that happened due to the European Imperialism.
White people arrived at the coasts of America thinking that they came to the shores of India. They met the indigenous people and, ignorantly, called them Indians. After that, they discovered multiple resources possessed by the indigenous people of America and took over their lands. As a result, the ancient cultures of Native Americans were erased together with their carriers.
The film “Avatar” portrays the standard sequence of events that happens when a more powerful and technologically equipped nation encounters people originated from a more peaceful culture unable to protect itself. The territories and resources of the latter always end up taken away resulting in multiple deaths and sufferings from the side of the weaker nation. This story was told beautifully by the team of James Cameron. “Avatar” is truly fantastic work.
The special effects and techniques used in it are designed to make the audience admire the purity and innocence of Na’vi, their naturally good hearts. The director makes the viewers fall in love with the indigenous people and the planet Pandora so that the audience feels genuinely hurt and shocked when the destruction and war come to the peaceful lands.
This is done to remind the viewers about the consequences of imperialism, which mainly is the basis of their culture. To me, “Avatar” carries the message of respect for life and its divine nature.
The special and new technologies used in “Avatar” promise to change cinema forever. 3D camera technology is named to be the most progressive happening of the modern cinematography. Today, all the films that are hoped to become highly popular are made in 3D.
The computer-generated imagery of “Avatar” is another new invention that allows wider use of special effects and the creation of more realistic fictional characters. The modern experts say that the creators of “Avatar” actually re-invented the art of cinematography and presented the other filmmakers with a wide range of new techniques and opportunities for the new beautiful works.