The Avatar Film Analysis

The movie The Avatar touched upon many different topics we discussed in class this year. But these five topics (Ecosystem’s flow of energy, Modified Organisms, Developed vs Undeveloped Nations, Dependence of Species, and Animal Populations) were easily spotted in the duration of this film.

The director/writers of the film wanted to depict just how greedy and controlling developed nations can be towards undeveloped nations. In the real world this is currently happening with the US and UN trying to change cultures and customs in different nations thinking that they’re looking for what’s in their best interest. In the film the humans did the same thing with the Na’vi people, they invaded their planet, cut down their trees, and built structures on their lands. They also thought they could “sophisticate” these people by building them school and teaching them English. The director depicted human greed very accurately, in the movie the US government invaded and attempted to destroy the planet Pandora Unobtanium.

Genetically modified organisms are both here and in the film, but in the film it is much more advanced than what we can do in reality. In The Avatar people scientist were able to make
Animals such as West African Black Rhinoceros, Pyrenean Ibex, Passenger Pigeon, Quagga, Tasmanian Tiger, and Dodo birds all fell victim to human greed and desires. The same way the Na’vi co-exist with their “green” they do the same with animals on their planet. When Jake had a glowing bug on him his instinct was to smash it ( He’s used to the bugs on Earth being a nuisance so…) He was then quickly stopped by Natiri who cared for a freed the bug. She also intentionally saved a pack of wolfs from death while saving Jake from that same pack of wolfs. When an animal is killed by a Na’vi their custom is to do some prayer for them, showing just how much they care for other species as well as their