Textual Analysis Of The Film Avatar

Avatar is centred around Jake Scully, a former marine who is paralyzed. Jake is taking the place of his dead brother in the secret Avatar program on the distant planet of Pandora. It is set in the year 2154 and the Resource Development Administration, is mining a rare mineral called Unobtanium on Pandora trying to get to the bottom of the Earths energy disaster. On his arrival in Pandora, Jake meets Grace Augustine, who manages the Avatar programme pretty well. It is explained that the air in Pandora is highly toxic to humans and therefore their consciousness' are linked to an Avatar, which is genetically engineered from human and Na'vi (the natives of Pandora) DNA. Jake and Grace are to create a bridge of trust with the Na'vi in order for

In broad terms, the storyline is a 'love story'; however there are many underlying spiritual and moral values intertwined throughout the the movie. Some people watching this film for purely entertainment purposes may not recognise the spiritual and moral significance, as a deeper understanding of these values is required. This textual analysis of the film, Avatar, will describe what it is about and will then go on to develop an argument as to the spiritual significance involved in the film. In this argument, several key concepts will be introduced in order to explain this spiritual

The themes in Avatar reflect the greatest challenges of our modern world, and the message of Avatar is both deeply moving and highly relevant to the future of human civilization. Not many who view Avatar will understand all this, of course. To the younger crowd, Avatar is simply a cool action-adventure film with a compelling love story that makes it a great date flick. But to those who've been around on this planet a little longer, the story of Avatar is a far important story of good versus evil, war versus peace, destruction versus healing and isolationism versus interconnectedness. This depth of sensitivity to life is rare to find in anyfilm these days, much less a blockbuster feature film, but that's what makes Avatar so truly remarkable: It speaks to viewers at many different levels, intertwining the core themes of human mythology in an extremely tight, fast-paced screenplay that doesn't let a second go to waste. That's classic James Cameron, of course: Cutting scenes, dialog and seconds out of the film until it becomes a polished, tightly-presented story that transports you into the on-screen