A Conclusion Of Avatar The Movie – What Would You Say In An Anthropological Sense About It?
Posted on: February 27, 20104 comments so far (is that a lot?)
Avatar the movie was great, however this movie is an anthropological studiers dream. It is full of capitalism, imperialism, paganism, and so much more. I am doing a study and would like to know what you took away from the movie. What is your opinion. Keep it in terms of anthropology and sociology, not just “compared to transformers….” I look forward to seeing your insight!
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February 27th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Great movie and great question, I haven’t really thought about what i took from the movie and its been over a month since i watched it. I would say the Na’vi in avatar are living in perfect harmony and balance within their world and if we can input that into our own systems we would benefit greatly from it. I think human beings across the world are living in similar ways to the Na’vi even to this day, these tribes are rare and dying out, which is kind of what happened in the film, if the humans won in the movie then the Na’vi would have died out, or evolved into god knows what, they would probably have just built casinos where the tree used to be.
I guess my point is, the majority of human beings are greedy, selfish and lost in a sea of hated.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
It reminds me of the United States of America and how we treated the Indians in the new world. I mean, it was scarily similar. It demonstrated the origins of a civilization, but also how our views of origin clash and cause conflict.
February 27th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Good question. I think some of my insights are in my review of the movie; you are free to check it out. If you want to delve deeper, email me.
February 27th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
You use alot of BIG words =S
You make my brain hurt