Feb 29, 2016 01:16 AM
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Avatar is a mind-blowing development of future human history. It follows humanity the way we are now into an unknown and unpredictable series of events and discoveries and persistently poses the question to the audience, What would you do? What do you think about a new race of creatures who are like us and not like us, and how would you treat them? Are they obstacles in the way of progress to be conquered and cast aside? Do they have any inalienable rights? Should we embrace them or kill them? Our answers tell us more about who we are than who they are and should be considered with caution. In many ways, Avatar reminds me of the way our ancestors treated Native Americans when the white man first arrived here, but it goes much deeper than that. With extraordinary grace and phenomenal graphic style, Avatar leads us through a maze of complicated politics, scientific breakthroughs and soul-searching questions, and that's just the earthbound side of the story. The Na'vi community embraces and respects all of life's creatures, expresses a oneness with nature that most modern humans will never know, and defends themselves with fierce skill that defies human understanding. What we as humans really do not understand at the heart of it is that it makes them sad to fight us, but they know they must or be destroyed. We want something they have, and we want it badly enough to destroy anyone who gets in the way, including all of them. How they respond to the threat of annihilation is the stuff of legends. Avatar is definitely a must-see, and to see ourselves and each other like the Na'vi see is truly remarkable.
