Regardless of the gorgeous technology, the best part of the film is to establish a sense of value. He spent two hours and forty minutes not only turning Jack into a Neville, but also changing all the people watching the movie. Becoming a Navi, this was a very successful rebellion. How the film is done, we have to look at its core.
First of all, it places human beings in the position of an extreme civilization. This is different from the previous science fiction films. The previous science fiction films including "Observations" or "Star Fleet" are all threatening mankind with an unknown advancement. , And in "Avatar", human beings become this threat itself, become a greedy individual chasing benefits, at this point we will not have a sense of identity with it. After that, the film set up many contrasts between humans and Na'vi people in Jack's shuttle: the forest of the Na'vi people, the city of human steel, the telepathy of the Na'vi people, the high-tech machines of the humans, and the Na'vi people's The holy spirit and human beings are almost faithless in their fanatical pursuit of matter. This has clearly placed the Na'vi people in the Sipin textbook as a good boy representing Xiao Ming, while human beings have become the incarnation of a bad boy representing Xiaoqiang. And the screenwriter also gave Jack a gradual emotional motivation, which made this great rebellion more real-it was the pair of residual limbs, and it was this pair of residual limbs that clearly exposed the theme of the film, modernization. The stump in the mechanical city became a strong hunter in the forest of Neville. In an almost utopian model, Navigator eventually defeated mankind. It was also a heavy blow to the advanced civilization by the backward civilization.
So I have to return to the topic of civilization and technology. I have to say that the film did a good introspection. I don’t know how much this has to do with being an American film, but I do see that most of the things related to this kind of technological self-destruction come from the United States. The human hand, like Vonnegut, may only understand the other side of it only if you have a deep understanding of the progress of science and technology. In short, "Avatar" makes technology a cold killer, so in the film we can't see that this technology is counted in civilization. Civilization is a big topic, and I cannot easily define it, but I can clearly say that it does not represent how many machines a race can control. Just like the Na'vi’s induction system described in many places in the film, technology is actually It is gradually wiping out human feelings and minds. It is not difficult to understand why Vonnegut’s aliens are oil-eaters. This is a great irony. Machines and weapons obliterate nature and life, while civilization is created by life itself, but now it is destroyed by the technology that I am proud of. In fact, behind it is the greed that is difficult for humans to hide. This also reminds me of Haizi, why he committed suicide by lying on the rails, just to prove with his actions: how the wheel of science and technology crushes life forms. Now it is suitable for use here.
And outside of civilization, I think of such a theme. Many film reviews mention that all science fiction films are actually the continuation of the pioneering spirit of Western films. Here I do see some. Humans’ exploration of the planet Pandora is not exactly the American continent. Pioneer story? Maybe there is also beautiful Pandora. I want to say once again that this is a questioning of technology and civilization. In fact, the film also leads this problem to a paradox. Looking at the film, the gorgeous scenery and strange creatures all come from the hands of high technology, but they are talking about technology and civilization. If I compare the planet Pandora to the movie itself , Then, will 3D technology be an invading power? What is civilization here and what is outside of civilization.
Godard once said that the movie died after Abbas. I can’t understand it. This may be in terms of the narrative of the movie, but since the birth of 3D to the birth of "Avatar", can it be said from the level of form and technology? The movie is dead, I don't know, but no matter from that angle, I have seen a kind of extreme civilization and extreme advancement secretly competing.
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