Be Reel: Avatar

Cameron's Depiction of a New World in Avatar will Make You Think of Your Own

James Cameron (director of Titanic and Terminator) creates another hit with his movie Avatar. The movie features stars like Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana (also in Guardians of the Galaxy) and was filmed in the beautiful ZhangJiaJie National Forest. Worthington plays Jake Sully, a paraplegic who takes his brothers Avatar in the mission to Pandora. His Avatar stumbles upon one of the native "Na'vi" named Neytiri, played by Saldana. As he learns from one of Pandora's natives and gets in with the tribe, the conflict arises between the natives and the humans who are exploring the planet.
Between the constant action that will keep you on your toes, and the amazing quality and camera angles the movie provides, you will feel like you're really on Pandora experiencing things for a first time much like Jake. Cameron perfectly masters creating a new world for the viewer filled with unique and daunting creatures and bright and colorful plants, and amazing views.  By changing the lighting and color hues between the avatar world and human world he successfully creates a contrast between the two that shows just how much more beautiful the avatar world is in the eyes of Sully.
Cameron excellently integrates Worthington's character to push messages through about nature vs. machine, money, and entitlement. By using Stephen Lang's character Miles, he shows how greed selfishly destroys the beauty of a home to many creatures. Miles uses machinery and violence to completely bulldoze and ruin what was once a beautiful home to the Na'vi and other animals on Pandora. This contrast between machinery and nature excellently supports this message and will grasp at the viewers heart and beg for sympathy.

Cameron's film will reach at the heartstrings of the viewers and make them think about their own world, as the film has many connections to our earth and what we do to it. It's messages will resonate with anyone who watches it and make them think about how we treat our environment.