The colonization of planets is a troublesome business, especially if these planets are full of minerals, and the aborigines, be they even red-skinned like the Indians, even blue like the Na’vi, are not at all delighted with the visit of earthlings and the extraction of these minerals is impeded by all means. We must pay tribute to the company targeting the planet Pandora: it did not begin to exterminate everyone at once, but decided to study first. This is how the Avatar project arose with an interesting technology: while the researcher sleeps, his alien incarnation, a blue native with a tail, runs through the jungle. While the blue avatar sleeps, the earthling is awake. The word “avatara” is translated as “phenomenon.” His concept is far from the idea of the human incarnation of God in Christianity – the gods of Hinduism do not share the human nature of the avatara. The main function of avatars is the preservation of social and cosmic order. However, the hero of the film, disabled paratrooper Jake Sully, although he advocates the preservation of natural balance and order on the planet Pandora, completely loses his original essence, turning into his “avatar”. What is an avatar?Ĭameron, in love with the mythology of Hinduism, introduced the word “avatar” (in reality – “avatar”) into the title of the film and gave the aliens of the Na’vi tribe the appearance of blue-skinned creatures (such, for example, was Vishnu incarnated in the human form).
The film “Avatar” caused a wave of accusations of plagiarism and set many different records , becoming one of the highest grossing in the history of cinema. The technological breakthrough made by James Cameron’s team does not detract from the artistic merit of the tape. She is often reproached for the primitiveness of the plot, but absolutely undeservedly.