The point of Avatar

You know, since seeing this i have not stopped wanting to be part of this film. Or this world. It's so beautiful, ethereal, natural, magical and simplistic minus the war-mongering americans. Above all, i want to be part of the night, the phosphorescence, the light, the flight of lizards, the water, the trees. I'm a hippy yes, and more so now. What i wouldn't give to be so connected to my world. I have always been connected to the world though. At one point i joked that i had powers over the rain because i loved it so much, and in truth for most of last year, whenever i wanted it to rain i would wish it, and then either that day or the next day it would rain. Of course, i live in London, and it rains pretty often. Even in Syria, a country with a VERY high rainfall, my brother asked me to make it rain. so i wished. and for the next week it POURED! people were astounded and shocked, it was unheard of in Damascus. thunder, lightning, rain. it was beautiful.

I don't think there's anything wrong with the fact that Avatar is a bit preachy. Sure they try to make statements, but how is that worse than a stupid chick flick with no content, 'the hangover' with little to say but to comment on the drunken antics of 3 idiots in a surreal adventure about Las Vegas, or whatever. They raise good points, and have reached more people with a film than i think any number of charities and environmental campaigns have attempted in the last few years.

The Amazon Rainforest
The killing of the Native Americans
The displacement of indigenous people
The greed and theft of power for natural resources


The Lost Tribe of the Amazon trying to shoot down a plane flying overhead.

And the arrogance of modern society to think that people who have survived and evolved to exist in an environment should need all the things we can offer. A people stay hidden because they do not want to be found. if they needed our help, or wanted to know about us, they would.

David Attenborough says that he has never again heard of the tribe he made contact with decades ago in Papua New Guinea. They came to see who he was and what he wanted, he showed them his technology, the cameras, asked questions, and then they left. Melted into the trees. Never seen again. They don't want to be found.