Avatar: Tears Dried on My Beard
18 فبراير 2010 تحت قسم: افلام
Today I went to Bahrain’s Dana theater to watch the movie Avatar (the 3D version!) without knowing anything ahead of time about the story of it. All I knew was the innovative and advanced use of computer graphics which was motivating enough for me. While in the middle of the movie I started to relate the way Naavis were treated by human beings to a similar kind of a real relationship that has been going on for a while on planet Earth.
Navvis with their minimal physical power but stronger belief in peace and love are just like people of Iraq/Afghanistan/Palestine and others who are facing a much stronger power which doesn’t believe in anything but control and economical/political gains. For every one killed from the Naavis, I remembered a man, a woman, or a child killed in those poor countries that I have been seeing since I was child. For example Israel has killed 1441 Palestinian child since 2000 for 124 Israeli children killed by Palestinians who were just like the Naavis trying to resist strangers who came to take their land. In 2009, the US provided Israel with $7 million/day of military aid and $0 to Palestine.
In addition, as there were few people on the side of human beings who didn’t agree with the way the Naavis were treated, there are many people in the US/Europe and a little in Israel who are still merciful to their brothers and sisters in humanity and some are actually working hard to bring peace and justice in opposition to what their leaders are doing.
I was so much touched by this movie as I was reminded of the sad side of the current situation on Earth. We are not only killing each other but also destroying our planet. It is part of my belief that everyone will face consequences for their wrong doings, if not in this life, then in the hereafter.
- Source of numbers above: http://www.ifamericansknew.org
- You can also read this interesting article from Foreign Policy: http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/02/16/avatar_an_all_purpose_allegory
- You may like this theme from the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGChoFxzhTE
فبراير 18th, 2010 at 4:45 م
To be honest, i didn’t like the story of the movie but i liked the fabulous production though. For me, it was very clear that James Cameron doesn’t want just to show a Titanic-type movie, it was more like he is referring to something. I has the same feeling like you, that Muslims are the Navvis but that could also be seen by many other people, e.g. African American, Red Indians, etc. Was the message as me and you saw it delivered to people here? I don’t think so because they usually have little or no interest with their country foreign policy.
فبراير 18th, 2010 at 5:19 م
Thanks Ahmad for your comment. It’s not necessarily that this show refer to only Muslims. It refers to any one suffering on this planet. For me I was thinking of Palestine/Iraq/Afghanistan and of Nepal war and of some Southern American countries where the US interferes from time to time where at one point they sent army to take control from one government and give control to a new government they favor! For me the movie is for all those suffering from invasion and interference from other powerful countries. I think this movie, better than any other movie, is an eye-opening to such wrong practices that people got used to with time. This movie is a reminder for everyone of a simple basic right for every established nation on Earth. Look at the article in Foreign Policy where it referred to people from different places using the movie’s theme with Palestine being the first. Now, with this movie being very famous, it’s easy to let the world know about the Palestinians’ problem through a single picture that tells a lot like the one in the beginning of this post.
فبراير 18th, 2010 at 9:15 م
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcL5Wghm7-s
فبراير 19th, 2010 at 10:36 ص
I have yet to see this film, but I agree with your statement that established nations need to have their sovereignty respected…I believe that the roots of stability lie in the natural progression of human society from communities into states, then into nations. Solid and viable economies are probably impossible to constrict from the outside. I mean, look at how Africa has been carved up by colonial and foreign powers, and you can see what a sh*t show of poverty, violence, and instability the continent has become..
فبراير 19th, 2010 at 4:49 م
Thanks Faris and Andrea for dropping by… I agree with you Andrea that nations should be allowed to formulate from within not from outside
فبراير 20th, 2010 at 12:15 ص
Thank you Majid
Continue spreading your peaceful spirit and love
الظلم لا يبقى
انطفأت نجمة اسرائيل.. وبدأ العد التنازلي لزوال هذا السرطان
we just need to believe on our ability of making the victory
فبراير 20th, 2010 at 12:15 ص
to be honest , I don’t like such movies although I liked the thought that you made out of this movie
فبراير 22nd, 2010 at 5:53 م
I enjoyed James Cameron’s depiction of Avatar and, of course, the wonderful computer graphics. Like “Matrix”, it will prove to be a standard for future filmmakers and directors alike.
As I watched the discrimination and desimation of the Naavis people, I cried. I cried for the peoples of Darfur, Sudan and the atrocities of outright genocide in their region. I cried for the Native American peoples in America long before the settlers arrived, took the land from them and systematically killed them off to a point that very few tribes remain intact today. I cried for the people of many middle eastern countries who, for generations, have known nothing but conflict and war. I cried for the millions of Jewish people killed during Germany’s attempt to ‘purify’ the Arian race.
We have but one world and we, as a people, need to learn to get along. Sometimes that may mean to make concessions for the greater good. What does it cost me to have a world view rather than a neighborhoon or racial view?!? It costs peace, friendship, knowledge and understanding I will never know. I don’t care the color of a person’s skin, lineage of their birth or country/region of their birth. I look forward to a world in which we celebrate each other’s differences, in stead of killing because of it.
فبراير 22nd, 2010 at 5:56 م
By the way, thank you for the valuable and informative links shared in your blog. There are a lot of things the media covers here in America, but at the same time, there are a lot of things NOT covered which need to be brought to the limelight.