Thursday, December 17, 2009

Avtar

Hey every one, just watched James Cameron's Movie "Avtar". The writer and director James Cameron has pulled it off once again. I am going Ga ga over the movie from the moment I stepped out of the theater. The movie's got it all, thriller, romance, tragedy, emotion, chase, action......and above all the soul. The movie I beleive goes one step ahead rather than just showing good action sequences or animation to its audience. Its basic purpose is to convey very important message to mass. One message no doubtedly is to protect mother nature. She is taking all our discards from eons. The day she starts to return the favour mankind might go back into darkages. We have to stop... stop now, or the fresh air we are breathing may be poison for our children. our children may never see a live wildlife... for there may not be forest.

The other message which is hidden deep inside the movie is..... how one culture over powers the other just because they can. I can relate to it as I see how the right is crushed down just because they are minority or weak, The trusted flesh becomes the enemy. How every one begin to watch there own backs.
Its rightly said the coin's got two sides my friends. question is which side are you on?

The movie has two sides too..one so called Human ( although doesnt show humanity ) and alien race who are residing in there own world content and in accordance with nature. Humans technically much advanced after consuming earth set there greedy eye on vast resources of the aliens. Well if we see this in our rela life....it isnt too far from reality. Fight may not be between Humans and aliens...but its definitely between cultures and regions.... Its already begun..Iraq, Chechniya, Kuwait, Afghanistan, In india too (Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Andhrapradesh )etc

Each culture thinks its right and others are wrong. Due to this, the human has lost the very meaning of the word HUMAN. We see One country over powering the regime of some other country or aid the two countries with heavy weaponry and then provide humanitarian aid. Are we all blind to all this? dont we all have souls to answer back? the one who stands against is named terrorist and entire clan is wiped out in the name of peace and democracy. Little do they understand so called freedom in there land may not be the same in others. And they have no right to interfere in other cultures.
The concept of culture is vast and very difficult tounderstand. We often mistake culture with religion. Religion is something spiritual and culture is in tandemn with society or way of life. Unless you ( the reader) are open minded to others culture we younever understand below example.
Lets take an example of 3 women from different cultures. A girl in Bikini from US , Indian girl in sleevelss kurta and a woman from saudi in Abaya (burkha) all sitting on a beach enjoying the sunset. The American girl thinks how can Saudi and Indian girl be fully clad and heavy habiliments on such a beautiful day like this and not enjoy the sea and beach. Dont they like the Sun tan , boddy massages? what a low life!!....... Now Indian women thinks how easily the girl from US is showing her skin to others without any shame and on the contrary how this saudi women is able to breath in her Abaya ( Burkha) and how deprived she is from freedom of clothes. While the Saudi women is thinking how is US and Indian women are not covering them selves fully and being a show piece for the public on the beach - what will they achieve by showing their skin and attracting men who dont even matter to them?

The above paragraph is a very small example of how we are confined in our own cultures and fail to see others point of view. All 3 are women are in a same place, watching the sunset. When God created Sun he ordered it to bestow its light on all regardless of there culture or religion or region. The land the 3 women were sitting was created by God which is provided for all the 3 women equally to sit or stand. When God's creation dont differentiate between humans regardless of there backgrounds, you think God will ... just beacause you follow particular way of life? You think God is so low as to neglect the person who lived his life righteously but didnt follow one particular way of life or religion agianst a rapist or a criminal just because he follows one particular way of life? I doubt it.
The message the movie tried conveying which without a surprise will go unnoticed by mass is..... Stop forcing your culture on others. They have there own way of living... has its own beauty. Let it be. It may seem savage or barberic to you, but doesnt make it wrong. You know why???? its because you are not the one who is judging....HE is.... the Alpha... the One..... The GOD. Let him do his part , you do yours..... i.e love

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