82nd Academy Awards

As time goes on, history has a way of getting distorted from its most truthful form. Time causes people to drift away from accuracy and become more interested in what they want to remember. Hollywood has a reputation of creating films that cater more to the average viewer, rather than the history buff. Inglorious Basterds, by Quentin Taratino, take very liberal liberty with a history story, and creates a story that will sell to the crowd. This may seem dubious, but it is often not such a bad thing

What and who is a Hero? Is a hero a fireman, who saved your cat from a burning fire? Or is it a group of people with supernatural abilities that saved the world from crumbling to the hands of Thanos, like the Avengers. Or maybe a hero is a person who changes the lives of many people, like Malcom X. All those examples are heroes in their own way, all might have a different way of conveying a hero but they do have one thing in common. They all show their ability to perform courageous acts and are noticed

Biocultural anthropology looks at the relationships between human biology and culture. In the movie Avatar, the Na’vi are humanoids species native to Pandora, standing 6 feet tall with blue skin and a long tail; But one of the characters, Parker Selfridge from the human world, a selfish and greedy man, refers the Na’vi as “blue monkeys” and “savages”. The Na’vi natives are very spiritual believers and they believe all living beings in Pandora lives in unity. Every living creature that is born on

Avatar Avatar is a movie directed by James Cameron, released in December 18th 2009. The movie begins with the introduction of ex-marine officer Jake Sully who is confined to a wheel chair and is recruited to join an expedition to Pandora where there is a large deposit of unobtanium, a mineral that is sold at $20 billion a kilogram. The natives of Pandora are called the Na’vi, who resides in the Hometree on Pandora. The Hometree is the Na’vi’s spiritual and physical resting ground. It is also the

As for gender, Avatar does make sure to be inclusive of both men and women in the human and alien society. Kyle Uber from Vanderbilt University describes the strong female characters as a “refreshing occurrence” and a “positive contribution” to the science fiction genre (Uber 1). Uber talks about how Grace Augustine is the renowned lead researcher of the Na’vi and how her position of power is established as assertive and unyielding (for the most part). Augustine stands up for her program in her confrontation

Introduction rough draft In the movie Avatar the Americans come into the Na’vis land to try and take their resources. They wanted the Na’vi to move but they would not leave their home. The Americans were determined to get what they wanted. They attacked the Na’vi village and destroyed it. The Na’vi fought back. The Americans attempted to destroy the sacred tree but the Na’vi protected it. The Na’vi won the war and kept their home.The Native Americans were forced out of their land. The Americans

Avatar shows how humans or the Americans set out to Pandora, to find, unobtanium, a valuable mineral that sells for a lot of money. In their quest to find the mineral, they have to face or fight against the indigenous people living on Pandora. Jake Sully an ex-marine, uses his avatar self, to live and learn the ways of the indigenous people in hopes of gaining their trust. However, after learning the ins and outs of the indigenous, Jake Sully becomes more attached and more protective of them and

Have you ever thought about having your own Avatar like in the movie? Avatar the movie was released in 2009, directed by James Cameron. Some of the main characters are Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Saldana), Grace (Sigourney Weaver), Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), and Parker Selfridge (Giovanni Ribisi). Avatar is about the native people of a planet called Pandora. Jack Sully (Sam Worthington) a former army guy

Avatar’s themed include colonialism, environmentalism, environmental issues, economic geography, and corporate responsibility. Colonialism is the act of a controlling or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people. In Avatar, the humans come to Pandora to try to the mineral resource unobtanium (a fictional metal that is very expensive and rare), which Pandora is rich in. They try to control and move the natives out of their homes to harvest this metal. Environmentalism

Avatar The director James Cameron who directed the movies Aliens, Titanic, and Terminator\ now introduces a spectacular, new film called Avatar. The cast includes Sam Worthington, ( Jake Sully ) Zoe Saldana, ( Neytiri ) Sigourney Weaver, ( Dr. Grace ) Stephen Lang, ( Colonel Miles Quaritch ) Michelle Rodriguez ( Trudy ) and much more. All the actors in this film do an amazing job acting. There is some foul language in this film. Over all, this is a great movie for teens and adults alike. This