Unobtainium

colonies. They imperialized them to get the wealth of their lands. Diamonds and gold in South Africa and ivory from Kenya. To open up trade routes, to get goods etc. This was why they were imperialized. The humans in the Avatar wanted to obtain unobtainium which lied beneath the home tree to save from energy

Movies create realities. As life tells the stories of each, each moulds the reality which he/she believes in. Movies are like these stories of life, but recorded within the bandwidth of camera to capture a perspective. Also, movies are applied to reality, are the reflection of the world, or are the doorsteps of escaping reality – fantasy. As of what James Cameron’s Avatar, this movie reflected the three statements above this sentence. Avatar is a critical acclaimed hit when it released, spanning

they are more superior and take away important landmarks to the Na'Vi people,Such as Home Tree. The the idea of imperialism is shown, when the humans destroyed Home Tree, the living area of the Na’Vii. Home Tree is also sitting on a large mass of unobtainium, which is a grey rock that is found on the land of Pandora. On earth this rock sells for 20 million per kilogram and the humans are in desperate need for it. We can see this through dialogue and mise en scene. It is shown when Parker Selfridge

resource. Oil companies in Alberta extract bitumen from the oil sands, upgrade it so it could be sent to oil refineries, and export and sell it to other countries that have a high demand for oil. In Avatar, humans have arrived on Pandora to extract unobtainium, a rare metal found under the surface of Pandora worth about $20 million per kilogram, as Earth has lost all of its natural

In the movie Avatar, James Cameron, the director, conveys the message that imperialism can cause harm to the environment and lead to conflict. In the movie, human beings have come from Earth to Pandora to gather unobtainium and to study the native people. Unobtainium is a substance that can be used for powering things and sells for a large amount of money. It is discovered that a large deposit of the substance sits beneath a tree which is the home of The People. This discovery causes conflicts between

Money, military, death or subordinance, these are the main elements of imperialism. Imperialism, the practice of extending a country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force, is often thought of as negative because of the use of military force. The age of imperialism lasted from 1870-1914. One example of imperialism from this time period is when the countries Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Spain all took control over different parts of Africa. One movie that accurately

element of economic incentive is the main reason humans are invading Pandora. The humans are trying to get their hand on unobtainium. This resource is worth $20 million per kg which is a very heavy economic incentive. The militaristic element of imperialism in a very large role in Avatar. The humans use the most technology advanced equipment to do whatever is need to acquire the unobtainium. It eventually leads to them using bombs against the Navi. Finally, the third element on the negative view of the

way or if anyone gets hurt, they only cares if they get what they want. With this that is why nothing would change in Avatar if the conservative party found a planet like Pandora. They would see an opportunity to harvest any new materials like unobtainium there and would sell it back to earth. They would send troops and businessmen to the planet to uncover valuable materials and sell back to the people

world and within the year the core will collapse and expose people to solar radiation. Hired to fix the problem is, Geologist Dr. Josh Keyes and scientists Serge Leveque and Conrad Zimsky. Ed "Braz" Brazzelton who has created a vessel made of "Unobtainium“ called Virgil allowing them to pass

In the movie Avatar, James Cameron accurately portrays European imperialism in the Na’vi tribe. During the time of European imperialism, the Europeans colonized Africa to introduce their way of life and to take over their land. The Europeans wanted the natives’ land for their natural resources and its potential benefit to the European economy. Likewise, the humans in Avatar seeked to colonize Pandora to mine the unobtanium rock for their benefit. James Cameron used the ideas of racism, cultural