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    AVTAAR+FILM REVIEW

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    AVATAR Producer: James Cameron Director: James Cameron Screen Writer: James Cameron Director of Photography: Mauro Fiore Music: James Horner Cast: Sam Worthington (Jake Sully)‚ Zoe Saldana (Neytiri)‚ Sigourney Weaver (Grace)‚ Joel David Moore (Norm Spellman) et.al. A dozen years later‚ James Cameron has proven his point: He is king of the world. As commander-in-chief of an army of visual-effects technicians‚ creature designers‚ motion-capture mavens‚ stunt performers‚ dancers‚ actors

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    In my personal opinion Avatar is the best movie I have ever seen. I loved everything about the movie‚ especially the state-of-the-art technology. When I first saw the trailer for Avatar there were no famous actors in it but the thing that did draw me into seeing it was the amazing scenery. Most of the scenery in the movie reminded me of a tropical rain forest except the rain forest literally jumps out at you. After I saw Avatar for the first time with my older brother and dad‚ I felt like walking

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    particular that hold true to this statement and they are Pocahontas‚ James Cameron’s Avatar‚ and The Lion King. These movies hold very similar ideologies in regards to nature and greed. However‚ they tend to differ in their cinematographic approaches in revealing the underlying and‚ or‚ obvious‚ ideologies. To begin with‚ all three movies have a constantly repeating theme‚ and that theme is the respect for nature. In Avatar‚ there is a very intimate respect for Mother Nature on Pandora. The native people

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    Have your avatar communicate with 5 others; write a report on your experience. An avatar is a digital‚ animated representation of yourself in Second Life. When you join Second Life‚ you have a standard set of avatars to choose from. Once you receive your avatar‚ then you can go into “appearance mode” and change your hair‚ skin‚ shape‚ and clothing. When joining Second Life‚ every new member must agree to the Second Life Terms of Service‚ which outlines the rules that all avatars must follow

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    #1 In a shocking opening scene‚ teen Danny Vinyard who is played by Edward Furlong‚ races to tell his older brother‚ neo-Nazi Derek‚ about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house‚ whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks and he forces the other man to put his mouth on the curb‚ then brutally kills him by stomping on the back of his head‚ crushing his mouth against the curb. Danny watches in horror as this unfolds. The police arrest

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    Ethnocentrism

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    William Sumner said it best when he described ethnocentrism as “the technical name for this view of things in which one’s own group is the center of everything‚ and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it” (Sumner‚ 1906).Now‚ ethnocentric thinking is born‚ in the most basic form‚ from the belief in a useful quality in every person’s culture. This useful quality‚ or virtue as this paper will refer to it‚ can be one or many and about any area of society. When one identifies with this virtue

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    these identities because of fear. I will use the films: Avatar and Memoirs of a Geisha as well as the novel: We Shall Not Weep by Johnny Masilela as references. Everyone creates identities for others. Often this is sub-conscious or unintended. We sometimes create these identities because carefully compiled propaganda and language have been used on us. From what we hear‚ we form identities. In the film‚ Avatar‚ Colonel Quartich‚ head of the Avatar programme‚ tells Jake Sully “ Every living thing that

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    many lessons to the audience about how money influences people There are many interesting aspects in the movie. Michael thought he built the machine for the wrong purpose so he decided to destroy the machine so that he can save the world. In the Avatar movie‚ Jake Sully was used as a pawn whereas in Paycheck‚ Michael was also used as a pawn. Rachel Porter will come and save Michael . They are the heroes and want to destroy the machine to save the world. Once the machine is destroyed Michael and

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    platform‚ people can create and design their own appearance. One can make an avatar taller‚ slimmer‚ and more beautiful than their actual self. Wade took the privacy of being behind a screen to his full advantage. Struggling with his weight‚ Wade explained‚ “I was overweight‚ and had been for as long as I could remember.” Taking the anonymity of being behind a screen to full advantage‚ Wade was able to create an avatar that mirrored his personal body goals. Wade not

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    Avatar was released by 20th Century Fox and was directed by James Cameron and has been one of the most anticipated movies of the decade that grossed over $2.78 billion worldwide. James Cameron had made sure that Avatar is nothing like what the audience has seen before. Avatar was released by 20th Century Fox in 2009. 20th Century Fox is one of the six major American film studios which produced some of the best grossing films of all time including the Star Wars and X-Men franchise. The director

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