Hi everybody, I have just watched the 3-Dimensional film, Avatar by James Cameron. It is one of the highest grossing film ever made. I felt that the movie was quite interesting and rather action-packed. Overall, I loved it. Here are the ten questions about the film.
1.Why has the future wheelchair technology not advanced from our present day wheelchair capabilities?
In the movie the main character and the protagonist, Jake Sully is paaralysed waist down and has to sit in a wheelchair. Since the film Avatar is situated in the future, why is it that Jake Sully is still rolling around in a wheelchair that is the same as the ones that we can buy in any nearby pharmacies? Is it because our protagonist, Jake Sully can't afford an advanced wheelchair? I think not. Apart from the cool bright yellow paint job on the wheelchair, everything is the same. There is no heavy-duty tank tracks, mag-lev hovering , or even a simple motor on the wheelchair, which some modern wheelchairs already have.
2.Why is it that futuristic military benefits are so bad that they a soldier paralysed on a battlefield cannot even afford an operation that could potentially put him back on the front line?
In the film, Jake Sully is paralysed in battle , but he is unable to get an operation that could put him back on the battlefield. It is baffling that the military is unwilling to let Jake have a spine restoration surgery. Therefore, it conviniently allows Colonel Quaritch to hold hostage the possibility of walking again unless Jake agrees to help in the operation to destroy the Na'vi.
3. Why is it that in the many years into the future, it is so expensive to do a spine restorative operation?
In the film Avatar, Jake Sully is paralysed waist down on the battlefield, yet he does not have the money to pay for the operation. The film is shown in the future, many years from now. Here in the present, medical techonology is already considered advanced and technology is advancing at an atosnishing rate. At this rate of technological advances, it will be in a short time that many complicated operations would be a piece of cake. Thereby, why is it that in the future, it is still so expensive to do a spine restorative operation?
4.Doesn't it seem impractical that the American robot-like suits need to carry actual guns, instead of having weaponry built into its arms?
In some parts of the film (especially the part where the Americans began their land offensive on the Na'vi and the climax where Colonel Quaritch attacked Jake, who was in Avatar form), people in the robot-like suits had their robots to carry guns to shoot at the Na'vi . Doesn't it seem weird to you, as presently, warplanes already have weapons at their fuselage or weapons stored in the plane itself? Needless to say, in the future, the robots would already have weapons stored in the robot-like suit itself.
5.Why is it that the Americans still have the same old helicopters as they do presently during the offensive on the Na'vi?
In the film, during the part where the Americans, with lots of helicopters and a huge aircraft that served as a mobile headquarters, the helicopters they use are the same as the ones we presently have. I find them rather old-fashioned (apart from the mobile aircraft headquarters). The helicopters are generally the same apart from the huge hovering fan that could change its direction. I mean, doesn't the American army even bother to rearm their armies? This is not likely as the United States of America has one of the most advanced armies in the world.
6.Also, why is it that the firepower of the Americans seem as though they are the same as the ones we have presently?
In Avatar, the Americans began their assult on the Na'vi by shooting gas and then by launching numerous missiles on the Na'vi's hometree. The missiles launched, although numerous, are the same missiles that we use today. It may even be outdated as the missilies are so called "dumb" as they do not have a heat tracking sensor, not to mention the state-of-the-art laser sensor and the in-built radar tracking system.
7.Why is it that Jake can start a fire on Pandora, a place with no oxygen?
In the movie, after Jake is stranded from the rest of the group, the sky turns dark and Jake starts to get jittery as he feels that something dangerous is stalking him. Therefore, he lights a fire for him to see clearly and to ward the thing that is stalking him away. How is that possible on a place without oxygen? It is a Science fact that without oxygen, a fire cannot be started. No oxygen, no flame.
8.Why is it that during the fight with Jake, Colonel Quaritch loses his gun and pulls out a giant knife and lunged at Jake? Isn't it unrealistic?
In the film, when the robo-suit which Colonel Quaritch uses, loses its gun. Immediately, Quaritch pulls out a large, long knife that is about the size of the robo-suit's hand. I find that it is very unrealistic as firstly, where in the world did the knife come from? Weaponry was not stored in the robo-suit. Secondly, even though large knifes could be stored in the robo-suit, why would a person choose to store a knife instead of a gun?
9.Since the Na'vi can 'talk' to nature, like animals and their ancestral tree, why didn't they seek nature for help when they were being attacked?
In the movie, it shows that the Na'vi can communicate with nature and even command it-- shown in the part where Jake learns to ride a type of horse and when he tries to control a dragon. Since the Na'vi can communicate with nature, why didn't they ask them for help when they were in need?
10.Why doesn't any coporation begin mining Unobtainium when the Na'vi hometree was felled?
In the film, the Americans attacked the Na'vi just for Unobtainium, which sells for twenty million per kilogram. Since the Americans were so eager to get the mineral out, why didn't they start mining straight away when they felled the Na'vi's hometree? Instead, they waited at their base and they seemed to have no intention of mining Unobtainium.
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