3 Movie Reviews Ecological Worldview

Ecological Worldview
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Avatar
Basically the movie by the name Avatar revolves on a paralyzed marine in which a character by the name Jack is engaged on a mission in the moon after the demise of his brother who was a specialist in the field of science. The Pandora was considered to be a very valuable place since it was rich with stones which were regarded to be very precious. Na`vi was the land of the natives where the expensive stones were found. From the movie, it is clear that when Jack joined the Pandora clan, he became irresistible of the love of nature and therefore he was ready to do anything to safeguard nature. As a result, Jack comes together with the natives of the land and decides to protect the forest at all cost. Their action bars many individual who planned to mine from the forest and those with ill motives to steal their land. The movie emphasizes on the greed that manifests in the mind of people (Little Bear, 2000, pg. 81-83). Moreover, it brings out the concept of individualism in the society where peoples are self centered and put their interest before those of the community. In this case, the whole community tends to suffer because of single individuals. In relation to the ecological worldviews, humans are considered to value materialistic things more than anything else in the world. They are convinced that anything valuable like the mines is the best and hence they are ready to do anything in order to acquire these things.
Furthermore, individuals are more concerned with the dynamics in the economy. In this case, individuals are more concerned with the issue of money, its value, and how to acquire money. People get to understand the power of money the more they acquire it. Therefore, the needs of the individuals are increasing as the money increases. Despite, different people having different notions about money, they also recognize that money is powerful and ne can acquire many things with it. In this essence, the world is being considered as resort that will enable them to recognize their desires. Economically, the world perspective has created a picture in the minds of people that praises material gains in the world (Grim, 2007, pg. 200). People tend to regard material properties more than any other things. This mindset is as a result of fulfillment of their stay in the earth. Therefore, we can see that all humans are interested with anything that is profit oriented. Hence this makes humans to classify and regard themselves as the most superior creatures in the world in comparison to other species.
From the movie the natives see themselves with special feature in a way that they are linked with nature and the environment. In this case we get to understand the indigenous world views where individual prefer worshiping their own spirits and resided in the planets. The indigenous people consider everything on earth to be living in the moment, for example, the plants, animals and even the dead are considered to be living (Cajete, Mohawk, & Valladolid Rivera, 2008, pg. 264)moreover, individuals are considered to be linked to the environment in such a way that they themselves are considered to be the environment. However, religions are depicted to have their views also about the ...