Better Than Revenge

By
Frauline C. Tadle

The critically-acclaimed and commercially successful film, Avatar shocks the whole
world last 2009 when it dramatically changed the line-up for the highest-grossing film of all time
as it surpasses the world-renowned movie, Titanic with a total of $ 937,930,764 ahead.
According to the director of both movies, James Cameron, this 80-page film is primarily an
action-adventure journey of self-discovery, in the context of imperialism and deep ecology. It
also features the clashes between cultures and civilizations. Though, many people commented
for its wonderful success, others didn’t appreciate it at all. As a matter of fact, this film taught us
a lesson that is gradually vanishing from the minds of the people. There is nothing Nature can do
better than revenge.
            If you have seen the movie, you make have taken note of the following: people searching
for a precious mineral unobtainium, an earth-like moon called Pandora, 10-foot tall and blue-
skinned called Na’vi, futuristic robots and odd and extremely rare species of animals yet have
common characteristics as what we have in the earth. This 171-minute film didn’t exist just to
show –off to the world how fantastic the human’s mind is. It greatly teaches us that even the
most powerful technology we could imagine can never be ever compared to the force that can be
exerted by the avenging nature. We can never deny to ourselves that every day, there may be one
out of 6,891,600,000 from all over the world is becoming dependent of technology. As what an
article had said in Articlesbase.com posted on August 7, 2009, “Industrialization resulted in rapid
and sustained economic growth and a massive increase in consumer goods. But at the same time,
for many people it meant       a thoroughly unpleasant work environment.”
            Worried that your food might get mouldy? Refrigerator is the answer to that! What about
if you need the solar power yet there’s a storm coming? How about you use dryer to dry your
clothes off? Technology produced them, yet, it produces a great amount of CFCs to the
environment that is destroying our beloved ozone layer in the atmosphere. The development in
the field of agriculture tends to decrease the amount of good soil that is still edible for the plants.
The evolution of horse to cars to airplanes and to spaceships sipped the contentment of
humankind and turned it to lust and craving for more. The hunger for better for the success of the
humanity may be one of the factors that are actively living beneath mankind’s flesh and skin.
Mechanical robots are gradually replacing human to provide services in the community. This is
one of the reasons why there is decrease for human need in the companies and institutions. Man
believed that robot is a sign of power and fortune. But this robot continues to engulf the morality
of the people. The birth of weapons for mass destructions leads to world-wide panic and
devastation. Advancement of communication created a false picture and scenery of closeness and
family ties. The primitive methods of having a bonding time with the family has been swallowed
by the time spent to surf the internet and playing PSPs. Technology is like a cataract to the
human eye that blindfolds the truth from it. We can say that, mirrors of yesterday shows who you
are, while through technology, mirrors of today shows the same person, but not the same to the
one that has been moulded by God in accordance to his image and plan. Eyes of yesterday show
as the truth but we never accept it, while eyes of today show the false but we just accept it.  
Wake up, stand, stop, look, listen and act. Wake yourself from the dream brought by technology.
Stand up to show yourself the find truth. Stop to be prepared of what to change. Listen to the
voice that you keep in your heart for hundreds of years. And act so everybody will start to act.
Remember that the change in an empty space starts with a single point.
            Avatar may be written to the history for a long time because of its success. But we should
never forget what Avatar really taught us. Never belittle nature. Never neglect the fact that it is
still lives among us. Along with the animated version of famous Romeo and Juliet, Romeo x
Juliet, the seed of the world lives within our hearts. It pulse has been long muted to the people’s
hearing. Just like Avatar and Romeo x Juliet, let us hear the sobbing seedling of Pandora and
Escalus. Remove the blindfold labelled numbness. Let us cure the deafness called unconcerned.
The lameness called ‘I can do nothing’ and ‘Bahala na si Batman,’ should be put to an end. And
finally, let us look for vaccine to protect us from a certain virus called laziness. Let us save them
from being rotten caused by people’s numbness before it is too late and before we let the nature
acts to save itself and think about its own revenge.