AVATAR+Conflict

An important relationship and conflict in the film is between Jake Sully and Colonel Miles Quaritch. Jake almost views Quaritch as a father figure early in the film. This changes however as Jake's loyaltys become tied to the Navi people and the protection rather than destruction of Pandora.

This can be shown through techniques such as:

__Dialogue __

//“I pulled your file…You got some heart kid…I was first rekon myself” //

//“you walk like one of her science pukes, you quack like one but you report to me. Can you do that for me son?” //

//“Son, we look after our own. You get me what I need and I’ll make sure you get your legs back when you rotate back home. Your real legs” //

//“Everything is backwards now. Like out there is the true world and in here is the dream…I don’t know who I am anymore” //

//“Your last report was over two weeks ago. I’m starting to doubt your resolve…It’s time to terminate the mission” //

//Your gunna get your legs back. I got corporate approval. It’s a done deal. Gunna have you on a shuttle tonight” //

//“I gotta finish this…there’s one more thing. Ceremony.The final stages of becoming a man. If I do it I’ll be one of them” // //“Are you out of your goddamn mind?” // //“you crossed the line. Wheel this meat out of here.” // //You let me down son. What. You find some local tail and you just completely forget what team you’re playing for?” // //“You say you wanna keep __your__ people alive. Start by listening to her” // //“Fly now with me. My brothers! Sisters! And we will show the sky people that they cannot take whatever they want…this is our land” // //There’s an aboriginal horde out there massing for an attack…they will overrun our perimeter and that’s not going to happen. We will fight terror with terror…we will blast a crater in their racial memory so deep that they wont come within 1000 klicks of this place ever again” // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">“Hey __Sully__, how’s it feel to betray your own race?” // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">At the start of the film Quaritch is clearly shown in a more powerful position. He is shown using low angles whereas Jake is shot from a high angle. Clearly this is an uneven balance of power where Quaritch is the dominant figure. Jake is willing to take orders and instruction from Quaritch and this is reflected through the use of these camera shots. Later in the film however these shots are reversed. Jake has developed as a character and become much more confident. He is sure of his convictions and no longer needs the approval of Quaritch as he has found a place of belonging within the Omaticaya tribe. During his major confrontation with Quaritch he is shown using a low angle conveying that the power balance has changed significantly.
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