Does the dog die?
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Movie • 2009 • Sci-Fi
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In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
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Several dog-like alien creatures are killed
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Abandonment
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Abuse
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Not abused, but there are injured children after the major fight scene.
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Not in a domestic sense but the Indigenous Na’vi forgive Jake Sully, a white colonialist.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone stalked?
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a character watches another from afar with the intent to do harm
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Addiction
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Only in a deleted scene
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Is there addiction?
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After a character is awoken from the Avatar state, she rudely says she needs a cigarette.
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Animal
Are animals abused?
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They are killed by Neytiri at one point but she kills them quickly as not to let them suffer
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Does a cat die?
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An alien creature comparable in size and form to a large cat is stabbed multiple times and killed
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Banshee’s are killed during the final battle
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Does a pet die?
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An ikran dies that is bonded with a character
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Is there a dead animal?
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Absolutely. Graphically. Animals being impaled, burned alive, slit their throats. If this is a major trigger of course wouldn't recommend this film at all
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Does a horse die?
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Horse-like alien animals are set on fire.
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Does a dragon die?
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There are dragon-like creatures (banshees) that end up dying.
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Assault
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Is someone restrained?
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Jake & grace are both restrained by the na'vi during one of the war scenes
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Is someone held under water?
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Not in this one. The second one has a lot of water content
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Is someone drugged?
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No but characters are shown disoriented from cryo sleep as well as coming out of a link from their Avatars
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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No gore and blood isn't excessive, there's some bleeding when major characters are shot but it's only shown pretty briefly.
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Is there body horror?
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Human minds are transferred into the bodies of genetically engineered 10-ft tall blue human-alien hybrid bodies.
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Does a head get squashed?
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A soldier in power armor is trampled underfoot by a large alien animal during a battle scene, the canopy of the cockpit they operate in is crushed in the process. It's a quick and bloodless scene but it's implied that he's killed in the moment.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Quaritch is set alight at one point. Dire Horses are shown running around on fire.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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a bad guy in a mech suit is stamped on by an elephant type creature in the final battle, also in the final battle another bad guy is crushed in between two pallets of c-4
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Jake shaves his beard in a mirror, he does not get cut/hurt
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The atmosphere is poisonous to humans w/o masks
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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After a climactic battle, Jake starts to suffocate due to being exposed to Pandora's poisonous atmosphere. He briefly passes out before being saved by Neytiri shortly after.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Their actual death isn't shown but Na'vi warriors during the big fight seen are shot getting shot and falling off aircraft.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Someone is punched in the face and is knocked unconscious.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Off screen, but many injured children are shown being carried by adults, and presumably not all of them survive
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Na'vi characters die.
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Does a major character die?
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Yes. Spoilers below if you'd like to know who.
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Sigourney weavers character Grace dies.
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Sigourney weavers character Grace dies.
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Does someone die?
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In addition to the final fight scene, when Jake is learning the Na'vi customs there is a brief funeral scene.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Some of the human characters die fighting for the Na'vi, betraying their human group.
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Disability
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Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Jake is played by an able-bodied actor.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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There is a drawn out death scene involving the Chief of the Na'vi (Neytiri's father) dying after the Home Tree was destroyed.
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Does a family member die?
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At the start of the movie, we learn that Jake's brother had passed away off-screen.
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Does someone cheat?
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Not exactly cheating. Two people are destined to marry (the Na’vi equivalent of, anyway) but one falls in love with another before this happens. The other feels and displays feelings of betrayal.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Jake and Grace are held captive and bound before Home Tree is attacked by humans.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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No but the Home Tree is destroyed, which is many children's homes.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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MODERATE: When Jake touches some spiral-shaped plants, they contract with a loud *FOOP* sound. The first time it happens is pretty shocking.
MINOR: High up in a tree, Neytiri (with Jake) calls for her ikran/banshee companion. After a short silence, her ikran lunges out of the tree and roars. Not too jarring though.
MINOR: Whenever someone in closeup shoots off an arrow, the snap-back is loud and will likely make you flinch.
This movie is pretty chill, but the sequels have some really jump-worthy moments; check out the pages for those movies to see my notes.
MINOR: High up in a tree, Neytiri (with Jake) calls for her ikran/banshee companion. After a short silence, her ikran lunges out of the tree and roars. Not too jarring though.
MINOR: Whenever someone in closeup shoots off an arrow, the snap-back is loud and will likely make you flinch.
This movie is pretty chill, but the sequels have some really jump-worthy moments; check out the pages for those movies to see my notes.
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Shaving scene about halfway through the film
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Is someone possessed?
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The Avatars are genetically-engineered Navi-Human hybrids that are mentally controlled by humans using special technology, but the Avatars themselves supposedly have no mind or consciousness of their own.
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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No, but some of the animals (the Banshees and 'horses') on Pandora have some sort of holes in their bodies that they use to breathe. Could be triggering to some.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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At the begining someone says 'let me know if you feel nausous' or something like that but no one is sick.
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Does someone spit?
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No one farts but I’m not sure about spitting, nothing to graphic tho
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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The scene where the gigantic tree and many surrounding Navi are destroyed was allegedly based on 9/11 but as it’s not a building nor in a city YMMV.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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No, and the movie is somewhat anti militaristic and ant-industrialist in messaging.
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Is there incarceration?
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After the human protagonists betray their faction, they get put in a locked enclosure (they are being freed eventually).
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LGBTQ+
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Live Theatre
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Is there smoke or haze?
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I mean, yes in a way? When they destroy Hometree, it was set on fire from the rockets and there was large amounts of ash and smoke.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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An ancient tree that is very important to Na'vi culture is burned down during a prolonged battle.
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Medical
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Mental Health
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Yes a character sacrifices themselves to help Jake and the rest of the native people
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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When Jake first enters his Avatar body, he goes outside and gets greeted by Grace who throws him a fruit. He takes a big bite and a squishy sound is heard. Very short scene, not even a few seconds long if I remember correctly.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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The main character, Jake, was a veteran and was paralyzed during his service. So there is no explicit ptsd, but it can be inferred.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Jake briefly mentions his reality becoming confusing, he says something about "out their being real life and here being a dream" hes not taking care of his human body properly because of this
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Jake experiences body dysmorphia based his paralysis in his own human body, but being able-bodied in his Na'vi body.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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People are placed into and wake up inside of casket-sized pods to pilot their Avatars.
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Jake struggles with his identity as both a human and an Omatikaya. Not overly clear but he says that its like he's in a dream.
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Is there body dysphoria?
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There is no gender dysphoria. Votes/replies of yes are mixing up with the term "gender dysphoria" with body dysmorphia based around the main character's paralysis in his own body but being able-bodied in his Na'vi body.
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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While it may not technically be a meltdown.. after Hometree is destroyed and Neytiri's father dies, when Jake tries to comfort Neytiri, she turns on him screaming. She shouts and screams at him to leave and never come back before cradling her dead father sobbing loudly into the sky.
Also beforehand when Neytiri learns that Jake and Grace knew that the RDA was planning to attack if they didn't leave their home, she starts to breakdown, yelling and crying that she trusted him. He tries to explain, as well as Grace, but Neytiri cuts them off with a shout shoving Jake and saying he will never be one of the People. She is crying and shrugs off her mother's attempt to comfort her as well.
Also beforehand when Neytiri learns that Jake and Grace knew that the RDA was planning to attack if they didn't leave their home, she starts to breakdown, yelling and crying that she trusted him. He tries to explain, as well as Grace, but Neytiri cuts them off with a shout shoving Jake and saying he will never be one of the People. She is crying and shrugs off her mother's attempt to comfort her as well.
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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MODERATE: When Jake touches some spiral-shaped plants, they contract with a loud *FOOP* sound. The first time it happens is pretty shocking.
MINOR: High up in a tree, Neytiri (with Jake) calls for her ikran/banshee companion. After a short silence, her ikran lunges out of the tree and roars. Not too jarring though.
MINOR: Whenever someone in closeup shoots off an arrow, the snap-back is loud and will likely make you flinch.
This movie is pretty chill, but the sequels have some really jump-worthy moments; check out the pages for those movies to see my notes.
MINOR: High up in a tree, Neytiri (with Jake) calls for her ikran/banshee companion. After a short silence, her ikran lunges out of the tree and roars. Not too jarring though.
MINOR: Whenever someone in closeup shoots off an arrow, the snap-back is loud and will likely make you flinch.
This movie is pretty chill, but the sequels have some really jump-worthy moments; check out the pages for those movies to see my notes.
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Does a baby cry?
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Distant cries if the Na'vi people include children/babies
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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A native Na'vi almost kills an unsuspecting avatar Na'vi. She changes her mind
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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In the background there can be seen some women of the native folk being pregnant.
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Prejudice
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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There is both subtle and not-so-subtle ableism towards the main character, Jake Sully, who is a paraplegic.
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Is there hate speech?
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The Na'vi are constantly being called blue monkeys, mud diggers, etc.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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It is implied that the Na'vi are Black/Native coded and are called savages.
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No antisemitism, but the term "Na'vi" can sound weirdly similar to "N*zi." It's just an oversight but it's a strange one.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Not exactly but! white humans control Na'vi avatar bodies which clearly look different than their human bodies. The Na'vi, although alien, are clearly inspired/based off multiple IRL Native American groups.
Later, Jake is able to transfer his consciousness/soul into a Na'vi body. Movie also leans heavily into the white saviour trope by Jake saving all Na'vi from the bad humans. He also gets the title of Toruk Makto, something not many Na'vi get to claim.
Later, Jake is able to transfer his consciousness/soul into a Na'vi body. Movie also leans heavily into the white saviour trope by Jake saving all Na'vi from the bad humans. He also gets the title of Toruk Makto, something not many Na'vi get to claim.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Jake and Neytiri are 28 and 18, respectively. However, there's nothing hinting at their ages in the movie itself.
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Religious
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Is religion discussed?
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The Na'vi's religion is used against them when the Skypeople attack their religious, sacred grounds. Their religion is also ridiculed by the humans.
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Sex
Is there bestiality?
120 supporters
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The same physical connection that equates a sexual relationship between Na’vi is made between many Na’vi and the wildlife of Pandora. This isn’t for the same purposes and isn’t portrayed as b********y whatsoever.
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There aren't any actual incestuous relationships shown, but one character was supposed to marry her brother according to her tribe's traditions, but she fell in love with someone else and no actual romantic or sexual stuff between the siblings was shown
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Is there sexual content?
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Implied but literally nothing shown at all
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Are there nude scenes?
70 supporters
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Glimpses of Navi nipples in a few shots, very subtle but it’s there.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
55 supporters
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Kind of. There's a part where neytiri is described as local tail by one of the humans
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Does someone lose their virginity?
22 supporters
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This is a tough one.... We are not sure if the main character is but later in the film they say "we are mated for life" insinuating that Na'vi people are chaste
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
17 supporters
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The main character is paralysed and uses a wheelchair as a result (paralytic is a term for someone who is very drunk btw).
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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When the Mother Tree is distroyed, all Na’vi are left homeless because they used to live there.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
1 supporters
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Many characters die
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Vehicular
Does a plane crash?
23 supporters
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Attack helicopters are shot down.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
81 supporters
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Very minor amount. Enough for you to know someone is injured but it is not anywhere near gore
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Does someone drown?
47 supporters
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0
No
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Not in this one. Be wary of Avatar 2
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Is there gun violence?
42 supporters
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There are multiple instances of people getting shot.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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There are multiple explosions when planes crash and when an important spiritual tree is destroyed.
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