In this scene, Jake is experiencing a new body form. He has been transferred into an Avatar's body through some neurological technology transference. It's like he's almost been reborn and given a new body. This scene was a great topic to discuss because it took the audience into Jake's visual perspective after he has gone through the body transfer into the new Avatar. The director does a great job on making the audience see what Jake did. The sound effects that echo at the end of every word, the fuzzy blurry images that Jake sees after the operation, and the motor skill exams questions after the operation are all great things that relate to what we as humans would do after a real surgery. What I thought the scientists treated Jake as an alien. They were afraid of him in a way, but they try to keep their cool because its someone they know in a Avatar's body through operation. How did they get this Avatar body in the first place?! Furthermore into the scene, Jake runs through the basketball court and the training field because he gets to use his feet since he's disabled! However, in reality, it is not possible for someone to regain that ability if they are permanently disabled but can experience that emotion of happiness and arousal. He loves the new Avatar body! As the scene goes on, clips of Jake's human facial expressions show as he's running in his new Avatar body. He looks like he's almost in a deep sleep. Almost in REM Sleep, reaching a dreaming stage of sleep and being aroused by the dream itself. I thought this was a fascinating clip because there are just so much that I can argue about. The way that the operation was treated as a surgery, the scientists that act like doctors, the human Avatar's facial structure vs the actual Avatar's facial structures (human Avatars look more like Westerners and original Avatars look more like African Americans), and the height of these creatures. It's just too much to talk and argue about! Also a great movie!
I chose to read your post because we wrote about the same scene. I think you did a great job. I also like how you touched on the fact that the scene is blurry when he first opens his eyes. That also gives the scene ethos because when we undergo a big change (like a surgery) our vision is a little blurry and it takes a while for us to figure out what is going on. We had some of the same view points but also different ones. I didn't catch the part where it looked like he was in a REM sleep. I guess that is a good excuse for me to watch the scene over again! ;) Great job.
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