James Cameron's Avatar (part 2)

This post is a little more personal about Avatar. All those who wish to avoid this post can click away now. Even though I've only seen James Cameron's Avatar once, not only do I want to see it again, but I can freely admit that this movie moved me, emotionally and spiritually, in a new way. I really wasn't expecting that. Like I said, when the movie started, the visuals did capture my attention and the story started off a little slow but it worked on me slowly and effectively. At one or two times I was close to crying, but that's natural with a strong movie. I mean, look at Titanic. What this film did though, was that it started making me think about Earth, our own planet. In Avatar, the comparisions of the Na'vi alien race to Native Americans is unmistakable and I do think once in a while about the damage we've done to them, but there was a line somewhere in the movie where one of the characters said that Earth is no longer green and is dying. While some people might unconsciously pass that off, that personally scared me. I mean, what does happen if Earth dies? I'm not a science major and I'm not very smart with the technical details of that, but it inspired me to. Some people are reassuring that there are many people trying to save the enviornment but it can never be sure on how many are actually doing that. I want to help but I'm not exactly sure how. Other people will probably say that preaching about the environment and what not is a cliche and we're all fine. But what if we're not? The real cliche is not that people are preaching about it. The real cliche may be that everybody hears about it, but nobody or not enough people are doing anything about it. I don't mean to attack anyone or sound like a hippy or something but these thoughts worry me. I mean I'm compelled to help, I want to help, but I don't know how. Like I said, I'm not very good with science and I want to be a filmmaker, but at the same time I'm compelled to do something, to help Earth and its environment, but at the same time, I don't want to give up my writing and filmmaking dream so I'm not sure what to do. I then thought what would happen if we tried living in a different way, like the native americans or the Na'vi. A lot of people will think that's nuts because pretty much everyone's used to living in a warm house with plumbing and water and all the comforts, and a car to drive them where they want to go, and having a paying job, and buying things, and being entertained by movies and books and games and what not. Not to mention the religious stuff as well but it could work out somehow. Still, a lot of people are so used to that, that they don't want to let that go because things are fine the way they are. I somewhat agree with that. Trust me readers, I'm not nuts and I don't plan to go native in Brazil or something. I just had all these thoughts swirling around in my head and I needed to write them down. You can call me an idiot or that I'm nuts or whatever. That's fine. Still though, what does everybody think?