1 FILM CLIPS AVATAR M1 : USA 2009 : James Cameron : PRODUCTION DIRECTOR STARRING Sam Worthington (Jake Sully) Zoe Saldana (Neytiri) Stephen Lang (Col. Miles Quaritch) Michelle Rodriguez (Trudy Chacon) Sigourney Weaver (Grace) A SYNOPSIS The film is set in the mid-22 century. Humans are colonizing Pandora – a densely- moon in the Alpha Centauri star system – though its is to humans. The story's hero is Jake Sully, a former marine confined to a wheelchair. Jake has been recruited to join an expedition to Pandora in order to extract a precious mineral, whose exploitation might solve the . To facilitate their work, the humans use a link system that projects a person's consciousness into a hybrid of humans and Pandora's indigenous, 3-meter-high blue humanoids, the Na'vi. This human-Na'vi hybrid is known as an "Avatar." In his new Avatar form, Jake can walk once again. His mission is to interact with the Na'vi with the hope of obtaining their help in extracting the precious mineral. A beautiful Na'vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake's life, although reluctantly, because even in his Avatar body, Jake represents to her the human intrusion into the Na'vi’s . As Jake's relationship with Neytiri deepens, along with his respect for the Na'vi’s and traditions, he leads an epic conflict that will decide Pandora's destiny. nd forested atmosphere poisonous Earth's energy problems untouched world environment BEFORE VIEWING Answer the following questions: After reading the synopsis, surf the net to find information about an Avatar and Pandora. Pandora is a luxuriant moon. What do you think its natural environment could be like? How is Pandora different from the Earth? FILM CLIP 1 Now watch the film clip and fill in the script with the phrases in the box below. this is sad • my fault • cannot learn • like a child • don’t understand this • why save you • to say thanks • learn to speak English • a baby making noise • your little forest friends Jake’s Avatar, on a mission with other Avatars, gets lost in the forest. He is frightened. Suddenly a pack of wild wolf-like creatures attack him. Hidden in a tree, Neytiri ( ) sees the scene and decides to rescue the Avatar ( ). N A Look… Hey, probably you (1) _______________ but thank you… thank you… this was pretty impressive… I would have been screwed if you hadn’t come along… Hey, wait a second… Hey, where’re you going? Wait up… Just slow down… Look, wait up. I just wanted (2) _______________ for killing those things. Damn! Don’t thank. You don’t thank for this. _______________ Very sad only. Okay, okay, I’m sorry. Whatever I did I’m sorry. All this is your fault. They did not need to die. (4) _______________? They attacked me. How am I the bad guy? A: N: (3) A: N: A: Your fault! Your fault! Easy, easy… You’re like (5) _______________ don’t know what to do. Easy, fine, fine… If you love (6) _______________, why don’t let them just kill my ass? What’s the thinking? (7) _______________? Yeah, yeah, why save me? You have a strong heart, no fear, but stupid, ignorant (8) _______________. N: A: N: A: N: A: N: ONLINE RESOURCES After viewing activities