What is 'Avatar' about?

Answer 1

Avatar, set in a fictional future, is about an Earth company (the RDA) that is trying to extract a rare and valuable mineral from the moon Pandora, located in the Alpha Centauri star system. There is an intelligent race called the Na'vi which are indigenous to the moon. The movie follows a marine named Jake Sully who neurally connects to a lab grown organic clone of a Na'vi called an "avatar". In this body he attempts to befriend the natives and attempt to work out a peaceful mining solution. The Na'vi are a very spiritual people who have a strong connection to nature and their environment and are against the mining. Jake becomes torn between the ways of his own race and the deep beliefs of the Na'vi, and eventually betrays humanity. The movie touches upon the idea of how far humans will go to get what they want, no matter what the cost.

Answer 2

Avatar: The Last Airbender is about a 12 yr old boy (biologically) who is an airbender frozen in an iceberg for 100 yrs. When he awakes he meets Katara (a waterbender) and Sokka who are from the southern water tribe. He also learns that the entire time he was in the iceberg there was a war going on started by the fire nation. Aang turns out to be the long lost avatar- master of all 4 elements. Along his journey to master the elements he meets knew people (toph) and becomes closer to the friends he knew long before (katara and Sokka). Aang soon learns he must master the elements before Sozin's comet (a comet that give firebender extreme power) so that the world can still have a chance at peace.