Linked scenes and mirror scenes

[Woodsprite]

...No, Selfridge was being sarcastic in that the Na'vi didn't want anything to do with human technology, and thus reverted to traveling without roads ("We give 'em roads, but no. They like mud.")


As for the analysis... to be honest, it looks like a whole bunch of coinsidence. I didn't see any of that in the movie, and I still don't see it making sense.

Quaritch was in the AMP suit talking to Jake just as he was about to leave. I thought the shot between Jake and Quaritch (where they're both facing each other) was a tribute to the fact that Jake was such a small guy compared to the might of Quaritch. Jake was just a beginner marine rookie guy who'd never experienced Pandora before, and the second scene of Quaritch has him lifting a hundred pounds in the first shot. The scene (I thought) was supposed to let us know how tough and experienced Quaritch was, thus giving us more reason to note how hard it'd be to take him down (if we were to turn against him later, which we did of course).

The coffin thing... meh. Similar shots with the lid going down over Tom's body; didn't seem like a parallel to me. Just looked like similar camera angles.

As for the "web" outlook, again: coinsidence. At least... to me it seemed that way. I don't know which scene you refer to with the countryside possessing web shapes. I think the joining of hands/touching of hands on shoulders was a common thing for the Na'vi to do when conducting any sacred or important ceremony. The roots of the Tree of Souls bonded with Grace and Jake in large clumps of vines, which seems natural, considering how trees have many roots, as do most woody plants.


...That's what I think about it all; I think you're looking too far into it. The examples you gave didn't look like parallels to me.