Avatar, it was a beautiful incident in that magical afternoon. Three hours in the theater, my eyes were badly burnt as a result from the unconscious abnormal cut down of blinking. Those were the moments in life where you did not feel like letting any 0.1 seconds to slide out of your vision, as each of the tiny little time-scale carried incredibly breathtaking pictures that you will never want to miss.
18th December 2009.
I thought
Avatar was just another typical Hollywood movie with the excessive use of special effects and commercialized idiotic "fighting aliens" kind of cliche story line to attract the marginalized member of the society. Though, part of my heart still kept the hopes up as Avatar was written and directed by the gifted movie master,
James Cameron. He created the "
Terminator" and "
Titanic" legend, which is irreplaceable in all humans' history.
After the three spectacular hours, I shall say that the self-proclaimed
'King of the World' made it again; he utilized the advancement of 3D technology to invent an enthralling fantasy planet for the viewers world wide, sending them off to a captivating journey that we secretly hope would last forever.
The plot remains simple- A group of ruthless and greedy people craved for the pricey mineral that could only be found at the planet outer space,'
Pandora'. However, there was this aggressive native alien species,
Omaticayan that occupied the area. Scientists successfully cloned the
'Avatar' of themselves, mixing with humans and the native DNA so that they could link to the
'Avatar' and breathe at the planet of
'Pandora'. They tried to gain the trust of the natives for different reasons. Scientist,
Grace wanted to study the ecosystem of the mysterious planet whereas the representative of the Resources Development Administration,
Parker and the colonel,
Miles tried to determine the strategy to deal with the locals so that they would move and allow the humans to snatch their mineral.
Jake, the soldier who lost his legs in war was chosen to replace his deceased scientist brother,
Tom owing to the necessity of matching DNA , to connect with Tom's
Avatar. Then,
Jake travelled in and out two worlds, learning about
Omaticayan, seeing the forest from the native's eyes, went through a soul-searching experience, fell in love with the sexy
Na'vi princess and the mother nature.
I do not intend to write a review or comment about this film or the acting, as there are millions of professional movie critics have done that already. I am just an amateur blogger and movie-goer who is totally under the
Avatar's spell and is driven by the urge to jot down this piece of feeling. Cameron was meticulous in his presentation of the fairyland,
'Pandora'. According to Greek mythology,
Pandora was the first woman created by Gods. She was always curious so one of the Gods decided to test her by giving her a jar which was beautiful but evil, something that was forbidden to be opened. But, She could not resist her strong curiosity; she opened the jar and releasing all the evils of mankind.
Avatar's Pandora was as seductive as the
Pandora's box. Everybody would be tempted to open the enchanting cover even being warned about the potential risks well in advance. It was like a real wonderland that we always dream about at night. We all have this little fairy-like space that we would like to be in but we could never reach. We cannot even picture it out as such a dreamland never existed on earth before;this is completely out of human's ability. Hence, this piece in our heart was clearly presented by Cameron, this wizard with his magical hat brought us the brand new kind of "
Alice in the Wonderland" experience.
The fairyland unveiled the evil side of mankind. Selfish people destroyed the native's homeland to rob the resources. The greatest irony was how Na'vi people were labelled as 'savages' by
Parker as they were not educated and leading tribal-based life. How about those so-called 'civilized' humans who intrude others' land, killing billions of life, destructed the entire region and nature, just to steal and exploit the minority. Isn't it something that never stops happening ever since the begining of our great '
civilization'?
Pandora was a wonderland. In the fantasy, everything that we wish for can be true.
Jake was able to walk, run, fly and even appeared as the hero who saved the entire nation of
Omaticayan, despite the fact that he was paralyzed in human's world. He was blessed enough to be brought to
Pandora, experiencing the real humanity with real loving people. Since
Jake's fantasy became real, of course he would choose to stay in it, who will be able to refuse this kind of offer?
Sadly, the dreamland soley belongs to the movie. The ugliness of mankind remains inevitable in real life. That might be one of the reasons for people like us to pay willingly, even for more than once, just to imagine the
"running through forest, the wind in my head and the sand at my feet" kind of careless and free life in the dark dreamy space.
Sometimes, it is really depressing to know that we only have rights to dream when we sleep at night.
