and have my own Na’vi Avatar, nah even better be a Na’vi itself and have my own Ikran and make my own tsahaylu.
This has gotta be the most fantastic sci-fi movie I’ve ever watched in a long while. So literally fantastic it’s like I was having my own Emerald Dream while still trying digest the reality of Pandora. It is strongly reminiscent of Warcraft 3’s Night Elves, but even better – glow-at-night plants and being able to biochemically bond with animals (what the Na’vi call tsahaylu) beat the Priestess of the Moon or the druids. Anytime.
The 3D’s extremely beautiful, but I think the theme is the most beautiful, if you can see beyond the devastation wrought by the “Sky People” later in the movie. The Na’vi had very few human allies, but these humans stood up and did the right thing of trying to save the Na’vi of giving in to human corporate greed like everyone else. These few humans had the courage to admit that the Na’vi were a spiritually and biologically blessed people, and took a painful and courageous step in opposing their fellow brethren. In the end Jake Sully (who was called Jakesully by the Na’vi) took the side of the Na’vi and finally drove the humans out in a heroic defence of their homeland.
I like to think this drives across a very powerful message to certain people, I’m hoping (a fool’s hope but well, you never know) they can understand that this is not just about beautiful graphics. When you have Russian media giving special attention to a film from Hollywood (think politics) and even praising its message, you know that something’s special about Avatar.
Avatar is definitely the best theatrical eye-candy for me this year, but even more, I’ve never felt so liberated watching a movie. Bottom line, everything about Avatar is fantastic – the graphics, the imagination, the theme, the message, even the duration of the theater version. I was thinking that if they had an extended version of Avatar in DVD or Blu-ray later on I would most definitely snap it.
Now we don’t know about you. Since it just came out we recommend you grab a 3D ticket while it’s still available. Or do yourself a favor by clicking on the play button of the bottom trailer if you’re not convinced. Yet.
