Avatar: just a great movie or something more?
February 14th 2010 10:51
... is the 'Avatar effect' something mystical and paranormal, our ancestral home reaching out to us and we to it, as we seek the correct path to enlightenment? Or is it simply an effect of neurological pleasure, a literal physical affect caused by the image pattern across our brains?
Kleo's post is a very interesting read, and I recommend it. She gives plenty of bang for a free blog post.
Interestingly, I came home about two hours ago from seeing Avatar for the first time. Like Kleo, when it ended, I was rooted to my seat, for the most positive of reasons - I didn't want the experience to end.
I have no sense, however, that it was anything other than a cinematic experience. There is much that is imaginative and innovative in it, but not the story line or themes — these are Hollywood staples.
I think it's just a movie, 3D and bar-raising special effects notwithstanding. I think the cooky, conspiracy-theory type reactions are simply a predictable product of its huge success.
The only question for me was: would it live up to the hype? I saw Titanic a few months after it was released with the same question in my mind. I enjoyed Titanic, but I would never sit through it a second time. I can't wait to see Avatar a second time. And a third.
Avatar is stunning and extraordinary. But it's just a movie.
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Comment by Kleonaptra
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When it first came out, Katyzz did a post on the 3d and its possible negative effects. I believe she said 5% of the popluation could percieve it negatively.
Kmans like you - great movie, but just a movie. I literally feel like it was something more. Like we have evolved in our use of this media, the creation of fantasy. Gives me great hope that my world, Omecka, may be just as influential someday!
Comment by Chris Champion
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I agree that Avatar was glimpse of the future of cinema experience. I didn't know what to expect from the 3D, but I didn't expect to see one end of a spaceship in my lap and endless landscapes. I didn't expect to duck as a rock whizzed towards me. Absolutely amazing and wonderful.