Sitting down with my gaze fixed on the screen of my computer for 2 hours 34 minutes and 30 seconds, the movie AVATAR was without doubt, time well spent. Of late I have found movies quite sedating, sending me to dreamland within fifteen minutes of watching. However this was far from being the case with this blockbuster from James Cameron. Every minute of the movie took me on a journey of discovery -of life, of nature, of mysteries, of limitations, of trust, of good and evil, of right of wrong and ultimately, of our selfish and myopic treatment of nature.
Before I go into the nitty-gritty, permit me to take a detour and intimate you with the movie AVATAR, upon which this note is based.
Jake Sully, a paraplegic Ex-Marine decides to replace his deceased brother in an intelligence gathering expedition to investigate the humanoid Na’vi clan in Pandora through the Avatars that imitate the features of the targeted population but are controlled by the minds of humans. While Jake tries subtle ways of gaining trust, the impatient military spearhead, Colonel Quaritch decides to exterminate the entire Na’vi race in order to forcefully gain access to the coveted abundance of unobtanium, a freely occurring mineral of high market value. Refusing to be blinded by his needs and cause, Jake turns against his own camp and leads the blue-skinned clan of creatures on a revolution against the age-long tyranny of man all in the name of dominating earth.
Wait a minute; what am I saying? If Avatar was all about just what I’ve summarized in seven lines, would it have won 3 Oscars, with 28 other wins and 53 nominations?
If Avatar was just another movie, would it have beaten Titanic with worldwide ticket box office sales, surpassing $1.8 billion?
If Avatar was just an everyday sci-fi epic, would it have broken a 12-year record in less than 7 weeks of release on 18th December, 2009?
If Avatar was just a movie, would I have decided to write this review after seeing it for the fourth time?
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