I am writing a movie review for the very first time , if I have made any mistakes please don't make it a big remark .
There had been much speculation about this movie from the date of its release, reasons being 3D , visual effects story line and James Cameron . Every idea you see in this movie is either derived from an another idea .But I’ll tell you right now that Avatar is a film that must be seen in 3D theatres, People are seeing Avatar for the visuals not for the story line.
Sam Worthington, a name I believe Hollywood will soon become recognized with, plays a handicap Ex Marine with the soul purpose of going to the moon Pandora in hopes that the Army/Marines will help pay for him to get his legs fixed while he is stuck in a wheel chair(don’t understand why the government spends so much for an handicapped person to go to a distant place several light years away from earth). Stephen Lang’s performance as Colonel Quaritch was the one performance that seemed to be the abundance of generic quality a character can be. The generic Colonel who’s soul purpose is to complete his mission. ”We’re not in Kansas anymore.” The first half of the movie captures the attention of the viewers into a new planet (Pandora ) were every thing from people , environment , animals , tree of souls , hanging mountains with waterfalls .. Leaves the movie goers in spellbinding .
The second half of the movie revolves around how the native people the Navi’s fight against the Army people and restore their homeland underlines the phrase “people have the right to fight for their life”. The most important thing which you will like in this movie is the climax were even the animals unite with the Navi’s to restore their land is much beyond speculation.
Now for the interesting part , people have speculated that James Cameron inspiration of the Navi’s comes from the ancient Indian mythological Idol Rama .. Yes the blue colored man who fights against the Ravana . The Rama described in the script was 9 feet tall and the Navi’s as described by Director is too the same . The final scene were the hero has three lines on his fore head and fights for his people can be related to the” namam” which the Rama has on his forehead , wait this is just a speculation and not that this is the fact
There are lot of good spiritual lessons embedded in it :
1. The universal consciousness, also known as 'Animism', is an integral part of several primitive cultures. Chinese calls it Chi, Indians call it Prana.
2. Love is the most powerful purifier of all.
3. All energy is only borrowed...You have to give it back.
4. "Mother earth does not take sides; she protects only the balance of life," a quote from movie reveals that mother earth promotes balance and harmony over everything else. Several Hindu and Zen spiritual theories promote balance and harmony as well.
Go see the movie for the visual affects because that itself is a memory to hold on to as movie like this will not be coming in near future ..
Written by :
J balaji.
