19.12.09

Avatar.

The impact of the movie is tremendous.  Barring the groundbreaking special effects, which was to be expected from James Cameron, the film was simply beautiful.  He created a world which for some reason we could all fall in love with.  Why?  Because that is the world we used to live in before we decided it would just be easier to rape it to death.  I wanted to cry after seeing it just knowing the absolute symmetry between this and what we did to the Native Americans.  But the most important parts of the film were not the great acting, the CGI special effects, the soundtrack and sound engineering... these were all giant billboards on a cinematic highway to a forgotten place all saying "Look at the amazing ideas you fucking moron!  This is what we are supposed to be!"

The subtle themes floating around in the movie was the true beauty of the film.  Like Pandora, the life on our planet is networked, it does communicate, it does respond as a whole to what we do.  It grants miracles and takes life, it keeps us balanced.  The only problem we have is dealing with ourselves.  We are a creative/destructive force which is simultaneously separate and connected to everything around us.  I wish I could escape it.  I'd like to think we would all love to transfer to an Avatar.  To feel those real things.  To recognize ourselves as animals rather than biological computers.  To seek beauty rather than functionality and efficiency.  To see true joy rather than fleeting happiness.  To stop living to try to live forever - but rather live to be alive.

I am sad.  I don't want to be a part of this fucking machine anymore.  But where do I go?  Where can I just be an animal?  I don't know... I don't think there is a place anymore...

3 comments:

  1. if i could find any proof that some form of heaven exsisted, mine would be in pandora, i would be one of its people, and i would kill myself the minute i knew it to be true. my soul would spend eternity in a world i was meant to be a part of.

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  2. This blog reminds me of an old quote which suites the reason we as humanity are where we are. "A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem." Albert Einstein

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  3. I thought the movie sucked! Bunch of tree hugging, non-christian hippies....

    Its what we are supposed to be, but we can still get there! We just need to get over the hangover that is materialism and the status quo.

    Btw, we are building an Aewah (sp) right now. Its name: the Internet.

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