Monday, January 11, 2010

James Cameron's Blockbuster A Bit Too Good?


James Cameron is known for his plethora of imaginative movies. Recently, his new movie Avatar flew into theaters worldwide. Taking place on Pandora, Cameron takes you through a world immersed with hope, beauty, and adventure. The spectacle flew up charts everywhere, but good things don't last forever. "'Avatar' is on track to be the highest grossing film of all time, but some viewers say it leaves them depressed." Why this happens is a mystery to me, but some viewers found Cameron's work of art to be too wonderful to want to leave the world of Pandora. On a fan forum site, people are posting ways to cope with the depression. In my honest opinion, I find that this a ridiculous way to feel about an imaginative world. But if I went back into the shoes of one of the depressed movie watchers, I could see how they could be depressed. Avatar gave people a world with so much beauty and imagination that we don't have here on Earth. The fact that many viewers watched the film in 3-D doesn't help to add to the depression. But not all feel that way. "Other fans have expressed feelings of disgust with the human race and disengagement with reality." Since the film shows the Na'vi, the inhabitants of Pandora, as the good guys while the humans are bad I can understand how people may feel that humans are not good. Also, Pandora doesn't have global warming, something that is omnipresent in our planet. "Compared with life on Earth, Pandora is a beautiful, glowing utopia." Earth has something for all of us and we should accept the fact that this is our home planet. But for people whos life isn't going too well, Pandora jumps out at you like an oasis in a desert. Stay strong everybody. Life is great and live it to the fullest. Earth is our Pandora, so lets keep it safe and enjoy every minute we have on it.