Avatar movie review (finally)

I just came back from Avatar (the second time - accompanying my sis. and my friend told me to MUST accompany him to watch the third time. omg. the awesomeness of the movie is becoming stale =.= ) + Al Fresco + CKT (thanks to chingee). I thought of writting this NOW instead of tomorrow cos the movie is still fresh in my mind. Another reason why my Avatar movie review was delayed sooooo long after i watched it the first time in KL. And my mind insisted that i write about this movie cos i really think this is a good movie. Something different from the others, yet almost the same.

Right.

James Cameron.

King of the World.

(he got this title from Titanic, i didn't call him that)

Director of the Terminators and Titanic. Should be good, eh?

Anyway i didn't go and watch Avatar cos i wanted to, my dad just arranged it for us as part of our KL trip.

Didn't regret going though.

It was much better in KL (sound system and seats AND COMPANY ; bloody huana and kelengna) than TI <-- duhh.

Well, the title already speaks about the whole movie, actually. It's about avatars. Lol. And the movie was way more than 'not bad' for a computer-generated movie. If i didn't read from Wikipedia, i would've thought this is another rip off from the movie Surrogates or something like that.

According to Wiki, this movie was supposed to be released after Titanic (in 1999). But the technology wasn't good enough for this movie, so he waited. Till NOW. Man, he had patience. And man, the technology had really grown up to the standard for this movie. The graphic and special effect was awesome. In other type of sci-fi shows, u can find bits of flaws here and there, but in this show? None. It all looked SO good, so good. The glowing forest, especially when night falls, is a breath-taking sight, and u will actually try to put urself in Jake Sully's shoes to imagine how it would have felt to have seen it with ur own eyes, eh?

I don't know whether to trust Wikipedia or not, but yeah. The drama was a little stale. You know, the same old a bad guy was supposed to do something bad, he went to spy on the enemy, and then he fell in love, and he 'betrayed' his own kind, and helped his lover's clan, bublah bublah bublah.

It's either some other people caught a glimpse of James Cameron's script for this Avatar and go copy his stuff, OR it's just how humans come up with movies nowadays. ANYWAY, this was something fresh. A little. I liked the entrance Jake Sully made, being a Toruk Macto. He was practically being worshipped when he went back. LOL.

It's too bad that Augustine had to die, but it was funny when she said "I need to take some samples" when she's at the verge of dying from the gunshot wound she had. These biology people and samples. *rolls eyes* Anyway, not much lost. She wasn't that important anyway. LOL. Oh. One question. Did Norm die? I don't really know. His avatar died, but his human body just woke up panting hard, and that's it. Anyway (again), not important. When i was watching this movie, it's the first time i despised human beings so much. I was practically being happy (in silence) when the humans were killed by Na'vis. Can u imagine how BIG was the Home Tree? It's like a trillion size bigger than their bloody spaceships! Do u know how long does it take to grow that big? Actually I have no idea as well :P but i'm guessing it's a loooooooong time. It really reminds us, to what extent humans can go to get wealth. Like those China people killing tigers and polar bears even though they're at the verge of extinction. Just to get more money. Not forgetting they WENT to the Na'vi's planet and then tried to shoo them out of their own village. wtf wtf wtf wtf. Ok, back to the movie.

Well, as much as u think i'm into city life and sky scrappers, i'm in love with nature. God created our world, and he created so many different species of plants and animals, all sorts of rich colours and various sizes. Shouldn't we appreciate them? Though in the movie Avatar, it's all just virtual, i still think they're a part of nature, and it somehow gets to me when all these beautiful things get destroyed by missiles and bombs. The mountains of Hallelujah (what a name =.= i sorduf feel insulted a little, as a Christian) was breath-taking.

This all just made the length of the movie was all worth it. Unlike 2012, I can watch this the 2nd time and not feel sleepy or bored. I was still captivated by the awesomeness of this movie throughout. Though at times, the kelengnas siting beside my sister gets a tad bit too loud, and it gets a tad bit too annoying. Zaaaaah what do u expect in TI? Omg i'm straying again.

And though there was very little humour in this movie, the little bits of sarcasm and humour every now and then is enough to last the whole movie. Little is more. Again, James Cameron pulled it off again, after Titanic. He was clever to use the word Pandora as the name of the place. As most people know about Pandora's box, the word Pandora gives all the mystery in the world u can get. Therefore, in the beginning (when i first watched it), i was so eager to know what type of place is Pandora, as it sound so dangerous, yet mysterious. Beautiful, yet deadly.

I sorduf expected the ending, though. Jake Sully will stay with the Na'vi. Happy ending. Which is exactly what i want. Though it's stale beyond description, though it happens in every-single-shit-movie, though it's something u would would have expected, though happy endings are often boring for some people, i'm still a sucker for happy endings. Sue me. Neytiri and Jake Sully got happy ending after Jake Sully get to be in his avatar forever, thanks to Eywa and the Tree of Souls. Happpie ever after!! Lol. However, i sorduf expected the 'blue monkey's to 'mate' or get intimate in a different way. U know, maybe by connecting their two ponytails together and let the leggy thing bond together. Mwahaha. But no, old fashioned French Kiss does the trick :) and they do have lust. Lol.

So, yeah. This is the end of the review. Sorry it's not juicy enough and i didn't really explain bout the plot. Mainly my own opinions here bout bits and pieces of the movie. Well, like 2012, which everyone adores, except me, some people out there might disagree with me and think Avatar is a shit movie. I don't mind. I'm not a hardcore Sci-Fi epic fan, but this is one hell of a good movie. Just a liiiiiitle flaws here and there, but it can be overlooked. Worth watching for those that haven't watch. *hints Aaron*