Great Avatar Review

Written By: mike on August 26, 2010 No Comment

Eyes waking into a dream, a second chance for two brothers, living and deceased. Traveling through time, into a world of innocence—Pandora. James Cameron’s 12 year old vision and message pierces through the reality we take for granted each day. The surrounding motion of human error, and corruption and chaos. The nightmares we suppress through alcohol and chemicals—Side effect friends—pretending we are in that last great dream.

Sam Worthington (Jake Sully) performance gives us hope. His poetic voice-overs and actions throughout the trailer remind us we are not totally lost, and messiah figures do exist in each of us. He himself a miss-intended product of education, corporations and foundations. Living again in a new world through his twin brother’s shared DNA and Avatar. Casting could not be any more perfect. Just the thought of Sigourney Weaver sends chills through my body from her epic scenes in another James Cameron master piece—Alien.

Stephen Lang is the perfect villain, a mercenary behind the corporate greedy hand of Giovanni Ribisi—Monetary motivation at any cost. Destroying another planet, disrupting another civilization. Trying to delude the Na’vi that our system is best. Using the doctors as pawns to convince them they need us, so they can extract Pandora’s most valuable resource for profit back on earth—Unobtainium.

Eyes waking again, this time through the eyes of his brother’s Avatar. Innocent and new overall senses—the adventure and awakening begins. A completely different world ruled by nature and respected by the Na’vi. Jake Sully’s awareness grows with each day guided by a corporate dead line. Suddenly trusted by a female native—my first crush comes racing back. Times when purest love beamed brilliantly.

Cameron reminds us how it should be, stripping us from our deadlines and obligation of ourselves to every last stitch. Reminding us to enact the rites of passage of this ancient tribe. Helping us reconnect with the forces of the universe, and respecting the power it has over us. The free floating feather disguised as Aiwa dropped from the heavens calling to one another without noise— Comfort can be found anywhere. Feeling God like—flying on dragon-like pets of freedom. The true meaning of love.

The timeless and inevitable war—Nature versus Man. The hope that we won’t destroy ourselves in the end. That we can walk away from this society, from the ruse of might institutions. To dance till dawn, barefoot in mud to our music and write poetry. To be free and always be kids, and run away from this great depression and downfall of all peoples. To continue walking with an understanding raging between us, sometimes defeated but having the strength and courage to fight the next day.

Amazing special effects with a story so true to our human reality. Our man made problems of greed, and lust for power—forgetting about our planet surrounded by propaganda and media lies. Always planning for the future while the present goes by and the tragic truth of it all. Forgetting each other, and that we are all children of the earth and all connected in some shape or form. That Mother Nature is the one true religion in this great universe.

By Dave Bravo