Avatar - More than just a sci-fi movie.

I never liked a movie this much.
And a movie never lingered on my mind for this long.




But this movie, there's just something about it that makes me unable to push it away from my head.



Avatar.
That's the name.




Before i watched it, I thought it was just another sci-fi movie.
But it was a different feeling as I stepped outside the theatre afterwards.

'damn nice' was all I could mutter.
And automatically my head thought of a review, and my hand typed it in my handphone, just in case I would forget it.


It was one of the best, if not the best movie I have ever watched.



Until two days later, all I could think about day and night was that.
I went to sleep hoping to dream about this, and woke up thinking if I dreamt about it last night.
I still have no idea what makes this movie seems so awesome to me.



Maybe due to the war theme? It was futuristic warheads vs ancient creatures.
This idea was unique, combining two war eras into one movie.



Maybe the setting of the planet itself was beautiful. It was real scenic, especially the floating mountains and the glowing plants that light up Pandora's night.



Maybe because of the life of the Omaticaya tribe.
They live closely to the Nature, if not one with them.
I wanna live that kind of life.
I realise a technological life isnt what I desire.
A simple one would be good.



Maybe because of the love between Neytiri and Jake.
They were destined to be together, from the way they met, looked each other, and mated in front of Eywa, their Mother Nature.
A concrete example of a true love. Makes me realise my feeling about love is such a shit compared to what is happening between them.


Maybe due to the fact that Jake feels like he is dreaming his own life in his avatar.
Being in his avatar and living as a Na'vi, he found his true happiness.
It feels like I'm living in there too.
My real life feels redundant.
The world there is just so beautiful that I cant seem to find the right synonym for 'beautiful' to describe the life in that movie.
It was more than just beautiful.
It was a perfect life.
Simple, one with nature, peaceful.




Maybe because I realised the fact of how money can turn people and the world upside down.
I realised what greedy people can do to satisfy their extreme desire for money.
From ruining nature itself to take souls away indiscriminately.
It disgusts me to know humans can do that, and I am the same species as them.
It makes me even more sick to know that I can be like that too.
I wanna be another creature. A Na'vi if possible.
But that'll be a dream.
A dream which I need to wake up from. Soon.

Maybe due to the plot of the movie.
Dramatic-builder, with no anti-climax present.
Keep you hooked to the movie right from the beginning to the very end.
Keep you wanting to know what's next, keep you in real wonder.


Oh, shit. I can't stop thinking abt it.
It's too wonderful.
The Pandora, the Na'vi, Jake and Neytiri, their love and emotional bond, the closeness to Nature, the simple life these Omaticaya people had, their fearless spirit.
Everything feels like a dream to me.
It doesn't feel like a movie.
It feels real, too real to be a movie and too fake to be a dream itself.
Confusing? Yes I am in such great awe too.


These two days, I wish to have these dreams in my sleep.
Thats why I sleep quite early these few days.
I wanna have a chance to sip what my dream world feels like.
I hope for that to happen.
But it won't happen.
I want it to happen.
It can't happen.

God must have the purpose for making me feel this thoughtful about Avatar.
He must have wanted me to realise something.
I hope I'll figure that out soon.
Cause all I'm thinking now are Pandora, Jake, Neytiri, Omaticaya, and Eywa.




Avatar.








[another note I wrote on my handphone 12:13am WIB, Monday 21st December 2009]