I am sure most of you have seen the multi crore movie 'AVATAR' directed by James Cameron. I had watched it on the day of its premiere 18 Dec 2009, the same day on which our own 'Vettaikaaran' released. The problem was both movies were released on the same theatre complex. So those who didn't get tickets for the Vijay's starrer thronged box office of the 'Avatar'- The result- We were among the group who unexpectedly and unwillingly paid for a movie which they didn't like. Everybody started smoking from the very first scene( I wonder whether the law against smoking at public places is followed). Just imagine you are sitting at the top of a chimney, that was my situation. With irritation of eyes, Avatar added headache. I don't think the movie is worth Rs 1200 crores which is its budget, four years time which is the production period of the movie and James Cameron who had given us 'Titanic' the epic movie of our times. It lacks the basic tone- Emotions which is vital for any story not necessarily a cinema. Just remove the backdrop of the movie Pandora planet & its inhabitants, Avatar has elements which are not new to cinema. Here is a story of tamil cinema in the 1960s- A soldier is sent as a spy to his enemy country. He mingles with the people of that country, falls in love of its girl, realises the innocence of its people and switches his side and starts his fight for them against his home country and finally wins over them. Just fit the enemy country as another planet and its people as having different phenotype. You get the movie Avatar. Except the hard work made by its technical experts( first 3D animation images), innovative flora and fauna you get nothing. I went with lot of expectations but was very much disappointed. This shows one thing. Whatever money you are spending if there is no strong story no movie will be interesting. Avatar is no exception.
p.s: O.K. friends! Are you happy? I have purposefully avoided day to day issues and had written my comments about a movie that too from hollywood.
lazy fellow , write columns regularly...k?
ReplyDeletei havent seen avatar..so will get back to u soon..btw...wats ur review bout 1/1000...?!
Hai Jawahar! I took some break due to some unaviodable reason. Again a surprise! Avatar has won two golden globes yesterday- Best film & best director! I just can't believe it!
ReplyDeleteYet another news for Avatar. The film's regular version had been banned in China but the 3D version is still shown in that country. I don't know the logic behind it. Probably its because of the film's pro freedom storyline. But the beauty is pirated DVDs of the film are available for 1 dollar each. Also the film has been nominated for 8 BAFTA awards this year which are otherwise called as 'British Oscars'.
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Ezhilmaran,
ReplyDeletethe outline is true but the core was cool.how the natives connect with nature n respected every little thing existed as a living being,as a part of nature n that it has its righteous place n just becoz one species is intellectually developed cant n shudnt disturb the fine balance.if they did wud come back n bite them on their behinds!it's more with current trends of trying to preserve the ecosystem which is y i love the movie.respect nature n its power .infact the romance ting was quiet creapy for me !if a small n insignificant organism existed then it is meant to exist n the significance of it's role is not understood by man ,thats all.there will be grave consequences with we alter nature.i liked the 3d effect as well.
I'm sorry for late reply to you guys! Avatar bombed at the Oscars while the low budget movie "The Hurt Locker" which showed work about bomb squad won great honours!
ReplyDeleteHi... I agree with one point of urs the movie lacked emotions... but i just feel it was due to the avatar mask thrust upon the characters i guess... And when i watched the movie for the first time in the theater in 3D version i too felt let down... but when i watched it twice again in my DVD i realized the essence of the story... It had a good one..as gayathri has pointed... One more point i would like to highlight is that... In the closing stages of the movie when jake prays to god(eywa) to help them win the war, Neitri points out dont pray god balances life for every individual... I feel this is a good point to take home
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