An Anthropological Experience

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2010)

It is rare when a movie truly moves one. It is rare because so many movies are clichés nowadays. Avatar is truly unique. It is a touching story with so many messages. Of the insensitivity greed brings. Of the meaning of life itself. I was completely "avatar"ed into the movie. It was an anthropological experience, painting a visually stunning portrayal of a truly rare way of life that I could not really relate to till watching this movie. I feel like this movie has changed me. I do not believe in superstitious nature worship. But I think there is a unique message in that we must not be ignorant to other ways of life, because we are not necessarily living the one true way that all must learn. Sure there have been similar movies out there, and the whole concept is analogous to colonist exploration in North America and previously indigenous places (Pocahontas anyone?). Not to say that those aren't moving stories, but Avatar amazes in an exceptional way with innovative customs, and the fact that the foreigners actually become the same race as the natives, so the fact that they are really of another race is not so obvious. It is really a pro multicultural movie in the sense that a foreigner becomes accepted due to his spirit, not his race. Amazing experience. I felt like I was pulled out of the avatar link when the movie was over.