AVATAR

At first, I was uninterested about this film. Because for me, its title didn't give me the need to watch it. It seemed plain. By the way, in Hindu, "avatar" is derived from "avatāra" which means "descent". Avatar is a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation" (have you ever made an avatar on yahoo? :D).

I first saw the trailer on youtube. And I said, "whew.. It's the same as any other sci-fi movie". Well....that's what I said, but my level of interest rose as I finished watching the trailer. So, I opened a torrent website, searched, downloaded the movie (since the dvd I rented failed to play, so I downloaded it in piratebay..lol) and then watched.

Cameron wrote the story in 1994. Filming was supposed to take place after the completion of Cameron's 1997 film Titanic, for a planned release in 1999. But, back then, the necessary technology to make the movie as epic as it is was not yet available. So he collaborated with the best movie effects creators to make it bit by bit.

This is motion picture brought to another level where every detail of the actors' performances was preserved to their respective CG characters as they appear on the screen. But enough of the praise for the outstanding animation effects. Avatar is about the romance of two, blue, fully believable, flesh-and-blood giants (i think). Well, if you think about it. Creating a movie for the purpose of showing of superiority in movie magic doesn't really make sense. Every bit of technology in "Avatar" reflects the deeply felt love story in it.

Avatar is just exceptionally epic, enough said. I was certainly proven wrong about my first impression. Now, I only have the feeling of guilt about downloading the movie illegally on the net. ^^,

Posted by: Jan Martin C. Enriquez
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