avatar syndrome

the first imax of djdmaxxx

lahat na lang ng natatanung ko.."maganda! panoorin mu!", "avatar, the best!", "ganda ng pandora, grabe!", "sobrang ganda ng avatar sa 3d, sa imax kami nanuod..", "as in, 3 beses ko na pinanuod..", "naku! panoorin mu avatar, kakaiba.."..sino naman ang hindi macucurious sa mga word-of-mouth na maririnig mu..

last december pa ito pinalabas pero last week ko lang napanood ksi nga siningit ang movies ng filmfest..buti kamo at pinalabas ulit..at buti kamo at me sumama sa'kin sa sm north kasi dun lang me imax sa qc..nkadiscount pa dahil sa citibank promo..hehe..
i really am expecting a great movie..pag-upo ko pa lang a sinehan..at kahit mjo nakakapanibago sa imax kasi kailangan mu pa magsuot nung isa pang salamin na kailangan ko pa ipatong sa aking salamin..hassle talaga ang astigmatism..

sa movie na tayo..

avatar focused on the story of paraplegic war veteran, jake sully who is brought to pandora in place of his brother (a scientist who died which already had a ready avatar body)with the promise of getting his legs back if he helps the government on a mission..pandora is a planet inhabited by a primitive race called the na’vi and jake is sent in to learn their ways so that he can help relocate them and the humans can take over and get all the precious rock minerals..the plot is very simple and quite predictable which is what I always expect in a visually-inclined movie..

but what really struck me the most is the pandora experience..the luminosity of the environment..everything seems to light up..wonderful sights..visually stunning..unusual creatures..though some are just modifications of earthly animals (like the horses, dogs, dragons, rhinos, etc)..still beyond my imagination..and seeing it in 3d multiplies the astonishment..


i really am amazed with the connectivity thing of the braided hair tips which look like a bunch of fine worms..who thought of that idea..it’s like a universal connector where the na’vi connects to their animals, trees or even everywhere in pandora, I guess..
the movie is essentially an epic love story..between jake's avatar and neytiri..the hero is also torn between his loyalty to the two races..at first, he is doing it for the humans, like a spy..but as the story goes..he falls in love with pandora, with the people, and with the princess of the na’vi..and became a true na’vi in the end fulfilling the prophecy..


the humans here are mainly antagonistic since the good interest is on the na’vi..greed and violence is upon the human race..and one of the most emotional scene is when the humans brought down the big tree house with their enormous spaceships..did I mentioned that humans here were already advanced with all those robotics and stuffs..the climax would be the battle between the two races..all the na’vi tribes united to defend their holy place which the humans plans to take over..it’s a battle both in land and air..in the end, of course, good defeats the bad..happy feel good ending..hehe..

the movie experience is one of the best for me..i just wish that next time cameron conceptualize another one..maybe he could think of a good story, not only focusing on impeccable visual effects.. but I’ll still give the movie 5 out of 5 stars..it’s a great movie so better see it yourself..and if possible, see it on a 3d moviehouse..it’s worth it..