Avatar
Cameron filmed the first part of Avatar while my younger one was peeing her diapers. So before I took her to the cinema to see part two, we had a home screening of part one.
Popcorn, nuts, lying down between pillows and under the blanket, wide plasma and surround sound in the semi-darkness - in such conditions one should enjoy monumental works.
After three flushed hours, when the final credits appeared on the screen, we looked at each other and in a spontaneous, if not soldierly, way, expressed our opinions, using the same words, uttered at the same moment: "fuck."
There were no tickets left for the IMAX screening - it is clear that the second part is also breaking records. And we had to put up with the dubbing, which, as it turned out later, was not that unbearable. The most important thing is that we watched the version in 3D.
Well, what can I say? The sea version of Avatar is even more breathtaking than the forest version.
It is a colorful and bright, dynamic and captivating fairy tale realized with incredible attention to detail. And also told in an original and unpretentious way.
Cameron's technique of shooting photos of real actors and then transforming those photos using a computer gave the avatars a human touch and is truly impressive.
For me, however, the greatest value of the film is its message. Cameron delivers it unobtrusively, with grace.
This is a film about defenseless nature, which some call earth, others mother or creator, and still others god. About the nature that gave birth to us and of which we are a part and which should be the source of all strength, faith and meaning for us. And which, instead, we destroy by cutting off the branch on which we are sitting.
In Avatar, the inhabitants of the fairy-tale planet Pandora manage to protect their home from the attempts of insatiable earthlings, who, after destroying their home, seek out new territories to plunder on the outskirts of the universe. An American blockbuster cannot fail to end with a happy ending.
Maja and I are eagerly awaiting the third part of Avatar.
