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Avatar = Futuristic Sci-Fi Ferngully...

Posted by SFaPiL2 - January 27th, 2010


The forest, the main characters, the deforestation, the betrayal and the fact that "the unified power of nature wins over evil" are all almost equally present in both movies... the only main three differences are that:
1) One's an rainforest on Earth and the other's on Pandora
2) The fairies in Ferngully are 5 centimeters big and fly whereas the Na'vi are something like 6 meters tall... and blue
3) The single bad guy in Ferngully is the personification of pollution, greed, hate and indifference whereas in Avatar the bad guys are the mercenaries and corporations that personify (you guessed it) greed, hate and indifference.

... but you know what? I just can't help but appreciate the movie anyway. ^__^

Yes, it's the traditional story that has been used plenty of times, but to hell with it... it's nice to get a spiced up version of it once in a while. I can get over the fact that "Ferngully" was produced in 1992 and that "Avatar"'s story was supposedly created in 1995 (inspirational theft anyone?).

Somehow it manages to create both nostalgia and renewed surprise at the same time, and for once the happy ending IS a happy ending (*ehem* with the obvious space for a sequel =__=). No bitter-sweet conclusions like in Pan's Labyrinth (... brutaly beautiful movie, btw), just a simple-minded happy ending.

I came in the movie theater with skepticism and came out surprised at how tecnology in the movie industry has evolved. A delightful experience that reminded me how a movie watched outside of the movie-theater just isn't the same.

Everyone else is free to think differently, but from the way I see it a movie is a winner when it manages to give you a breath-taking experience. James Cameron... you're an unoriginal bastard, but those 1.8 billion (!!!) dollars were well deserved.


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