Published: Oct. 12, 2011
Words: 4046 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

Spirituality is all over James Cameron’s latest movie “Avatar”, but not in places where you expect spirituality to be. This review will assume that you have watched the film (warning, spoilers are included) as I will just lightly comment on the non-spiritual aspects of the film before getting quite in depth with the spiritual angle which I sense within the film.

Extended description

Spirituality is all over James Cameron’s latest movie “Avatar”, but not in places where you expect spirituality to be.

This review will assume that you have watched the film (warning, spoilers are included) as I will just lightly comment on the non-spiritual aspects of the film before getting quite in depth with the spiritual angle which I sense within the film.

I am not the typical movie watcher. I hardly watch movies since my attention span can’t allow me to stay put watching a movie. “Avatar” is nearly 3 hours long. But with all the positive reviews and raves, I ended up seeing it myself.... (Read more) Spirituality is all over James Cameron’s latest movie “Avatar”, but not in places where you expect spirituality to be.

This review will assume that you have watched the film (warning, spoilers are included) as I will just lightly comment on the non-spiritual aspects of the film before getting quite in depth with the spiritual angle which I sense within the film.

I am not the typical movie watcher. I hardly watch movies since my attention span can’t allow me to stay put watching a movie. “Avatar” is nearly 3 hours long. But with all the positive reviews and raves, I ended up seeing it myself.

James Cameron has done it again. “Avatar” has greatly impressed a very large audience. Film critics as well as the typical moviegoers have given it an outstanding rating. The volume of movie tickets sold show the enthusiasm of the typical moviegoers to watch it. Other people like me who don’t usually watch movies also end up seeing it. Several people are watching it multiple times probably impressed by the 3d version in several moviehouses.

Although the film’s genre is science fiction, a broad spectrum of people are watching it too. The film has an anti-war theme. The humans even used the phrases, “shock and awe” and “fight terror with terror”. The film could even be considered environmentalist. This is not a typical action film like James Cameron’s “Terminator” that appeals to your masculinity, but also a highly sensitive film that appeals to your feminine side with its angles of environmentalism and yes, spirituality.

Although some reviews have stated that some of the lines in the movie have been seen elsewhere, there are other angles which are quite new to me. In this film, the aliens are not exactly the enemy. The aliens are not the conquerors, but instead the ones to be conquered. The aliens though technically inferior, have a spirituality which is seemingly more evolved than that of humans.

Although the CGI (computer generated imagery) and military hardware overwhelmed me on the onset, I was shocked to find the film with highly spiritual overtones.
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spirituality, reincarnation, god, faith, buddhism, avatar, shamanism, near death experience, pantheism

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Review by: Bluebird Bliss on April 22, 2012 :
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