Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible.

[Avery]

I love the feeling I get after watching Avatar, I don't care if its depression, it has really opened my eyes.

[Elequin]

I love the feeling I get after watching Avatar, I don't care if its depression, it has really opened my eyes!

I love and hate the feeling after I watch it... and that makes me love it more

[Avery]

I love and hate the feeling after I watch it... and that makes me love it more

I agree, I hate the sadness/emptiness feeling, but love the logic and comfort I get out of it. Its a very good movie.

[Orcakat]

I want to have my own avatar! lol.

It would just be oh so cool to go through what Jake went through. and I'm sure his journey isn't over yet.

[xcrunner08]

I want to have my own avatar! lol.

It would just be oh so cool to go through what Jake went through. and I'm sure his journey isn't over yet.

And that is why it is called the fantasy genre. It is a fantasy, I dream that we wish we could live. I know I certainly would like to which is why I come out of it feeling the way I do. That is the amazing thing about the movie, it really hits you on an emotional level.

[The_Duke]

Hey all I'm pretty new to the forum but I thought I'd enter the conversation. I too have felt the 'depression' as you guys have been calling it. I've seen the film twice now and am going again tomorrow morning while I'm still on leave. I have dreamed of the world every night since my first viewing and often wake up to a feeling of "offness" if any of you know what I mean. It's not necessarily the characters but the world itself, I simply love it, especially the night scenes, they are simply beautiful and my favorite part of the world. A major help for me has been the outdoors and envisioning the summer, I'm an outdoorsman so simply bringing my dogs for a quick walk often helps, even as it helped before when I felt restless (lucky for me i live 5 minutes from the Rocky Mountains). Too much time behind the computer doesn't help at all, even though I'll admit that I've discovered fan fiction over the past couple weeks and spent my fair share of time reading it lol, nerdy yes but I don't care! On the more extreme side I've pretty much already canceled a trip years in the making to go to a little island in the Caribbean with the money from my next tour overseas and am already planning a trip to a tropical rain forest, I'm in the research stages now. My own little way of coping, a little sad yes, but I simply don't care, the world of Avatar has changed my mind to some things. I used to think beauty was laying on a beach watching girls in bikinis (although still pretty nice), now I want to see more of my world and the beauty within it. I consider it a blessing.

P.S. Monologue over lol!

[KalaKuival]

Hey all I'm pretty new to the forum but I thought I'd enter the conversation. I too have felt the 'depression' as you guys have been calling it. I've seen the film twice now and am going again tomorrow morning while I'm still on leave. I have dreamed of the world every night since my first viewing and often wake up to a feeling of "offness" if any of you know what I mean. It's not necessarily the characters but the world itself, I simply love it, especially the night scenes, they are simply beautiful and my favorite part of the world. A major help for me has been the outdoors and envisioning the summer, I'm an outdoorsman so simply bringing my dogs for a quick walk often helps, even as it helped before when I felt restless (lucky for me i live 5 minutes from the Rocky Mountains). Too much time behind the computer doesn't help at all, even though I'll admit that I've discovered fan fiction over the past couple weeks and spent my fair share of time reading it lol, nerdy yes but I don't care! On the more extreme side I've pretty much already canceled a trip years in the making to go to a little island in the Caribbean with the money from my next tour overseas and am already planning a trip to a tropical rain forest, I'm in the research stages now. My own little way of coping, a little sad yes, but I simply don't care, the world of Avatar has changed my mind to some things. I used to think beauty was laying on a beach watching girls in bikinis (although still pretty nice), now I want to see more of my world and the beauty within it. I consider it a blessing.

P.S. Monologue over lol!

It's positive that the movie has changed you enough that you actually would choose the rainforest instead of the beach. I like that, i'd go too:D

[Jay]

Start living like Neytiri: in touch with nature, the environment, and not being greedy and wasteful. Pass on the burger, for something more healthy for you and less cruel to animals. Spend your time on this forum, or volunteering in your free time, instead of getting high or drinking, twiddling your thumbs, being apathetic and complaining about how bad the world is. Don't get swept away by the wave of negativity, live your dream. Your life has only two switches, to shine or not to shine. There is no "apathy" setting. If you're on apathy setting you might as well sign your world away to destruction. When you get discouraged by everyone around you, be courageous like Jake, and jump on the leonopteryx. Be the change you want to see in your world. There are only so many people on this earth, the more of them that are doing positive things, the less of them that are out there doing negative things. It's unfortunate that we live in a world where, just by pulling a trigger or making a corporate decision, one single greedy human being can wipe out the hard works of love of many people. But this is why we need to stop focusing on money and start focusing on our environment. Because we have the intelligence to kill ourselves, but not the wisdom to stop it. What will our money buy, when everything that is worth having is destroyed? The only way you can fill the emptiness you feel after this movie, is to jump on the leonopteryx.

That was very well said.

[Jay]

I think that this movie has been an eye-opening experience for everyone here.

Wierd how a movie gets us so in tune with our own emotions.

That's why we love good movies, right?

[Elequin]

A movie doesn't give me these kind of feelings. Avatar was a whole new experience.