But I also follow a lot of news about movies, especially when it comes to big-time films. Lately I've noticed there's lots of buzz surrounding Avatar. I know not everyone liked the movie, I for one didn't mind it because I didn't expect anything spectacular from it, but each to their own.
Since so many people saw, and continue to see, Avatar, I can understand why it makes the news every now and again. Some of the stories are just too weird though, and they have to be shared. I'll give a quick summary, but click on the title to read the for-realsies news article.
#1 – People are suffering from post-Avatar Depression
Apparently, there's a group of people who have been thrown into a depressive state after seeing Avatar. The world of Pandora is so beautiful that they want to live there too, and have become depressed over the sordid state of affairs in their own life.
"The day after I saw Avatar, I was completely depressed. I looked at my hands and thought ‘What I wouldn't give...’, going and seeing again, and again, it makes me feel good… ‘Waking up’ afterwords is extremely hard to do.”The only movie I saw that wanted to make me kill myself was Terminator: Salvation, and that was only because I wrote off my jalopy of a car to go see an awful movie. I think this person really needs to work on getting a life or planting some trees or something.
#2 – Man dies from seeing Avatar
To summarize: Man watches movie. Man has a stroke because it's so amazing. Man dies.
Avatar was okay, but I don't think it was 'stroke-out' awesome. I understand this one a little bit though because those stupid 3-D glasses can give you a headache, and evidently they could cause strokes too.
#3 – Transgenders are upset at a lack of transgender characters in Avatar
The headline is pretty much the entire article. Some trannies are upset that there weren't any transgender blue alien people.
Personally, I know whenever I watch a movie, I think to myself “You know what would really kick this movie up a notch? Some transgendered people! They're the perfect plot device.”
I'm not %100 on this one, but I suspect it's fake. Even for the Internet, this is pretty far out in left field.
#4 – Anti-smoking groups incensed over mention of smoking in Avatar
Sigourney Weaver has a split second line in Avatar in which she says:
“Where the hell is my cigarette?”Being that this is a PG movie, anti-smoking groups are upset that there was a mention of smoking. Kids are impressionable, and I've heard it said many times that movies influence teens to smoke, so they think that this scene should not have been included.
However, Sigourney Weaver is starting to get a little tired out looking, and she always plays the part of the Queen Bitch. I don't think many teens look to her as a role-model. Plus, there were alien boobs all over that movie! I like some cinema-nudity as much as the next person, but that was a little out-of-hand. Also, I imagine that the youths in the audience probably took note of that more than they did the smoking.
You gotta love the Internet, amiright?
1 comment:
I refuse to see Avatar because everyone's going crazy about it. I'm going to wait until it's passe and then rent it.
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