On December 18, 2009 our lives changed forever.
The epic movie Avatar was released....
(cue dramatic music)
First off, I have not seen the film. Honestly at this point, I have had so much Avatar-related propaganda shoved down my throat that I could probably crap blue right now. What is absolutely infuriating me at this point is that after seeing this movie, audience members are expressing profound depression and/or suicidal thoughts. This depression is being reported as being caused by a few different reasons: A: The beauty of the fictional world Pandora is so riveting that our real world pales in comparison; B: The exploitation of an indigenous culture for economical reasons is absolutely devastating (don't worry about the Native Americans); C: These are the same people who get stirred up over any trend (see Tickle Me Elmo, 9/11, Barack Obama, going "green," or the economy) and are just waiting for the chance to be sad, depressed, melancholic, or down in the dumps. This has become such a pressing issue that blogs and threads and all sorts of Internet-related journals are being created to document all the people and their deep emotional feelings about this movie.
These links have articles regarding this new phenomenon:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/index.html
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/Avatar-driving-us-to-suicide-say-fans/articleshow/5436823.cms
REALLY!?!??!! A MOVIE makes you want to die? I'm curious as to how you've made it this long! Once again, I would remind you that I have not seen the movie. I have heard that the special effects are absolutely breathtaking. I would also remind you that these are special effects done by a computer. You cannot go live in this beautiful world with these giant Smurfs. You cannot fall in love with one of them like the wheelchair-bound Marine did. You cannot stop the evil military from taking what they feel is rightfully theirs. What you can do, however, is get off your pseudo-depressed duffs and go do something with your life. Go connect with someone who has real depression and real suicidal thoughts. Go start a cult, those always end well. Go to a therapist. Go see another movie and get worked up about that.
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