I saw Avatar last night - amazing movie. It truly defines the epic experience. Love, action, death, rebirth - all incorporated so amazingly well that you are completely sucked into this new fantastical universe and you just don't want to leave, much like Jake Sully himself.
But somehow, in the midst of all this, it brought tears to my eyes (at least made them damp) - and it was again at that predictable moment that brings tears to my eyes in other films. The moment of support when the protagonist receives uninhibited, willful support from others around him. Even in an action sci-fi film such as Avatar I felt this overwhelming emotion when I watched the screen. Every time this happens to me I think, "is this what I'm missing in life?" But at the same time, I also wonder if it's not the support, but the opportunity to prove myself to others - or perhaps even to myself - that I am strong, capable, and not average. And I'm not talking about at everyday things in life, but something unusual, out of the ordinary.
Perhaps its both?
Or perhaps it's a need to find something worth fighting for, worth putting my livelihood (or life) on the line. Nothing as petty as fame or riches, something entirely out of this materialistic capitalistic world. Something I have yet to find.
Whatever it is, it's embodied in Avatar.
