Avatar

Well...I've just got back from the cinema and I'm snuggled in bed with a purring cat and a bowlful of my Auntie's homemade rice pudding. I can't think of a comfier way to begin my post on Avatar.

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I've seen Avatar three times now; first in 2D with my boyfriend, secondly another 2D viewing with my dad, and earlier this evening my dad and I went back to see what it would be like in 3D.

Since I invested in my Cineworld unlimited card I've been taking a notebook along with me every time I go to see a film so that I can make notes of anything that particularly impresses me. I made half a dozen pages of notes the second time I went and I didn't even write all the way to the end, because the latter part of the film is so climactic that it drew my undivided attention. I'm sure that if I sat down and really thought about all the things I find remarkable about this film I could pen an entire tome. I'll try not to do that right now but I would like to talk about some of my favourite parts of this film, and invite any readers I might have out there to do the same.

The Language

I'm a language buff (I've just opened a new language-based blog today, as a matter of fact) so this particular aspect of the film absolutely fascinated me. The Na'vi language sounds like a mix of the South American rainforest languages, African languages, and Native American. I can't be sure about the likeness because I don't have much experience beyond European languages but that's what it sounds like to me. Perhaps the creator drew on these other languages. Yes, that's right - James Cameron involved a professor to create a language for his characters to speak in the film. That's something that I've only come across before in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings universe and I think it adds an incredible depth to the foreign culture that we step into alongside Jake Sully.

I will carry on this post over the next few days but right now I am extremely tired and need to get some decent rest to be ready for uni in the morning.