Thousands of people are feeling depressed after watching Avatar? Life seems gray once the 3-D glasses come off? Have you heard of the Post-Avatar Depression phenomenon?
Take a look at CNN’s report on this nation-wide issue and let me know what you think.
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What I found depressing about the movie was the fact that if that scenario were real it would go down just like that because we are a greedy, exploitative race. I doubt it would really have the happy ending though.
Avatar is an okay movie. I liked it better the first time I saw it when it was called Pocahontas.
I don’t think this is unreasonable. I normally get a little depressed after seeing movies because that chunk of time when I was involved in an exciting story that ends happily is over and now I have to go back to the fight in my own life, which I’m never certain I’ll win. But THIS movie didn’t depress me at all because it was so shallow and spent more time showing you cool special effects than developing memorable characters. It was like watching a video game.
we are killing indigenous tribes, and nature… for oil. Now thats depressing. We don’t respect the earth, and were not connected to nature. people think that technology is evolution, but really it’s just an escape. In fact it’s a distraction, and is making it so people don’t know whats really going on. And the people in power can do whatever they want. As were all pawns in there game, as they pull the strings. As people are immersed in bullshit, and everyone sits back and does nothing. we work for paper(money, degrees). And spend our lifes attached to material things. Searching for what they tell us we need to succeed.
couldn’t have said it better myself. exactly what is happening to the world.
So Avatar makes people feel ‘blue’? Oh c’mon! lol
I think the depression is because they see themselves has having lived their lives unconsciously taking and taking from the planet and each other. I think this movies can cause some to wake up to the truth that they’ve lived their lives badly.
What depresses me is that no one at HLN/CNN caught the obvious spelling mistake. And that online forum comments are used as a solid source. I may as well burn my B. Jour since I could have spent those years trolling people’s FB profiles and Twitter pages and gotten a job with CNN, instead of a low-paying internship.
The people who preach like this are usually the worst offenders in materialism, technology and “working for paper.” As evidenced by, you know, the fact that they’re preaching over the TECHNOLOGICAL INTERNET.
“Post-Avatar Depression phenomenon” – Good God give me a break.
I totally think you are missing the point.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=269973302368&ref=mf PAD FTW
Reading all these comments proves that most people are brainwashed, selfish and ignorant. Most of you people don’t even understand what the message this movie tried to portray, and that’s fine that you think that this “Post Avatar Depression” thing is silly or stupid, but you need to understand why they feel that way, just try to see things through someone else’s eyes for once, it might help make you a better person. The spiritual and beautiful world of Pandora is the kind of world these people want, you know why? Because humans were meant to live and be in harmony with nature, not technology, so naturally humans are going to be drawn to that, it is a part of us, and that movie showed us what we don’t have anymore, and each day it will keep getting further and further from our grasp until we do something to change that.
Post-Avatar Depression, haha, idiots!… get a life!
i love avatar, my favorite movie of all time. it was so good that i actually did experience post avatar depression lol. but just for like the rest of the day. that weekend (day after i saw the movie) i went riding in the middle of the mojave desert on my dirt bike. it really reminded me of the world that we live in. i immediately remembered pandora, and realized that even the never ending desert that i was staring at from the top of a mountain looked better. well ever since then i’ve been over post avatar depression, so yeah pretty much everybody who experiences it needs to get a life and go outdoors. really though it is my favorite movie of all time, so yeah it really does cause depression.
i love avatar, my favorite movie of all time. it was so good that i actually did experience post avatar depression lol. but just for like the rest of the day. that weekend (day after i saw the movie) i went riding in the middle of the mojave desert on my dirt bike. it really reminded me of the world that we live in. i immediately remembered pandora, and realized that even the never ending desert that i was staring at from the top of a mountain looked better. well ever since then i’ve been over post avatar depression, so yeah pretty much everybody who experiences it needs to get a life and go outdoors. really though it is my favorite movie of all time, so yeah it really does cause depression.
I agree with blade. Humans weren’t put on earth to cover it with concrete and steel, altho that’s exactly what has happened. We also weren’t supposed to be staring at computer screens (like I’m doing now) for the better part of the day at work only to go home and live behind another screen, tv. When you break it down in terms of what is lifes purpose for humans, you find that it’s not far off from what the Na’vi are doing in the movie, and that’s the same inner craving humans have. Because ultimately that’s what we were designed to crave. This movie basically reawakened that craving that most have lost in time and technology. So not at all is it dumb or silly for people to have those feelings after watching it. It just stimulates the desire in us that’s already been there since we were born.
Grand. If there’s one word I hate, it’s grand. It’s so phony. For a second, I was tempted to tell her to forget about the matinee. But we chewed the fat for a while. That is, she chewed it.
Avatar is really a senseless movie after harry potter.Waste of money.I want a refund.
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avatar is verry awesome film
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Take a look at CNN’s report on this nation-wide issue and let me know what you think.
rand. If there’s one word I hate, it’s grand. It’s so phony. For a second, I was tempted to tell her to forget about the matinee. But we chewed the fat for a while. That is, she chewed it.
he latest Field Poll shows Whitman arch Poizner 63 percent to 14 percent, while 23 percent of those polled said they were ambivalent or advantaged added candidates.
I don´t believe that someone can have post avatar depression.
hey,you have posted such a effectful article that it will certainly help me.
This has really got me thinking
i seen Avatar a few times in the cinima mostly cos of toilet breaks [the toilet was so damn far from the hall the film was in lol]and yeah i did love it i felt sad when the humans slauterd all the Na”vi and i heard about Naytiris sister in the longer version and destruction of home tree and that those were very moving powerful sceans and yeah at times i thought wow im on Pandora i reached out to grab the seeds coming off the tree ducked at the arrows and was tempted to push the actors back into the screen but when the film ended iwas like wow what a movie that was like a roller coaster ride but leaving the cinima the only depression hitting me was like oh crap its a blizzard and my car is coverd in snow so digging out the car occupied my mind plus the snowball fight i had with my 3 friends and one of them falling on her butt in the snow was side splitting but i didnt feel sad like oh i want to be Na”vi and live on pandora though i love Avatar and i collected the merchindise from making off book to DC games a bed set and even made a Neytiri 2ft doll i have other intrests too Avatar only occupies a tiny bit of my mind their far too many things out their in the real world and at first i thought PAD post Avatar depression was a joke till i heard about it here but hey its just a movie and pepole who are gonna get affected so bad by it shouldnt watch it and they will end up being made fun off i even bet the Avatar cast will wet themselfs laughing if they hear about it
Mass hysteria?
yeah this makes me want to see that movie even less than i already did. sooooooooo stupid.
This is ridiculous!
Ok, then how about all the movies about psycho people or movies where they portray the end of the world, those don’t make poeple depressed?!?!?
People complain tv and neews are full of negative stories, I guess something good and possiive it’s too shocking for some.
I don’t get it. Why didn’t people go crazy for Fern Gully? Same story, same premise, just drawn instead of computer animated. And it had ROBIN WILLIAMS as Batty! WTF?
Oh for pete’s sake. There are far more depressing/reality-check type movies. It was an okay movie but not THAT life-altering or anything. lol Hello…WALL-E should’ve had that affect on people.
There are a lot of reality-challenged people out there that need to get a freakin life. Jeez.
ooohhh please…i just saw that movie in 3D last nite and it wasnt even THAT good. i dont get why everyone is going crazy but it.
lol this is so dumb.
I’m inspired after watching this movie avatar, bravo to this movie.
I assure you, you can relate to this movie.
yeah so true i love end of the world movies cant wait to watch 2012 again in 2013 lol but movies can have good and bad effects on pepole my friend wants to get married in Greece after seeing Mamma Mia thats a nice effect but look at the 2 kids that murderd little Jamie Buldger in the uk they had watched the horror movie Childs play about the evil doll Chucky the kidssaid that they were inspired by Chucky to go out abduct and murder a innicont little kid some pepole cant handle movies