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We saw the film in 3-D and while it was entertaining and certainly visually new and exciting, I as well am a little confused why anyone would come away from it with the reactions cited in the article. After all, it was a movie. To think that any world, as beautiful and utopian as it may be, is not going to be fraught with both ugliness and mundanity on a regular basis is pretty naive and the only thing to say about that, without being too mean, would be 'time to grow up - even if it were possible you wouldn't be any happier in Nav'i with this kind of thinking.' Our world is full of beauty and adventure and opportunity for fulfillment - both material and spiritual, but no one is going to 'plug you into it'.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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