‘Avatar’ Fans Experience Depression, Suicidal Thoughts

How is it that no one has the desire to top themselves after seeing King Lear ? And why should a movie have such an effect on people at this level. Is it because so much in the movie world is now false that we accept the false as real or is it that mankind cannot bear too much virtual reality. I have the feeling that people are becoming too dependent on others and other's ideas of life but are not making theirown decisions for their own lives.

Seriously, this cannot be real. The film is just that, a film!!
Get over it and get on with LIFE!!!

Some things never fail to amaze me.

yes i have depression often but not just because of watching with beautiful movie, is because mankind horrendous behaviour towards another humans and the planet we live in. so much selfishness is almost unbelivable.no respect for anything and anybody.
this movie is a reminder of the way we are going and our greed.
i dont want to be like everybody else, but the rest look careless.
and for the ones who say "just get on with life" i hope they can sleep at night being responsable of the world they are leaving to their children.
people, wake up!

You are right. The truth IS this : OUR WORLD, as it is right now, IS depressing (human nature, poverty, war, greed, etc…). You’d better open your eyes. The movie itself only makes us notice that…

I can't believe the reports I've just read about peoples reation to Avatar. Can't these people distinguish between fact & fiction?
2 words come to mind - 'Grow-Up'

Why so blue?

The sad truth is that even if Pandora was real and we went there, we'd most likely end up destroying it too. I'm sure Earth is just as beautiful and it IS real, but we've messed it up! If people want to live in a beautiful world like Pandora then they need to do something about the beautiful world they've got right here, right now.

U've said it all johnny,our earth is just as beauiful as pandora,but we've messed it up.

You said it Johnny.

This movie clearly appeals to people who consider themselves environmentalists,thats why they had suicidal feelings.These ppl are not scientists but a bunch of superstitios idiots who believe that earth is a goddess who is being defiled by humans.These ppl would love to blame mining,oil and gas companies but still would use every facility and comfort provided by these companies.They will call themselves planet lovers or warriors but still will not stop driving cars or stop using metals and plastics.Hypocrites!If these extemists have their way,they will even impose fart tax to be payable by all humans and the domesticated animals.Earth is a planet and it is not a goddess or an organism.These ppl who are having suicidal thoughts shud study Geology to know more abt planet Earth.They can get rid of their suicidal thoughts by doing this.

@Raj,don't be a jack-ass,nobody says the earth is a goddess,bt learn from james cameron's avatar,"if you're going to use it- respect it"-that is the summary of the entire movie.let me ask u? will u just disrespect your wife and have sex with her at your convinience because she is your wife? Of course not,so because the earth is made for us doesn't mean we should disrespect it,over use it,destroy it,all in the name of exploring it,think Raj!

My belief is that the nut jobs conservatives have sent out a meme to their minions asking them to flood Avatar fan sites with this baloney.

I waled out of the theater after seeing the movie euphoric with hope so even if anyone WAS feeling suicidal afterward, they are predisposed already for suicidal thoughts, and this movie is just another convenient excuse.

Avatar appeals to the deepest raw desire in humans to be able to live simply and in harmony with nature...in paradise! We would have had that if our first parents (Adam & Eve) didnt disobey God and werent cast out of the garden of Eden. Now that we are so far from perfection, we fill our lives with material clutter fuelled by greed etc. Thank you AVATAR

After seeing the movie myself, I noticed a very slight change in mood. It was noticeable but had no real impact on my life. Nobody can say that they didn't come out of the movie feeling like Our world is a little bit shitty, especially walking out from a beautfiul, all natural world and stepping onto a concrete parking lot with no natural beauty to be seen.


Also, did any one else see the parellelism between Avatar and the US invasion of Iraq...

i just think there is a planet exactly like pandora and can't wait for avatar 2 thats all

i think humanity should grow up and realize that not everything you see on tv is real, and this suicidal stuff is stupid. We live on earth and have have exspectations that there might be aliens somehwere out there but we have not found any yet. ITS A MOVIE SO STOP THINKING ITS REALITY!!!