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Reality leaving Avatar fans feeling blue
It isn't only the Na'vi who are feeling blue. (AAP)
From the Fix
Thousands of Avatar fans have reported feeling depressed and even suicidal at the prospect of never being able to visit the mystical planet depicted in the movie.
One of the biggest internet forums for the hit film has received more than a thousand posts on a thread entitled 'Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible', CNN reports.
The forum has shown a marked comedown from experiencing the computer-generated utopia depicted in the film to the real world for many Avatar fans.
The fictional planet of Pandora is shown as a beautiful fantasy world where the native inhabitants, the Na'vi, have a close bond with nature.
"After I watched Avatar at the first time, I trully felt depressed as I 'wake' up in this world again," one forum user wrote.
Another commenter said the film gave him "a physical dependency to see Pandora and live there, and if you don't see it you get uber depressed."
Meanwhile, the movie is attracting accusations of being racist by critics in the US by portraying a white man coming in to lead a community of primitive, non-white people.
"It rests on the stereotype that white people are rationalist and technocratic while colonial victims are spiritual and athletic," New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote.
"It rests on the assumption that non-whites need the White Messiah to lead their crusades."
But director James Cameron denied the film had an racist undertones, saying Avatar "asks us to open our eyes and truly see others, respecting them even though they are different, in the hope that we may find a way to prevent conflict and live more harmoniously on this world". "I hardly think that is a racist message," he added.
Already taking in more than $1.5 billion in ticket sales since its release last month, Avatar is well on track to become the biggest selling movie of all time.
Directed by James Cameron of Titanic and Terminator fame, the sci-fi blockbuster stars Australian actor Sam Worthington.
The film is also considered a heavy favourite to scoop the pool in the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
