re: #184 Areozol

Ok, so this is an Open Thread, right?

I just watched “Avatar” (like many others), but now I don’t want to talk about movie itself, but abut the reaction about this in rightosphere, espetially how it is denounced as “anti-american”, “anti humanity” flick (WND). Toto from PJM’s didn’t liked putting what he called “an immature Iraq War meme” in it.

True, Hollywood is liberal, and Cameron’ movie have some pro-environmentalist and anti-exploitation message, meantime being an incredible spectacle. Is really politics a leading theme in it? Discuss.

(BTW: it’s silly, but many bloggers had missed the fact, that villainous human troopers are not US Marines, but private contractors)

Actually, the shallowness and stereotyping present in the film were mentioned by a reviewer for NPR. It isn’t confined to the “rightosphere.”

But that’s what you get with Cameron - a two and a half hour film, with 5 minutes or less worth of backstory, character development and plot. Anything that gets in the way of moving the action forward gets left in the dust, painted with a brush a mile wide but only an inch deep.

It doesn’t detract from the movie as far as I could tell. It’s hugely entertaining and visually gorgeous. I enjoyed it.