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To: BradyLS
...to the point where Jake and Nateri mate...

Let me guess... in the back seat of a car a la _Titanic_? Thanks for the heads up as to the family friendliness of this film.

If they're mercenaries, which the movie goes to pains to state, let's hear some foreign military idioms to round out the force as "from Earth" and not "from America." The French Foreign Legion has some, I'll bet.

And don't forget that the name of the "mercenary group" in the movie was SecFor, a direct take-off from US military jargon. As to why no foreign military idioms were used, the answer lies in the nature of propaganda and how a propaganda film "constructs" its target. And it's pretty obvious what the target is here; you don't have to be a hippy-dippy with pinko leanings to get the message.

I wouldn't have wanted to see Reifenstahl's _Triumph des Willens_ until after the Nazis were soundly deafeated in '45; looks like I might have a looong wait before I would feel right about watching this "Al-Gore-Seal-of-Approval" piece of sh.. I mean, work.

90 posted on 12/20/2009 8:00:26 AM PST by Poe White Trash (Wake up!)
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To: Poe White Trash
Let me guess... in the back seat of a car a la _Titanic_? Thanks for the heads up as to the family friendliness of this film.

I have to admit, I thought the scene itself was sensitively handled. And when it happens, it's a logical conclusion to everything that happens before it. I'll only say that there is zero pre-marital sex in the movie and no real hint of sex at all until then.

However, that scene and a couple of others where the Na'vi's homes are destroyed was enough for me to warn my brother that he and his wife should screen it before taking their kids.

And don't forget that the name of the "mercenary group" in the movie was SecFor, a direct take-off from US military jargon. As to why no foreign military idioms were used, the answer lies in the nature of propaganda and how a propaganda film "constructs" its target.

There's enough of the cynic in me to understand that, to make 20th Century Fox Corp.'s money back, a lot of tickets will have to be sold overseas. Nobody outside the US minds if the Americans want to beat themselves up in a block-buster movie, so that's not an angle that would block ticket sales.

Still and all, I'd recommend it to any adult who is even curious about it. (Just tired of the same ol' targets and cut-out characters in these movies.) If folks don't want Cameron getting their money, just accept an invitation to watch it with friends or family who offer to show it when it finally hits the DVD stands.

92 posted on 12/20/2009 8:44:28 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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