Posted on 12/21/2009 2:17:36 PM PST by Bob017
Well, whoah, whoah. It’s more than naked cynicism prompting me to wait/ to avoid paying much to see this. It’s what James Cameron himself has crowed about the film’s (in)doctrinal intentions, echoed by Sigourney Weaver and numerous cheering lefty film reviewers.
I’m not going to shriek HOW DARE YOU SEE THIS MOVIE YOU RINO, or whatever, and it may be a fun flick / worth a bit of leftism, but it’s silly to dismiss the concerns about lefty preachiness in the movie when Cameron himself says it’s in there, on purpose. *shrug*
I found it entertaining and really have had it with taking such things so seriously. Paranoia reigns for some.
The first time I saw “Plan Nine From Outer Space” I was amused. If “Avatar” is made of the same stuff, I’m sure I’ll find it amusing.
Any buxom vampires in this flick?
ROFLOLOL
I agree with you 100%. I hadn't seen a 3D movie since way back in the 50's so I wanted to see one again. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed it for the fantasy that it is.
Did you ever see Alice in Wonderland? Or The Wizard of Oz?
Ever see Apocalypse Now? How about the Michael Moore movies?
We went to the movie to celebrate my husband’s birthday. He looked forward to seeing it, loved the 3-D.
I don't recall ever seeing Apocalypse Now. I did see the Michael Moore movie "Rodger and Me."
The most effective brainwashing is that which the person does not recognize as such. It comes from things that are just movies, just TV shows, just books, just fiction, just music...
How to talk to your kids about Avatar:
1. Sully’s opening remark that back on earth these Marines fought for freedom. (Back on earth it was mentioned that there had been a war in Venezuela)
2. The hero is a Marine who is looked down on by the so called “scientists” that believe only fully trained specialists can possibly understand the local culture as opposed to regular Joes.
3. The locals hunted and killed wild game unlike what the leftist vegans would have you believe is wrong.
4. The dragons that the locals used for flight had to be “broken” by wrestling them to the ground and making them supserviant to your thoughts. This training then put the animals into the service of the local people.
5. The locals knew they could not negotiate with evil. The only way to protect freedom was to fight.
6. Ownership of weapons was key to survival and, sadly, the reliance on outdated weapons systems led to the deaths of many of the locals.
7. Nowhere in the movie do the bad guys take time to pray whereas the locals are very spiritual and gather as a community to worship.
8. (some inventiveness on my part) The reason they were there to get an energy resource was because liberals had forbidden the development of local energy resources on earth.
Yep, its a lefty movie. But with some creativeness you can turn it around. After the movie my kids said they wanted to be marines and my daughter asked why environmentalists are so dumb to force us to travel so far for energy.
Good job! Great insight for your kids.
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