Posted on 01/09/2010 2:43:32 PM PST by MindBender26
I’ve heard varying opinions about this movie from very conservative friends. Some loved it, some hated it. I guess it just depends on how you interpret it.
I think it looks stupid and don’t plan to waste my money.
When are we going to stop acting amazed at computer animation. This is nothing more than Buck Rogers in 2010....and the flamboyant comic books of my youth.
I watched the movie, amazing movie, but I was deeply offended and irritated by the blatant attack on white males. Every killing scene involved white males killing others. This troubled me and was very intentional.
The two best movies I’ve seen recently could have been made with a camcorder and a budget of a few hundred dollars, i.e. Slumdog Millionaire, and Gran Torino. Hollywood must really hate that sort of thing.
Yes, it's wonderful film making and visually stunning.-- but the writing is hackneyed, tree-hugging liberal crap.
At the end, I was waiting for the humans to "nuke the site from orbit, just to be sure."
The first time, the hokey, anti-capitalist storyline was disappointing and annoying.
However, I decided to look at it a different way. I thought of the "corporation" as liberal, environmental wackos trying to force themselves on the natives, and the Na'Vi trying to uphold their land from eminent domain.
Think of it this way; the bulldozers represent the government and the Na'Vi as the good people of Kelo, Conn.
Anyway, it worked for me, and it was great in 3-D.
If I am not mistaken the movie is doing better abroad than here in the US
It’s a movie for goodness sakes.
“Dances with Wolves in Space” or what ever. Of course all the reviews about the deeper meaning are true.
But it deserves to be viewed on the big screen in 3D, and is worth the price. Getting it from the rental shop or Red Box months from now just ain’t going to cut it.
So get a big buttered popcorn, a drink, kick back, let your mind drift and enjoy a good popcorn crunchin’ movie.
That’s the way I saw it the first time... The government/corporate provision of everyone’s needs made me think more of an Obama government and corporate hangers on as responsible.
I was actually giving some thought to seeing the movie or at least buying the disc until I read this. But it sounds like its simplistic beat to death Politically Corewrecked storyline would be a overwhelming annoyance.
Technically superb, but a huge circle-jerk for the Grievance Elite.
America bad, technology bad, military bad...natives good.
Tech lovers welcome, thinking man be gone.
I don’t give my money to be brain-washed by Hollywood. I was born there but that’s about it.
I like to enjoy a movie every once in a while but I’m really, really picky.
Star Trek was quite satisfying, so was the recent Sherlock Holmes movie. But Julia/Julie was bittersweet - enjoyed the movie until it started bashing Senator Joe McCarthy and Republicans. Nora Ephron produced the movie and couldn’t help herself from turning a movie about mastering French cooking into a political statement, which turned me off.
I'll never understand the torture people put themselves through.
Now excuse me, I'm going Ice Fishing.
Loved the animation, hated the story.
I figured this sequel wouldn’t be very good without Robin Williams reprising his role as “Batty”.
Underdog triumph is always more engaging. Do you expect a movie about a native population embracing an invasion by another planet because the alien earthlings are so “humanitarian”? To be fair, the movie pitted military vs. respectful cultural scientists, and the military had to irresponsibly attack because otherwise a fantastic battle scene could not occur.
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