[J Edgar]

I am a white male, and I haven't seen the movie, but somehow I think this critic has asked some valid questions.

PS: By way of full disclosure, my girlfriend is a beautiful American lady from Texas of African and Mexican decent.

[Thunder90]

No barf alert?

[alexander_busek]

In Avatar, Jake Sully moves from privilege and power (physical) in his own culture to privilege and power in a foreign culture without ever having to process or understand the subjugation involved in being oppressed.

But doesn't he, in-between, suffer a period of self-loathing and emotional disorientation because of his immobility / paralysis? Isn't it suggested that THAT somehow prepares him or makes him worthy to understand the "other?"

Disclaimer: I haven't seen - and don't intend to see - the movie.

Regards,

[BipolarBob]

I saw the movie. It was simply entertainment. Nothing to base your lifes philosophy on. As far as a movie depicting a black woman saving a mostly white mankind, I would suggest S. Kings “The Stand”.

[Halgr]

I’ve seen it three (yes that is 3) times in the theater.....and I took most of my kids and grandkids.....I’ll also buy the DVD

If it was such a bad movie.....why is it enjoying the numbers it’s seeing????

There are folks out there that would bitch if they were hung with a new rope.....and for some reason, there are more than a few of these types on line.

;-)

[driftless2]

I simply looked at the writers last name...Hagen-Richardson...and correctly guessed how the theme of her column would go. Downhill, very fast. Cameron just can’t seem to please all libs. Here he makes a flick condemning that nasty world of white oppressors, and he still offends the people whom he’s trying to impress. You just can’t win with some people. (smirk)