China Bans Screenings Of 'Too Popular' Avatar(forced eviction too close to home?)

Sky News ^ | 01/19/10

[TigerLikesRooster]

China Bans Screenings Of 'Too Popular' Avatar

Tuesday, January 19 01:44 pm

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James Cameron's sci-fi blockbuster Avatar is to banned from cinemas in China - despite breaking box office records in the country. Skip related content

Non-3D versions of Avatar are to be pulled next week, in order to protect the nation's home grown films.

The country's censors ruled that the epic had become too dominant and also worried about its effect on audiences, according to reports.

"First, it has taken in too much money and has seized market share from domestic films," Hong Kong's Daily Apple said.

"Secondly, it may lead audiences to think about forced removal, and may possibly incite violence."

Some Chinese bloggers had already said parallels between the plight of the film's Na'vi creatures - who are forced to flee their homes - and Chinese people who have faced the threat of eviction would have raised concerns.

One wrote: "For audiences in other countries, such brutal eviction is something outside their imagining. It could only take place on another planet or in China."

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[dr_who]

China is ruled by paranoid old men. Come to think of it, so is much of the arab world.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Oh, please! The Chinese already have pirated copies of Avatar.

I'd rather see "Confucius", starring Chow Yun Fat!

[Raymann]

Yeah well Chow said he loves the Chinese government and can’t stand America.

[Touch Not the Cat]

So the oppresed in Red China associate the evil in “Avatar” with their rulers and not the USA?

Must be a disappointment to the movie company.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Is your remark some way of deflecting blame on Chicom propaganda department? Why not feature two movies together or release ‘Confucius’ later?

[gaijin]

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