Off to see Avatar premier tonight...

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Originally Posted by Modding_out

You have a point, And I understand the parallel story line between American Indians/settlers.

But I didn't like the vibe, that it was wrong to be human at the end of the movie.

I guess I took the meaning a little different, that it bad to be a human acting selfishly/thoughtlessly.
Bit of a spoiler, so highlight below to read:

In the end, two humans were accepted, Jake and Grace. The Col interpreted this as betraying their race, but can also be seen as making different moral choices, that it was wrong to exterminate life for the gain of resources they may have. Right? That was pretty up front IMO. Jake was called stupid for so long as he didn't understand the value of (all) life, but later did, along w/ Grace, and was brought into the clan.

The other humans were still not so enlightened, ex the marine chick and the other avatar guys.
So Cameron managed to setup a story where we root against the humans/cowboys, not unlike Dances with Wolves. DwW I don't think condemns all white people, but views history with a different prospective to challenge assumptions. I think Avatar can be seen doing the same.

I saw another subtext in the movie as anti-imperialism and anti-war for resources vis a vis the Iraq War. There were a number of references to DefSec Rumsfeld ("shock and awe" campaign) and the Col. You could easily substitute "unobtainium" for oil in a lot of ways. Not that I think the movie is supposed to be an anti Bush rant, and one shouldn't get carried away with the metaphors, but it does uses some of that imagery to build its point.

Anyway, might be wrong on some of that, would have to watch again as a lot of things were going on. Def worth watching again tho.

Humm I thought the movie was showing us that we're killing tress and we should stop. Great movie tho

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Originally Posted by asimo

Humm I thought the movie was showing us that we're killing tress and we should stop. Great movie tho

In some respects I think he threw the whole kitchen sink in there. I guess waiting 15yrs to make the movie left a guy with a lot on his mind.