This is the reason I have zero interest in seeing Avatar.

January 11, 2010

See? The white man is IN FRONT OF the Native American. 'Cuz he's going to, like, lead them to victory and stuff.

I hated Dances with Wolves, The Last Samurai, and Fern Gully. Then tell me why, why should I go see yet another “it-takes-a-white-man-to-save-the -natives” movie? Doesn’t anyone else think this storyline is just a wee bit racist at worst and horribly paternalistic at best? Just because it’s in 3-D and looks amazing doesn’t mean I need to watch a movie with a terrible and James Fennimore Cooper-esqueplot for three hours.

I admittedly haven’t seen the movie, but I still think Lincoln Michel’s review is dead-on. This says it all:

If this was a screen saver, you’d have to say James Cameron did one heck of a job. Unfortunately, it is a film and all the other aspects feel glossed over.

I felt the same way about Titanic. Sure it looked great, but I go to see a movie for the story, and where was it? I wish I could have that two plus hours of my life back, but at least I won’t be wasting another two plus hours on another crappy Cameron tech achievement.