This is the reason I have zero interest in seeing Avatar.
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.
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paternalistic and then some haha
wow, this post made my day
and so did that link to lincoln michel’s review
dead on, indeed
Thanks, Paul. I kind of love that picture…it just says it all.
BTW, thanks for posting because I discovered your blog, which I really like! I don’t know nearly enough (read: anything) about the indie poet scene, so I made some neat discoveries on your site.
Seeing Avatar and the ensuing buzz has made it all too clear what it must have been like to be normal human being during the Titanic craze (i.e. not a strangely Titanic-obsessed 7th grade girl).
I am completely bewildered at the outpouring of support for this movie. Check this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20100112/en_huffpost/420605
The movie was. not. good. I’m a sucker for love stories, no matter how cheesy, and even I didn’t like this. That’s gotta be saying something.
Ha! I was a normal being and I was horrified. But it made sense–I mean, I hated that movie, but at least the story of the Titanic itself is compelling, even if the Leo/Kate storyline wasn’t for me. But Avatar just sounds so derivative. And I can’t believe how people are so nutty about for it.