Marc's Movie Reivew: AVATAR

Comments

[Tracy Saboe]

I think it sort of made the military the bad guy more the corporate greed.

Corporations who care only about serving their customers don't do the types of evils this corporation did. But I can think of plenty of businesses that have engaged in this type of evil WITH THE HELP of governments which have either gotten governments to engage in those practices on their behalf (examples range from the East India Company to the United Fruit/Brands Company) or have themselves engaged in those practices on some government’s behalf (e.g. Blackwater, DynCorp).

At it's basic level, this is a movie about a culture of people defending their private property rights from people who want to steal it. In that sense -- it's a very libertarian movie.

They even have a sophisticated homesteading technique worked out for ownership of the wild, pterodactyl-like creatures known as Banshee or ikran. In addition, the main Na’vi character, Neytiri, although she is betrothed to another Na’vi, is permitted to change her mind and choose someone else–respect for individual choice and autonomy.

I don't agree that it was an overly "greenee" movie. In this science fiction world, the natives actually DID communicate and live in symbiosis with the rest of the environment.

I also disagree that the 3D really adds much. I saw it regular and I was pretty blown away by the visuals in the regular format. I know other people who saw it in 3D and didn't think the 3-D part was anything special.

Either way, great movie though,

Tracy