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" sunhymn", one of the posted comments says:
Public Advocate's "Canned Liberal Avatar?"
REVIEW: Movie 'Avatar' Is a Big, Dull, America-Hating, PC Revenge Fantasy
Public Advocate may be adding "canned avatar" to its list of Christmas presents available for purchase. It tastes like packed tuna in water. Very fishy. Or maybe not. Afterall, it is just a movie.
Big Hollywood's John Nolte writes "Avatar," a sanctimonious thud
of a movie so infested with one-dimensional characters and PC
clichés that not a single plot turn - small or large -
surprises. I call it the "liberal tell," where the early and
obvious politics of the film gives away the entire story before the
second act begins, and "Avatar" might be the sorriest example of
this yet. For all the time and money and technology that went into
its making, the thing that matters most - character and story- are
strictly Afterschool Special.
"Set in 2154, "Avatar" is a thinly disguised, heavy-handed and
simplistic sci-fi fantasy/allegory critical of America from our
founding straight through to the Iraq" War, says Nolte.
But among the comments is a counter argument which we provide here (out of fairness to Fox TV Network which funded the film).
There are a ton of worthless socialist movies out there, but this isn't one. Perhaps not from lack of trying, though, since Cameron is a self-admitted liberal. But the way I see it, this movie is about people wanting to be left alone and take care of themselves. The government comes in and tells them they need their land for the "greated good". When the people refuse to bow down to the government's attempts at nationalization and expropriation, the heavily armed government goons are sent in. The people fight back to defend their property with everthing they got.
To me, that's as conservative a message as you can have: Don't bow down to the government, don't let the "greated good" force you to sacrifice individual liberty, and defend your property from moochers and looters. "
Public Advocate Moral of the Story: Leftists can waste a billion dollars in production of a movie that could be either leftist propaganda or property rights dogma.