Okay, I admit, I was smitten by the movie. SMITTEN. So much that I've actually started learning the Na'vi language on top of Japanese (and everything else
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LOL I had the opposite reaction to the movie. I was downright offended. The Indian in me was not happy, the woman in me was not happy, the nerd in me was not happy, the cognitive-thinking, sentient human being in me was not happy.
Which really wouldn't be a problem, except the movie, James Cameron, the PR was so full itself. All "this will REDEFINE movies".
Kay, watevs. If you want to be a purdy fanboy fantasy, then be that, but don't go acting like your this amazingly insightful, original and revolutionary piece of film, cause...no. I'm all for mindless self-indulgence, but not at all for pretension.
[And I still have nightmares about Sigourney Weaver. Both because of her terrible performance (which may have had as much to do with the directing as it did the terrible, godawful dialogue) and her creepy-ass looking avatar.]
(Vexen icon because the Na'vi are blue, and so is his shield. SHH. Don't question it...)
The Na'vi are blatant representatives of Native American Indians and African Americans (only, instead of being actually based of of those cultures, they are based off of the stereotypes of those cultures), and the whole point of the movie was that colonialism sucked, and the environment is kewl. Except that stereotyping in order to get this across is offensive. Whether positive or negative, they dehumanize a race
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I haven't seen Avatar yet, but I plan to in the very near future (hopefully =.= I never get to go to movies...). I'm excited because everyone ELSE in the world says it's an awesome movie and they loved it.
Be as excited as you want, bb. <3 We can squee together once I've seen it, okay? (As long as it doesn't drag me away from the TF fandom. I've still got far too many unfinished projects.)
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Which really wouldn't be a problem, except the movie, James Cameron, the PR was so full itself. All "this will REDEFINE movies".
Kay, watevs. If you want to be a purdy fanboy fantasy, then be that, but don't go acting like your this amazingly insightful, original and revolutionary piece of film, cause...no. I'm all for mindless self-indulgence, but not at all for pretension.
[And I still have nightmares about Sigourney Weaver. Both because of her terrible performance (which may have had as much to do with the directing as it did the terrible, godawful dialogue) and her creepy-ass looking avatar.]
(Vexen icon because the Na'vi are blue, and so is his shield. SHH. Don't question it...)
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Be as excited as you want, bb. <3 We can squee together once I've seen it, okay? (As long as it doesn't drag me away from the TF fandom. I've still got far too many unfinished projects.)
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