Comments on: James Cameron’s Avatar On Pace To Set Box Office Records In South Korea

By: Marcus Ambrose

Marcus Ambrose — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:13:42 +0000

I like movies that provide you with an hour or two where you can forget the real world. So I enjoyed the movie. I just ignored the social commentary, I mean, it's a movie, just a story. Watch it and enjoy it as such.

By: a listener

a listener — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:57:17 +0000

Digital Ferngully remastered .

By: Dr.Yu

Dr.Yu — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:17:51 +0000

I felt the influence of the Gaia theory in the movie very strong too.

The giant tree, the planet as the source of the life in the planet, the connection between the planet and all living creatures in Pandora, the way the natives controlled the animals by a physical connection with them …. In simple word: it was a cheap intellectualism.

By: Dr.Yu

Dr.Yu — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:03:53 +0000

You are right.

Hollywood is just an entertainment industry, the USA government is just the legal and political representation of the American citizens and the American citizens are just a bunch of people born within the USA boundaries or born from American parents. They are not the same in theory, but they work together for what they believe is the “American way of life”.

I heard about Michael Moore before but never watched his movies and honestly don’t like him because his movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” took the “Palm d’Or” from “Oldboy” in 2005, in Cannes, just because the festival decided to make a political decision at that time.

Anyway, I don’t like him either and my point is not the environmental issue, but as I said before I think it’s amazing how Americans can live with the paradox between what they do in their life and what they preach in their movies.

By: someotherguy

someotherguy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:51:55 +0000

It was a cool movie to watch. I like how they blended live action with animation is such a smooth and surreal way. I kinda deliberately ignored the overt political message because hey, I go to the movies to watch a movie not to enter into a discourse with capitalists with a socialist agenda (talk about having your priorities mixed up).

And yeah I find it kinda ironic that they presented the whole greenie anti-EWEM, we should just kill ourselves to leave the planet alone, through a venue designed to generate revenue. Really I wonder how much energy was consumed during the production of this movie, how many limousines and other inefficiencies were used.

By: someotherguy

someotherguy — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:43:41 +0000

Better be careful there, that sounds awfully alot like free thinking and we can't have any of that here.

Now sit down, enjoy our mental programming, and hand over your wallet so we can "save the planet".

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:36:25 +0000

If I let Michael Moore be my environmental guide, maybe I'd buy what you're selling. You are putting all your emphasis on Global Warming and greenhouse gas emissions – just like much of the rest of the world who has long had the bias against business and the US (West).

You are also equating Hollywood with the US government and with all Americans.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:29:07 +0000

"their usual moral subjectivity ad naseum"

Gee golly!! Imagine complaining about a movie for doing the same thing!!

Imagine thinking while watching something!!

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:23:20 +0000

I second what Retired GI said.

Don't blame me for Hollywood…

By: Teadrinker

Teadrinker — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:14:35 +0000

Also reminds me of Dunes, which was basically Lawrence of Arabia.