Good post CL. I haven't seen it yet. I did buy it and had good intentions to watch it this weekend, but I got caught up in a bunch of other things. I always keep an open mind when it comes to movies. You see I try to keep things in perspective. This is entertainment...nothing more. These are entertainers...nothing more. The court jester in medieval times was also an entertainer, and I very much doubt the King or Queen gave to much thought to their opinion on...well anything. This is why I usually don't care about the political message or stance of actors, directors, or producers because their nothing but the modern day equivalent of the court jester. And they’re here to entertain me.
"1.Bob Belvedere is a sane man, and he's well aware of what an idoit Debbie Schlussel is."
While I won't dispute your characterization of Schlussel, it would be well in the future, when discussing others' intellects, to spell your denunciations accurately. Particularly the word idiot.
Apropos of your larger theme, there are parallels to the 17th through 19th Century history of this continent, but not the ones you think. Reflect on this: American Indians, often described as helpless victims of the better armed, "vicious" Euro-Americans, did not accept that an individual could own land. Indeed, with only a few exceptions, they did not accept that land could be property. Most of the earliest, seminal clashes with Euro-Americans derived from that clash of assumptions.
I liked the movie. I didn't think it was all that great (I saw it when it first hit the theaters, reviewed here: http://www.thepiratescove.us/2009/12/21/avatar-the-review/), but, well worth watching, and, I just didn't see all the anti-things that Debbie is whining about. Yeah, it is anti-corporatist, but, then, personally, I am not in favor of destroying the environment for the sake of a buck, either.
As far as the movie goes, I bought it when it came out, since it was only $23 for BluRay with a regular version included (gave that to Mom.) I figured I would only watch it once, but, actually, I have watched several times, and it has become one of those comfort movies, one you slap in when nothing else on.
Avatar is anti-christian because they prayer to things of this world, Not to Jesus. Praying to anything other than Jesus means nothing. Sory for being so blunt, but the truth is the truth. The movie itself (I saw it at the movies) visuals are good, but that is it. I also watched 2012 and must say that movie is a hoot at best. Please keep this in mind, man is incapable to fixing the problems he has created. Jesus will correct those problems and the result won't be pleasing to most people. Just read the Bible. Can man stop a volcano, earth quake, flood, snow, rain, and air? Jesus can.
I don't think the movie made the claim that man can stop a volcano, earthquake, snow, rain, or air. I don't believe something being non-Christian is the same things as anti-Christian. I'm just not that sensitive I guess.
Good post CL. I haven't seen it yet. I did buy it and had good intentions to watch it this weekend, but I got caught up in a bunch of other things. I always keep an open mind when it comes to movies. You see I try to keep things in perspective. This is entertainment...nothing more. These are entertainers...nothing more. The court jester in medieval times was also an entertainer, and I very much doubt the King or Queen gave to much thought to their opinion on...well anything. This is why I usually don't care about the political message or stance of actors, directors, or producers because their nothing but the modern day equivalent of the court jester. And they’re here to entertain me.
I wouldn't be able to enjoy the music I like or much of anything else if I refused the products of people whose politics I disagreed.
"1.Bob Belvedere is a sane man, and he's well aware of what an idoit Debbie Schlussel is."
While I won't dispute your characterization of Schlussel, it would be well in the future, when discussing others' intellects, to spell your denunciations accurately. Particularly the word idiot.
Apropos of your larger theme, there are parallels to the 17th through 19th Century history of this continent, but not the ones you think. Reflect on this: American Indians, often described as helpless victims of the better armed, "vicious" Euro-Americans, did not accept that an individual could own land. Indeed, with only a few exceptions, they did not accept that land could be property. Most of the earliest, seminal clashes with Euro-Americans derived from that clash of assumptions.
LOL! I did spell that wrong, didn't I?
I thought about the Indians while watching it, but the corporate/military angle seemed more analogous to modern eminent domain abuse.
I liked the movie. I didn't think it was all that great (I saw it when it first hit the theaters, reviewed here: http://www.thepiratescove.us/2009/12/21/avatar-the-review/), but, well worth watching, and, I just didn't see all the anti-things that Debbie is whining about. Yeah, it is anti-corporatist, but, then, personally, I am not in favor of destroying the environment for the sake of a buck, either.
As far as the movie goes, I bought it when it came out, since it was only $23 for BluRay with a regular version included (gave that to Mom.) I figured I would only watch it once, but, actually, I have watched several times, and it has become one of those comfort movies, one you slap in when nothing else on.
Avatar is anti-christian because they prayer to things of this world, Not to Jesus. Praying to anything other than Jesus means nothing. Sory for being so blunt, but the truth is the truth. The movie itself (I saw it at the movies) visuals are good, but that is it. I also watched 2012 and must say that movie is a hoot at best. Please keep this in mind, man is incapable to fixing the problems he has created. Jesus will correct those problems and the result won't be pleasing to most people. Just read the Bible. Can man stop a volcano, earth quake, flood, snow, rain, and air? Jesus can.
I don't think the movie made the claim that man can stop a volcano, earthquake, snow, rain, or air. I don't believe something being non-Christian is the same things as anti-Christian. I'm just not that sensitive I guess.