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  • Texas42

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    I went to the movies yesterday, with my brother. He wanted to go to see the movie, Avatar.

    Overall, it was a really good movie.

    The special effects were fantastic, and the movie was never boring. Almost three hours, but doesn't feel long

    Of course there are the subtle (ok, not so subtle, more like very overt) references to Native Americans spirtualism and naturalism as the good guys and Corporate/military greedy as the bad guys. It does make a distinction between the miliatary in the US, and the guys on this planet in the very beginning, but it is subtle at best.

    Acting was good to really good, depending on the actor.

    Overall, I'm happy I went. Probably the only movie I'd ever regretted not spending the money to watch in 3D.
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    81aggie

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    We want to see it sometime, supposed to be a good flick. If I can get past James Cameron's "messages" I hope I can enjoy it and just be entertained. Thanks for the info
     

    android

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    We want to see it sometime, supposed to be a good flick. If I can get past James Cameron's "messages" I hope I can enjoy it and just be entertained. Thanks for the info

    Not sure what you guys are talking about as far as the message.

    The plot is basically home invaders attempt to break in and take what doesn't belong to them. Home invaders get their asses handed to them by homeowner. Really no different that Independence Day, only humans are the resource grabbing aliens.

    That is usually applauded on this forum.
     

    Buckles

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    Avatar= Ferngully + Pocahontas.

    great movie though. i saw it last week in 3D. im probably going to go again sometime after christmas and see in on the imax
     

    Freedom1911

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    MEH. I'll wait for it to hit Netflix and give it a go.

    LOL Thats what I do. I don't go to the movies any more.
    I wait for NetFlix to get it in and rent it. If I really like the movie, I go buy it. Otherwise, I will just re rent it if I want to see it again.
    NetFlix is a great service, It has saved me from buying some movies I was sure were going to be great but turned out to be total dog scheiza.
     

    81aggie

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    Not sure what you guys are talking about as far as the message.

    The plot is basically home invaders attempt to break in and take what doesn't belong to them. Home invaders get their asses handed to them by homeowner. Really no different that Independence Day, only humans are the resource grabbing aliens.

    That is usually applauded on this forum.

    I had read some reviews that, while saying this is a good movie also said it was kind of heavy on pro-environmental and anti-corporate/military rhetoric. We went and saw it last Sunday afternoon, I didn't find it any more preachy than anything else out of Hollywood these days, enjoyed it a lot. I don't usually pay much attention to film critics, for some reason I almost let them give me some preconceived notions about this one.

    Good analogy about the home invaders, I guess it's all in how you look at things
     

    android

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    Good analogy about the home invaders, I guess it's all in how you look at things

    I actually gave this a bit more thought while I was out on a bike ride and decided it can't really be any other way.

    Let's start with some "natural laws" of ownership. I think there are basically two:

    1) I was here first for property
    2) I possess or control it for possessions.

    Then you look at how possessions can change hands. There are really only three ways:

    1) Freely given
    2) Fairly traded
    3) Taken

    Freely given and fairly traded are pretty boring and don't make a good movie. So for plot purposes, that really only leaves taking. Taking can be by force or some other coercion or persuasion, but ultimately one party is not fairly compensated. For example, a city may condemn your property and give you $50,000 for it, but if you didn't want to sell at any price or thought it was worth more, you have had your property taken.

    There are two natural ways of taking, by brute force, or by intelligence. Within our society, we can also take things "legally", but that doesn't really count here.

    Humans, being a weak and soft animal generally have to take stuff by our intelligence and that means technology. If you want to wrestle a tiger's dinner away, you better have a gun or a knife (superior technology) and be smart about using it, or you will end up as dessert.

    Taking always occurs from a position of power, either brute force or as in most of human history, by technology. A boxing match is one simple example of brute force, two humans duking it out. But we haven't fought wars that way in centuries. Some tech has been involved since cavemen, clubs, spears, swords and all the way up to AR's, LGB's and MIRV's.

    We typically will always attempt to justify taking stuff from its rightful owner. Common excuses are that the original owner didn't "legally" own it, such as north America or that they weren't using it, or that we can make "better use "of it. Still doesn't matter, it's all taking by force in the overall scheme of things.

    Since we all agree that we all have the God given or natural right to self defense, then the natural outcome of taking property and real estate almost always angers the victims and they fight back. So, very basic movie plot material, but I see it as more of a social statement than political.
     
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