[aruanan]

James Cameron makes another blockbuster, this time one centered on liberal white guilt.

I'll save my ten bucks for something else more worthwhile...

Why don't you actually watch the movie instead of responding in a knee-jerk reaction to some politicoid's use of the movie to promote his own mini culture war? This kind of response is exactly what made possible the global warming crowd's ascendency.

I went into the movie with all that I had read by the detractors and discovered that they were really, REALLY reaching. The movie wasn't anything like that. It was a simple story of good versus evil and the powerful finally getting kicked in the teeth by the downtrodden they were abusing. That some of the powerful evil folks were humans? Big deal. As though we can go through over 4000 years of human history and see only beneficence in the way humans treat other humans.

[The Duke]

Why don't you actually watch the movie instead of responding in a knee-jerk reaction to some politicoid's use of the movie to promote his own mini culture war?

I think the entire idea is to not support offensive movies with costly ticket purchases. This means that one must research the movie before taking the $$$ plunge.

I'll plunk down my $$$ for Avatar when I've read enough to convince me it's not a platform for propoganda.