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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Avatar better than Lord of the Rings
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 17:19:54 +0100
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On 4 Jan 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

> Native American culture came through from my
> observation and others who watched the movie.

This group has not succeeded in driving out the invaders. They have  
not even gotten paid in full for use of their resources or had all  
their political prisoners released. So, the fit to the film leaves  
something to be desired. Of course, one can pick out the cultural  
element and ignore the rest, but then the interpretation suffers.



> James Cameron's interpretation appears to be much simpler than mine.



<http://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2009/12/15/james-cameron---don't-pigionhole-"avatar”/
 >

  The Titanic director sees his movie as a sort of biblical and  
ecological journey with a serious bite thrown in to heighten the  
suspense.


This seems a lot closer to my interpretation: The Film promotes  
religion and ecologism, with violence being justified by the 'good  
cause' (it was softened by being 'self-defense', but still the  
settlement required warfare).


dss


David Stodolsky
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