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Avatar 21 December 09

Section: article

Categories: Film / in-a-cinema

Technically this film was beautifully done, of course. The story was not unusual, but was resolved differently from films of its kind in that — well this gives it away a bit, so stop reading if you haven’t seen it yet — the relative “powerlessness” of the victims of the invading force was held in check, wasn’t hammered into us (indigenous peoples historically have more than once beaten back more powerful systems, thinking of Viet Nam of course). And resistance in the story did lead to liberation and did not end demoralizingly in tragedy. I wish the sort of “great white hope” cliche of the former “marine” taking the lead in that liberation had been done differently.

  • Title: Avatar
  • Directed by: James Cameron
  • Writing credits: James Cameron
  • Starring: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel Moore...