So James Cameron was just on “The View” Wednesday morning, and he was disarmingly frank about the premise and purpose of his film, “Avatar.” He plainly explained it was anti-corporate, and that his goal was to take that “subversive” message, and wrap it up in an entertaining vehicle in a way that America, or the world, would swallow it whole.
Check it out here:
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I admire the guy for admitting that. But I just don’t see the subversion he’s talking about. I can’t remember the last time I saw a “pro-corporate” movie, which to me would be truly subversive. I mean, can you imagine a director making a film about a drug company that works tirelessly to come up with medications that saves millions of lives? That’s happened in real life – more than a couple of times. Still, no movie. However, Hollywood craps out a pro-environmental, anti-big business flick faster than I can say “Pass the Charmin.”
And I can say that pretty fast.
Anyway, I saw “Avatar,” and being from Fox News, naturally I rooted against the Navi. Not because they were holistic earthers. I just hated all the jewelry. It reminded me of a spa I went to in Santa Fe. Still, it was a great flick – as long as you separate fact from fantasy. In Cameron’s fantasy, Marines become mercenaries who arrive to a peaceful place and destroy it. In our reality – around the same time that flick was making millions – Marines were actually landing in Haiti, saving lives during one of the worst tragedies in recent memory. In the world of make believe, we are evil. In the real world, we aren’t so bad.
I don’t expect the idiots who watch “The View” to get that. But I’m sure the rest of us do.
And if you disagree with me, you’re probably a Navi-hating homophobe who kills blue people for fun.
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