saw avatar this weekend.

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i knew it was a liberal propaganda piece but it rediculous to listen to obvious references. they way that fool protrayed the marines is just pathetic.
 
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joevol320 said:
i knew it was a liberal propaganda piece but it rediculous to listen to obvious references. they way that fool protrayed the marines is just pathetic.
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So what did you think about Pocahontas (same movie different setting)?
 
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VolDad said:
So what did you think about Pocahontas (same movie different setting)?
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i didn't see pocahontas. the only reason i saw this movie was that my father-in-law wanted to see it.

i thought special effects were great, i think the theater that we saw it in wasn't too great. i liked how the indians were so tall.

i really wanted to like the movie, but the whole liberal/anti-military/anti-American/mother earth propaganda really killed it for me.
 
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joevol320 said:
i didn't see pocahontas. the only reason i saw this movie was that my father-in-law wanted to see it.

i thought special effects were great, i think the theater that we saw it in wasn't too great. i liked how the indians were so tall.

i really wanted to like the movie, but the whole liberal/anti-military/anti-American/mother earth propaganda really killed it for me.
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I saw it in IMAX 3D; totally cool.

AvatarPocahontas.jpg


'Avatar' = 'Pocahontas' In Space (PICTURE)
 
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I bet you love the Rocky series JoeVol. Imagine if it were a a liberal propaganda piece. Rocky would have lost to the Russian and Apollo.
 
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and a more original name for the wonder-mineral. "Unobtanium"? really?
 
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I was a bit annoyed by the "oh we must take care of mother earth" message at times...I felt a bit beaten over the head with it. And the parallels to Dances with Wolves and Pocahontas left me with the 'already been done' feeling. With that said, I was just going for the special effects, so I left happy.
 
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I think the irony of Avatar partnering with McDonald's and other big consumer companies and all the merchandising revenues that are coming is enough to make me put up with the "message" of the movie.

Haven't seen it yet but looking forward to it.
 
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Its a pretty good movie if you go into it expecting the propaganda and wanting to see some really f'ing cool special effects.
 
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Every one do yourself a favor and rent Dune................ change around a few things and it is the same movie........
 
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TooLegit2Quit said:
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I'm well aware of the wiki article, that doesn't change the fact that Cameron chose the most unoriginal name for his miracle mineral.

Roddenberry gave us dilithium.

Tolkien gave us mithril.

Marvel Comics gave us adamantium.

Cameron could have given us "felcherium" but instead chose the easy way out.
 
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the special effects where great. i saw dances with wolves and i enjoyed the story much better than Avatar. Dances with wolve was at least somewhat accurate
 
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I just don't understand the absolute hate. I usually am ultra sensitive to the liberal propaganda, but to me this movie was no where near that bad of an offender. Ya they had jabs at the military in there (which would have been fixed in my mind if they just made the marines just a private branch of that company) but that was about it. To me it was Dances with Wolves' story, message, and theme but re-skinned with a sci fi setting. And the main reason why I think he went that easy route on the story was to make it predictable for the audience so they could just lose themselves in the world that he created. I loved it for what it was.
 
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OrangeYankee said:
I just don't understand the absolute hate. I usually am ultra sensitive to the liberal propaganda, but to me this movie was no where near that bad of an offender. Ya they had jabs at the military in there (which would have been fixed in my mind if they just made the marines just a private branch of that company) but that was about it. To me it was Dances with Wolves' story, message, and theme but re-skinned with a sci fi setting. And the main reason why I think he went that easy route on the story was to make it predictable for the audience so they could just lose themselves in the world that he created. I loved it for what it was.
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i loved the special effects, but the whole jarhead stereotype just killed it early for me. the shock and awe quote, the daisy cutter reference was too obvious to miss. you mean they don't have a missle designed that take out the tree? they have to rig a bomb and drop it out of the ship ( just like they do with the actual daisy cutter bomb)
 
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joevol320 said:
i loved the special effects, but the whole jarhead stereotype just killed it early for me. the shock and awe quote, the daisy cutter reference was too obvious to miss. you mean they don't have a missle designed that take out the tree? they have to rig a bomb and drop it out of the ship ( just like they do with the actual daisy cutter bomb)
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As a former Marine, that was really difficult to stomach.
 
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