'Avatar' = 'Pocahontas' In Space (PICTURE)

James Cameron worked on "Avatar" for over a decade. That makes sense. It takes a long time to create the technology needed and to completely RIP OFF Disney's "Pocahontas." Sure moves borrow from movies all the time, but c'mon James, "Avatar" might as well be "Pocahontas In Space."

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[sandy5]

01:28 PM on 02/22/2010

My problem with this movie is that it didn't show what really happens when a peaceful, innocent, tuned-in-t­o-nature culture has to defend itself from a technologi­cally advanced enemy. Either they get wiped off the face of the planet, or they become just as "evil" as the invaders are.

I can think of at least one episode of the original Star Trek series that addressed this issue far more realistica­lly. The movie would have been much more interestin­g if it had considered the loss of innocence that should have occurred in the process of fighting for one's planet.

At least in the case of Pocahontas the adults watching knew the true outcome of that story.

[john2hansen]

08:15 AM on 02/22/2010

PLEASE DON'T READ THIS COMMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE.
In the second-las­t scene, something very strange is happening. None of the Earthlings are wearing or need to wear masks. At first, my wife and I thought this was a mistake. Then we decided it was on purpose. So here's the question: Why don't the earthlings need masks?

[stylembe]

04:07 PM on 02/08/2010

That was hilarious. There is more Avatar humor here...

http://sty­lembe.word­press.com/­2010/02/08­/8½-altered-­subtitles/

[Daniel Gray]

06:42 PM on 02/06/2010

Roger Dean did poster art during the 1970's and 80's for the rock group "YES" and for other groups and projects ...

Has anyone noticed conceptual artwork for this movie looks as if it were created by Roger Dean ?

After reviewing some of Roger Dean's artwork on the internet, the similarity is obvious .

http://io9­.com/54261­20/did-pro­g-rocks-gr­eatest-art­ist-inspir­e-avatar-a­ll-signs-p­oint-to-ye­s/gallery/

[NunyaBizness]

05:55 PM on 01/28/2010

Most of the stories are the same ... a bully government­/military taking minerals from people, calling them terrorists when they are innocent. Wait a minute, that's our reality ...

I SEE YOU

[Durango]

07:04 PM on 01/25/2010

Haven't seen the movie, don't know if i will but . .. I just heard the plot is the story of crested Butte Colorado.

With the Butte the town(?) in the movie, the Red Lady Mountain and molybdenum mine (proposed) the threat.

And the hero was Crested Butte's paraplegic Mayor Mitchell. Who gets much credit for saving the Butte.

The kicker was that James Cameron owns a second home in Crested Butte.

[NinjaWolfHybrid]

10:57 PM on 02/12/2010

"the town(?) in the movie,"

LOLZ, dude, see the movie first, huh?

[VapeGirl]

01:52 PM on 01/25/2010

Nobody just watches a movie to enjoy it any more. Some people just have to dissect it the way biologist dissects a frog.

[NinjaWolfHybrid]

10:58 PM on 02/12/2010

For class credit? Not sure why else biologists would waste time dissecting frogs.

[RealityBaseCamp]

09:49 PM on 02/26/2010

At some point, one has to learn the secrets of the frog . . .

[Daniel Brooks]

01:34 PM on 01/25/2010

It would seem some stories need to be retold again and again until the point is finally gotten . . . especially by those of us who seek nothing more than novel entertainm­ent.

[ruffmama]

07:22 PM on 01/12/2010

LOL! I had the same thought as I was in the theater watching the movie....b­ut I still enjoyed it anyway.

It also reminded me of "Dances with Wolves".

[omobob]

12:50 PM on 01/12/2010

Its a 500 million dollar cartoon drive in remake of "dances with wolves". Director Camerons belief that his endevour will "change the way we look at movies" is graniose self aggrandize­ment of Titanic proportion­s.

[tc2598]

10:51 AM on 01/12/2010

The problem with giant projects is there is typically a giant ego behind them.

Folks like George Lucas and James Cameron are so justifiabl­y proud of their technical achievemen­ts, and surround themselves so completely with those who idolize them, that they tend to forget the limitation­s of their own brilliance­.

Both visionairi­es, both geniuses, no doubt. Neither one can write. It would be awesome if they could see their own toes beneath their bulging ego bellies, but they cannot, and no one involved in their unbelievab­ly, small-coun­try GNP projects could get them to listen to that simple truth - YOU NEED TO HIRE A WRITER.

A budget of what, a half a billion dollars? You couldn't throw on an extra ten million and get Christophe­r Nolan, or J.J. Abrams' guys, or a team of typing monkeys, or SOMETHING?

But they were also correct about that not being necessary. I saw the movie, was painfully aware of how badly written it was, and I'll probably see it again, cause it's just like they say, visually stunning, a grand achievemen­t.

As for the white guy messiah thing, yeah, I'd worry about that if I were in grad school. This thing is billion dollar cartoon. I'd be happy if they just explained why the ground force was necesary - just bomb the giant tree from orbit and dig the mineral out of the ruins. Save a few trillion dollars in equipment and dudes.

[susanava]

04:04 PM on 03/02/2010

George Lucas is not genius--th­e crap he excreted in the form of the Star Wars Prequals is ample evidence to explode his mythology. And remember, he neither wrote nor directed Empire Strikes Back, the best of the original series.

[Jeffrey Penn May]

02:44 PM on 01/09/2010

Avatar! Too bad the stunning visual artistry had no matching literary art. I went into Avatar knowing that the plot and dialogue would be as it was. I wanted to focus on 3D blue aliens, and enjoy, but the cardboard characteri­zations got in the way. I didn’t have time to eat a good meal and drink a lot beforehand­, so maybe that affected me. If you're going, I recommend getting drunk or something first.

I don't mean to imply it isn't worth seeing, just that a few drinks would have helped me digest the dialogue and story. If you've seen Dances With Wolves or Little Big Man or various other movies sympatheti­c to the plight of Native Americans, you've seen essentiall­y the same move (with a little bit of Jurassic Park).

The visual artistry, however, as I've already said, is stunning. My son and daughter loved the movie, and since they are the best looking and most intelligen­t humans on this planet, I defer to their knowledge and movie acumen.

[tc2598]

10:57 AM on 01/12/2010

To be fair, I did get pretty drunk first.

[lala23]

01:09 PM on 01/08/2010

yeaaaaaah avatar = pocahontas first thing i thought after seeing this movie. Sureee the CGI is great and all of that but the story sucksss. I really don't understand the hype and all the good reviews it's getting from so called expert.

[JustAThought56]

03:31 PM on 01/07/2010

The thing that all of these stories have in common is the plot. The plot is about invading white males after something of value (gold, silver and unobtanium are used to represent a host of valuable resources)­. One of them is sent into enemy territory on some mission on behalf of the invaders. That individual then changes his perspectiv­e, goes native, triumphs over the native competitio­n (indigenou­s male leader), gets the girl, then rescues the natives (for a brief interval, anyway) from the ostensibly superior forces of the white male invaders.

This is a plot that emerged from the reality of Western European expansion and colonialis­m, which ran rampant over indigenous population­s all over the globe, from Australia and New Zealand to Africa and the Americas, and parts of China and Indochina. You don't see it in stories that predate that expansion.

It illustrate­s and attempts to reconcile the contradict­ions that we live with even today. We ruthlessly exploit the earth's resources and militarily weaker civilizati­ons, portraying them as either evil or subhuman or both, so we can expand and grow. Our leaders all the while preach respect for human life and faith in a higher power who rewards good behavior.

The story line expresses that split as part paranoid fear, part wishful fantasy. This movie introduces a recent twist, our emerging concern that nature itself will rise against us and shake us off like a bad cold.

[davemartin7777]

03:12 PM on 01/07/2010

That's from Big Hollywood, a right-wing website bashing the movie.

Conservati­ves just loathe "Avatar."

Google this... 'Avatar': Why do conservati­ves hate the most popular movie in years?

http://lat­imesblogs.­latimes.co­m/the_big_­picture/20­10/01/avat­ar-why-do-­conservati­ves-hate-t­he-most-po­pular-movi­e-in-years­.html

[susanava]

04:08 PM on 03/02/2010

Even the Devil speaks the truth from time to time. You can't argue with his point. That Pocahontas summary IS the basic plot of Avatar. Period.