My avatar review

[oldschoolfool]

tarheel91 said:

Kynes said:

 

This picture never gets old...

Yeah, by oversimplifying two plots that are based on the exact same source material (colonialism), it's pretty easy to create something like that. I've counted that picture a dozen times and I know it will never go away. They conveniently ignore the entire part of Avatar from Jake's imprisonment to the final battle, they ignore the whole scientist portion of Avatar (i.e. not all humans have such motives), they ignore Jake's decision to become a Na'vi (and incredibly important decision with a symbolic significance that goes completely the opposite of most stories about colonialism).  I could go on, but I'm kind of sick of countering this image.

They basically took the parts of Avatar and Pocahontas that matched up well and ignored the rest. Considering they're both about colonialism, it really isn't surprising. You can make anything look like whatever you want by oversimplifying it.  (Mario and God of War are the same game.  It's just a lot of jumping around and smashing heads.)

I agree wih you. Alot of movies have similar plotlines. I don't understand what the big deal is. Like I said,I haven't seen avatar yet,but I will eventually.