Okay, I’ll admit, I’ve yet to see Avatar. I’m not really the biggest fan of movie theaters and as far as I’m concerned, nothing will ever be nearly as epic as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. All the ridiculous controversy surrounding Avatar has me intrigued though, so I’ll probably end up going to see it in 3D. As a service to you, I’ve decided to compile all the complaints about Avatar that I’ve read. None of these are actually reviews of the movie. I.e. “It’s bad” or “It kicks ass.” Rather, they are bullshit complaints about it being “racist” or something of that manner.
Audiences experience ‘Avatar’ blues
This involves people feeling like their life has no purpose since it’s not as beautiful as the Avatar world of Pandora. Cry me a freakin’ river.
Is ‘Avatar’ Racist?
Racism is WAY overplayed nowadays. You used to know when something was racist, now everything is. Harden the fuck up, Stefan…
‘Avatar’: Fun Fantasy or Political Statement
Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb. Michael Moore’s movies are political statements. Not everything is a referendum on George Bush.
James Cameron Defends Avatar From Anti-Smoking Watchdog Group
So Sigourney Weaver smoked a cigarette in the movie. Naturally, people were outraged, because smoking is the 975th worst thing a child is gonna see in that movie theater. What about that fat tub-o-lard wolfing down a 3-gallon bucket of popcorn with “Juicy” written across the ass of her pants? Yeah, smoking’s way worse than that. Kudos to James Cameron for defending this.
Stop Avatar
Evidently, this group is pissed off because Avatar does not feature GLBT actors. (You can look up that term if you’re unsure about what it means. I don’t want the Google ads associated with it. Not my target demographic). This might indeed be a troll job, but if it is, it’s one of the best ones I’ve ever seen. Be sure to check out the comments section.
Although not technically a complaint…
This is pretty weird stuff. I’ll let you digest it for yourself, but first you’re gonna need a few words defined (thanks to wikipedia).
- Therian – A member of the contemporary subculture of Therianthropy.
- Therianthrope – refers to the metamorphosis of humans into other animals.
- Contherianthrope (from therianthropes.com) – A therianthrope who’s animalistic side is so interwound into their human side the two are indistinguishable. A contherianthrope does not experience shifting but rather feels a constant presence of both animal and human sides at the same time. Contherianthropes have been described as finding it very natural to use both human conceptualization/logic and native animal emotion/instinct, jointly, as combined factors in decisionmaking, dynamically blending each to add richness and insight to the overall process
Hold on tight on this last one, it’s a word adventure into the deep, dark depths of the internets.
Haven’t seen the film, but I really wanted to until I read some reviews. It appears that James Cameron portrayed the Marines as complete lunatics. Not cool in my book.
I’m always a little skeptical when people get all worked up about a movie’s ulterior motives. I didn’t read about it being derogatory towards Marines until after I wrote this. I’m definitely gonna have to see it to see what all the controversy is about. I guess the old adage is true, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
2721668 beers on the wall.