Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
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ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white Americans, the indigenous peoples they displaced to colonize what would become the United States aren’t real people. Instead, they are supplemental creatures in a myth of American exceptionalism: the wolf that eats grandma; the wind at the door. They are props for enlightenment, triggers of guilt. Once conquered through disease, genocide, broken treaties, and other nasty tricks born of avarice and cupidity, indigenous peoples became objects of pity and romanticization, transitioning…

I think, for white Americans, the indigenous peoples they displaced to colonize what would become the United States aren’t real people. Instead, they are supplemental creatures in a myth of American exceptionalism: the wolf that eats grandma; the wind at the door. They are props for enlightenment, triggers of guilt. Once conquered through disease, genocide, broken treaties, and other nasty tricks born of avarice and cupidity,

  • MrEff@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I don’t think anyone is claiming the avatar franchise is some high brow cinema or calling it modern ‘film’. It is a flashy blockbuster movie. Enjoy it for what it is. Or not. But don’t put it up on some high pedestal just to knock it down when it was never up there. I’m so sick of the avatar bashing. If you don’t like it, that’s great, move on. Just like you would do for any other movie. I don’t get the fixation on bashing avatar over any other movie people don’t like.