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Saw it two days ago in 3D: not the most sophisticated story, but brilliant and emotionally touching movie. Agenda? Of course! Everybody doing a movie, writing a book or a rock song, saying something or being silent has an agenda. (Even people who hate agendas usually have very big agendas.)

You read about many diffent agendas: anti-imperialistic, anti-capitalistic, revisionistic western, first world vs. third world, dealing with indigenous peoples, good vs. evil, civilisation vs. nature, anti-american etcetc. The Chinese government took the agenda "dislocating people" very serious and is about to restrict the time Avatar can be shown in China. (A Chinese blogger: The movie shows a situation playing on another planet which is brutal reality in China). In an interview Cameron said that Avatar seems to work like a Rorschach test: The agenda you see has more to do with you than with the movie.

Which agenda did I read? Longing for paradise. Not paradise outside: nobody wants to go back to the Big Forest. Where would be the plugs for guitar amps and sound systems? Definitively not Cameron: no way to do a movie like this in Big Forest. So it´s about inner paradise, more or (mostly)less accesible for everyone. Living in the rhythm of inner and outer nature, yin and yang in dynamic balance, not suffering from an ego (will power, control, structure) gone wild. Not either stress or exhaustion but as well tension as relaxation. As the main character, discovering his real power  only after getting gentle, letting go and surrendering to "nature". Or Cameron, using the most advanced technical tools to a most mystical and dream-like movie.

Günter

Finally seeing it on Sunday in 3D......looking forward to it.

Am expecting it to be as predictable as the last film he did , but who cares. It looks awesome and a bit of escapism is good for the soul!

Do you think any of the leads are up for Oscars ?
Oh no..... thats right!! silly me!!!

~ Brack ~

Maggie, I'm so glad you didn't nod off. (don't know how one could!) Now we need to get Joe to do one for the world in 3D.
Rick

Good?

Better?

Best!!!!

As I'm a SciFi fan I was really interested in it anyway.
But it's a lot more than just a great looking scifi movie.
There's so much in it which should remind all of us - the belligerence and brutality of humans, the "climate change" (nah here in Germany we have snow for about 6 weeks now!), cultural problems, the ruthless economy...
After looking it the first time I just had some thoughts about Dances With Wolves...
egoistic humans putting of other cultures...
it ain't funny at all.

All of that combined with a nice story, great scifi, a whole new world and most modern technology. It's absolutely great.
I only read one official review which tells bad things about Avatar - it shall be a "cheap and shameless imitation of a dozen novels and scifi stories"...

Saw it three times now - but no time in 3D. But in two weeks - when my A-level exams are done - I will!

Here are my tabbed songs by "Smokin' Joe": http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7236
I LIKE MUSIC!

Having not seen it , just read your reviews, is it ALL, CGI Film ?
~ Brack ~

My advice is go to see it and then look on YouTube for clips on how they generated the images.

Maggie

I heard the film has taken ideas from Roger Dean, renowned for his work with, Prog Rock Band Yes ..... among many others.

Go have a look at Roger Dean's work www.rogerdean.com
Or just Google, [Roger Dean avatar], and you will see what i mean!

~ Brack ~