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Is it me, or has James Cameron gone Pinko? (or perhaps blue..)

Perhaps after the shock of the amazing CGI wore off, you stopped and asked yourself, “what exactly was that poorly acted farce all about, anyway”? Yes, the production values are amazing, but not quite as amazing the propaganda value. Don’t let the expensive special effects fool you: a turd in 500 million dollar wrapper is still a turd. Here is everything you need to know about the movie in about 500 words.

The United States is Evil:  that’s right; apparently we’ve done it again. The main antagonist of this gaudy travesty is “The Company”, a familiar allegory for irrational greed that has become the straw man argument for all capitalist ventures. However, The Company is not simply a cautionary tale warning of humanities’ recklessness;  after all its not the “Earth Corps” that act as the Storm Troopers in this cartoonishly evil plot, it’s the US Marines. What could have been an interesting space opera was instead cast into a clumsily disguised jab at the United States involvement in Iraq. Perhaps if the Na’vi Chieftain was a bearded dictator that was hell bent on sentencing his own people to rape rooms, we could start to draw a parallel. Instead it reads like a chapter out of Das Capital. After all, why would a capitalist society be motivated to do anything other than steal the material wealth of others? Clearly the recent activities of the United States sending over the USMC to do relief work in places like Thailand and Haiti was merely sorted scheme to blow up all their trees and steal their Unobtainium.

Magic is the answer to all our problems: Why didn’t we think of that? Worse than the self righteous condemnation of our technological life style (After all, who needs industry when you can just use the USB cord growing out of your head to hotwire a Space Pterodactyl?) is the lack of any realistic alternative present. The Na’vi way of life is portrayed as morally superior to our own; we the audience are supposed to aspire to emulate them. However, they live in a contrived existence that is completely divorced from the human condition, born instead into an absurd ecosystem where magic and evolution have conspired to create a utopia where trees can return the dead to life.

You’re an Idiot: if you join the military. In the cynical world of James Cameron patriotism and other altruistic motivations for joining the service simply cannot exist. People only join the Service because they are too stupid to do anything else, and we are constantly reminded of this throughout the film. Make sure to remind your family members in the service that they are the half retarded pawns of corporate greed next time they come home.

Guns are evil: guns and the military in general are held with such contempt by the left that we actually see a bizarre sort of wish fulfillment born of ignorance and metaplot in which both the USMC and their weapons are outclassed by the natives. Apparently you can go up against heavily armored, death-dealing gunships with bows and arrows with sufficient amounts of handwavium, a material that is apparently more abundant in this film than certain other mineral deposits.

Character is overrated: especially if you’re the main character. Your country, your brothers in arms, and the planet are all counting on you. Hell, the survival of the human race is dependent on you to get the job done! On second thought, why don’t you just blow it all off for an alien booty call?

C’mon, we’ve all seen the movie by now. Why don’t you let us know at VAF what you think? Give me your best shot!

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