The Coming Storm -Avitar-and hidden meanings

I have made a promise today to not post here of my general feelings and also a mountain of data I have of what is coming. It is Christmas- and even though the winds are literally howling already in our small town in West Virginia and remnants of the icy rain have begun to fall- nonetheless, the hardy Worley's (the old WV clan going back a LONG time in Appalachia) will meet and celebrate an old fashioned snowy Christmas. 

Having spent this morning filling more containers with water, stocking shelves, and making sure the taps are dripping to prevent a disaster of our pipes from freezing- we prepare to have Skye get his much prayed for Wonder pets. He smiled at me as he sat on Santa's lap personifying the mood of the day- one of the celebration of a holiday in the midst of a coming storm. And this will be no ordinary storm. For as the winds whip the trees outside, it parallels what is soon to come.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/hmg-avatar-hidden-messages.html

Some prominent members of the media who screened the film certainly took note. In a glowing review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert noted that "Avatar" "has a flat-out Green and anti-war message" that is "predestined to launch a cult." Meanwhile Ben Hoyle, writing in the Times of London, noted that the film "contains heavy implicit criticism of America's conduct in the War on Terror." Further, Will Heaven of the Daily Telegraph said that the plot line involving people of color who wear "tribal" jewelry while sporting dreadlocked hair, being saved by a noble white man gave the film a "racist subtext" that he found "nauseatingly patronising."

But are these hidden messages really all that hidden? James Cameron himself hasn't been shy in publicly proclaiming the fact that he's an environmental activist who believes that humans and "industrial society" are "causing a global climate change" and "destroying species faster than we can classify them." In a recent interview with PBS' Tavis Smiley, Cameron admitted that he made "obvious" references in the film to Iraq, Vietnam and the American colonial period to emphasize the fact that humans have a "terrible history" of "entitlement" in which we "take what we need" from nature and indigenous peoples "and don't give back."

Further, one of the film's stars Stephen Lang told CNN that he is "not surprised at all" that some people have taken note of the film's political messages, mainly because the central theme of humans "destroying" a "pristine world" out of "blindness and greed" is so "overt."

comment: on Dec 26th - the tenth anniversary of my father's passing from this world- I will begin posting what I have- and know- of the storm that is coming.

Merry Christmas from our family - Med, Skye, and Bluebird.



Medclinician

Avitar has passed The Titanic in sales making  over 1.84 billion. This was reported on cable and satellite by Fox as well as other news networks.

It is likely to hit $2 billion.

As posted before- an analysis of the themes and tone of the movie and it soaring popularity tell us what at least people find entertaining and is interesting to a wide spectrum of viewers.

Med

It's just a movie, Med...not a conspiracy.