Comments on: Avatar Philosophy

By: Arsene Hodali

Arsene Hodali — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 01:28:47 +0000

Hmm, does nobody else see the whole “Pocahontas” resembles of Avatar? Kinda like Lion King and a certain Shakespeare play.

Great post, you should watch “Examined Life”. A philosopher on it completely disagrees with you… always good to hear a contradictory opinion.

By: Brenton Gieser

Brenton Gieser — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:11:16 +0000

Yet our animal side is still manipulated by the superficial since after we watched Avatar we probably closed the night with some good ol’ Bravo TV programing reinforcing everything we are ashamed of (a bit overly cynical I guess).

I feel like many people in small pockets online (like ur group) act on many of the more “animal” instincts by being able to filter out the surface level gratification and focus on finding meaning.

But the evil forces always keep the balance and counteract the fulfillment our animal side is looking for.

Next movie review: Matrix…go!

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:04:19 +0000

Brilliant, didn’t think of that one. Maybe it’s because it’s more common in other movies, but it’s definitely there.

By: Duff

Duff — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:09:51 +0000

There’s also the colonial theme of white man as savior of the indigenous people in Jake Scully (see also Dances with Wolves, Pocahontas, etc.).

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:55:51 +0000

It would. But if you had to choose, which one it would be?

By: Wilson Usman

Wilson Usman — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:37:34 +0000

Wow it’s nice to see a your point of view Carlos. I watched the movie and didn’t pass thinking ahhh good movie. That’s it. But it is sad how the man keeps taking but not giving back anything.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:15:17 +0000

I take to heart a good movie the same way I take to heart an awesome book. And skeptical as I was about it, I was impressed both visually and message-wise by Avatar.

Natural satisfaction better than social satisfaction? How about naturally social satisfaction? That seems like it would be pretty sweet to me.

By: Carlos Miceli

Carlos Miceli — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:09:13 +0000

No need to think about the movie too much, of course I agree.

I find interesting the effect that the movie has on the spectator, that’s all.

By: Raven

Raven — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:50:10 +0000

I don’t know. Whenever I see movies like Avatar, there always seems to be an extreme – this ongoing reckoning with forces of nature and The Man. Either get back to verdant nature or steep in a poisonous technological stew. I think the tension lies in using up resources within an inch of their life – on both angles. There can always be too much of anything, whether it’s nature or not. Both things grant a different kind of access to our society and community. When we over use them (or strip them of their benefits) that’s when we run into trouble.

By: Sarah Merion

Sarah Merion — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:43:11 +0000

I loved this movie and watched it twice actually. It has incredible symbolism with simple messages.