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I'm going to avoid Avatar mostly because, from what I know of the plot, it sounds like a tedious and preachy reintroduction of anti-colonialism and ecology from a typically unsophisticated and blunt vantage of weak liberal sentiment in between laser beams and spaceship landing craft.
That is to say, I don't disagree that anti-colonialism is wrong. It's just that while blockbusters have often been excused of wrapping the obvious in spectacular imagery, this particular film tests the already ultra-relaxed standard of relevance. District 9 came out only four months ago, god damn it.
As for those who are all up on the spectacle for spectacle's sake trip, I suggest you see Final Fantasy: A Spirit Within. It's a fully photorealistic cgi film which is, as far as I can tell, equal in quality to Avatar's. You won't have to put up with all that pointless live action. You shouldn't mind, though, that the story is out and out shit.
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