By: mike b

mike b — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:08:24 +0000

A high budget film with excellent graphics and a heavy handed, as well as one sided, message does not make a great film. However, it does make a great propaganda film. Also, you shouldn’t discount a movie you haven’t seen. It’s liking speaking on something as though you have first hand experience when all you know of it is what you read in a blog or see on the news.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:51 +0000

Most certainly Mike, when I eventually do get a chance to watch THL I will give it a fair review and of course revise my opinion on this subject. However the more I dig on this subject the more I hear strange one sided votes coming from the actors, who I beleive have a huge role in the actual votes for the Oscars. Because of the whole “I dont wanna be replaced by a CG actor” scenario, the votes from the guild went for THL…I hope that this turns out to be false info.
Tell me why you consider the Avatar message “heavy handed”. There is much to be said about its intrinsic propagandist material. Avatar hits very close to home, espcially for countries like china…where in fact they only released the movie in 3D, making the accessibility limited for the general public…reason being because they (government)feared reprisals from their citizens over the forced land removal scene with the Navi. While Avatar isnt the best written movie, it has a very definte message.

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