Why Avatar is Actually a Dumb Movie

James Cameron Making Avatar

First, I wanna say that I  enjoyed the movie…tremendously. The production and direction of the movie is just mind blowing. It’s very entertaining and engaging. Unlike with other movies, I never wanted to take my eyes off of the big 3D screen and look at my wrist watch. It went on for slightly over two and a half hours and I didn’t mind any second of it. I kinda wished it was even longer. It’s just that good; like The Lord of the Rings.

But the message of the movie is what doesn’t make me too happy about it.

I didn’t know James Cameron (the creator) was that deluded.

I first knew about James Cameron through the HBO series Entourage. They portrayed him as a legendary movie maker who only makes a movie every 10 years. So, back when I was watching Entourage, I wanted to know a little more about James Cameron. I had already watched The Terminator and Titanic, so what else has he done recently? Aliens of the Deep. It’s a documentary of unusual marine animals.

Since it’s a documentary, it allowed for a lot of Cameron’s real personality to show. Something about him rubbed me the wrong way. But in that documentary, you can also see that Cameron is real geek and loves science. These traits aren’t bad of course, and they show in the movie Avatar.

But that’s not all that shows in the movie. He’s also got some crazy ideas.

Humans are Killing Planet Earth

The entire movie is based on the idea that humans are exhausting the resources of planet earth and are killing it. That’s why they need to invade, occupy, and control another planet and other people.

So, the message he conveys here is this: we, as humans who love material things and don’t care much about the environment, are bad. Instead of enjoying material things, we need to learn to enjoy dancing naked in the forest.

I don’t mind that. Dancing naked in the forest sounds like wild fun. But don’t try to manipulate me through lies in order to get me to do what you want. That’s exactly what global warming fear mongers do. They want a certain outcome, so instead of peacefully and decently win people to their way, they’ll lie to get control.

To Make Money, Big Companies Assemble Armies and Kill People

This is just dumb.

The idea that private businesses have armies has become a reoccurring theme in movies. First District 9 portrays a private corporation that controls and operates a big army without any oversight, and now Avatar does the same thing.

Did someone kick these stupid movie makers in the fucking head?…Governments have armies; not companies!

In Avatar, Cameron is portraying a CEO as a commander-in-chief ordering the invasion and destruction of an entire city. CEOs don’t do that. Heads of governments do.

Pleasing Them All

I think Cameron really believes in the message that he’s sending through Avatar. But I also think he’s catering to the public’s mania on: global warming, environmental consciousness, spiritual beliefs, and so forth…

This movie is a victory for every dumb person who so desperately needs to believe in bullshit, which is the majority of people. And that in turn translates into another high grossing movie.