Avatar, the latest release of James Cameron, is mesmerising. For many visual and storytelling reasons it’s the next truly great SciFi film – after Matrix. As with Matrix, the movie’s visual advances weren’t just showing off, they were used to aid storytelling. In fact it’d be hard to have made that movie come alive as it did without the amazing graphics.
I understand that true movie critics might have some issues with some technical sides – that’s beyond me. I do recognise also that if you wanted you could call “heavy handed” on criticism of how Canada specifically destroys communities while gathering “legal” resources for the benefit of shareholders. I disagree, as even the villains were perfectly rational and even kind characters. They just had different interests. So no mustache-twirling villains here.
But to say it’s simplistic – that’s just plain wrong.
The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano says that despite “so much stupefying, enchanting technology,” there are “few genuine emotions.” Vatican Radio called it “rather harmless” but said the movie was no sci-fi masterpiece.
I disagree with a lot the Vatican says but stay out of it as that’s their business to help or mess up their followers as they please. But when they come into MY space, the SciFi space, and start spouting jibberish…that’s when they’re over the line.