themes avatar american science fiction film avatar earned widespread success highest grossing film history blockbuster provoked vigorous discussion wide variety cultural social political religious themes identified critics commentators film writer director responded hoped create emotional reaction provoke public conversation topics broad range avatar intentional perceived themes prompted reviewers purpose season ideological reporter suggested politically charged reviewers seized opportunity break usual fodder public policy foreign relations making ideological battlefield epic discussion centered themes conflict modern human nature film treatment racism patriotism corporate greed property rights spirituality religion commentators debated film treatment human aggression native message support indigenous peoples today instead tired retelling racist myth noble savage right wing critics accused cameron pushing anti american message film depiction private military contractor marines attack natives cameron argued pro american question current wars iraq afghanistan visual similarity destruction film caused identify identify human military contractors terrorists critics asked comparison intended encourage audiences position muslims military occupation today discussion concerned film treatment environmental protection parallels example destruction removal mining homes development title film visual story elements provoked discussion film use cameron confirmed inspired christians including vatican worried film promotes christian beliefs instead thought explores biblical concepts critics praised film spiritual elements found political themes avatar describes battle indigenous people oppression alien humans director acknowledged film certainly sense way human history worked people military technological tend destroy people weaker usually resources critics agreed film clear message dominant aggressive cultures native population quest resources writing guardian asserted conservative criticism avatar reaction called film chilling metaphor european americas massively enriched europe cameron told references colonial period film design new_york_times compared struggle 22nd century version american colonists british india british latin_america indian born columnist wrote parallels plot western power indigenous people native americans eastern countries substitute names sees natives unable unwilling merits civilization longer weaker power thinking favor poor natives new_york_times criticized saw white complex film history shaped cruel ones way going supporting actors journey self admiration disagree jake handicapped second ultimately wins way commentators saw film message support struggles native peoples today indigenous president praised avatar profound resistance capitalism struggle defense nature compared human invaders nato iraq israel palestine considered clans united sincere prayer offered primitive win war palestinian activists painted blue dressed like weekly protest village israel separation barrier arab writers noted avatar confirmation claims lead build future hand forbes columnist criticized capitalism film asserting represents noble heroic way life led opportunity learn discover explore change world cameron stated avatar political film added movie reflects living war boots ground troops personally believe sent false hope opening eyes confirmed iraq stuff vietnam stuff design adding think film anti military critic magazine remarked realism suggested parallel wars iraq iran afghanistan doesn natives peace loving cameron said americans moral responsibility understand impact country recent military campaigns commenting term shock awe film cameron said know feels like launch missiles don know feels like land home soil america noted describing military assault cameron terminology ongoing war terrorism puts mouths film villains fight terror terror cameron sympathies movie clearly military corporate men columnist russian newspaper traced avatar popularity giving audience chance moral choice good evil emotionally siding jake treason relieve collective guilt cruel world created dismissed film essentially sentimental cartoon naturalist message uses villainous americans facts military capitalism answering critiques film insulting military piece los_angeles_times asserted forces existed insulted ones fought reviews saw avatar bubbling military wish free risk modern army fun fly winged beast critic writing opined contrary perceived avatar film war response attack film positive characters particularly american hero encourages follow battle war insane justified right reasons forbes saw film anti military metaphor military anti reviewers perceived anti american message film private security force american soldiers radio said avatar anti human thing stated theater people kentucky stand defeat country war got amazing special effects criticized cameron saw depiction american military pure evil argued avatar revealed hatred military american institutions notion human way review called avatar liberal tell disguised heavy handed simplistic sci fantasy critical america founding straight iraq war stranger commented release film american culture industry exports anti american spectacle anti american world likewise dismissed avatar cinema hate america crowd cameron argued film definitely anti american american having freedom ideas critic mtv concurred great leap logic tag avatar anti american anti capitalist called film neo con movie deeply conservative pro american message cameron admitted ambiguity issue agreeing bad guys america movie good guys america movie depending perspective stated avatar defeat academy_awards perceived anti theme destruction habitat reminded commentators september attack calling metaphor criticizing cameron willingness question sacred trauma cameron said surprised look like september added think necessarily bad thing french critic wrote analogy collapse towers spectacular scene justified unified indigenous peoples allied forces kill like terrorists writer noted stand ins perpetrators victims described reversal movie act social cultural themes civilization race commentators world sought interpret relationship humans film agreeing wrote humans turn primitive increasingly cynical brutal traits machinery monkey aliens emerge noble kind wise sensitive humane avatar hero faced uncomfortable irresistible choice races wrote inevitable audience like film hero jake find culture qualities kindness gratitude regard elder self sacrifice respect life ultimately humble dependence higher intelligence nature echoing analysis psychologist miami herald urged man woman child film wake message making right choice commercial soul consciousness life promise survival humanity similarly critic saw film message hope writing union humans aliens comes feeling better exists universe respect life cameron confirmed represent better aspects human nature human characters film demonstrate aspects human nature conversely new_york_times opined avatar creates sort edged cultural offensive cultural stereotype white people colonial victims spiritual athletic path grace review found film contrast mix new age myth noble savage corruption white man writing forbes viewed ironic cameron dazzling gorgeous indictment kind society produces critics saw racist film treatment indigenous seeing fantasy race told point view white people white white hero saves helpless primitive natives reduced ambitions proving heroism reviews called avatar offensive assumption need white lead self racist fact human roles film played white actors characters african american native american actors academic agreed film portrays indigenous people simplistic unable defend help white guys neo liberals author remarked white man fix destruction feel guilty directly responsible destruction likewise publisher editor germany said film myth noble savage yes racist message cameron bows noble reduces argued film enables typical ideological division rejecting actual struggle carried comment despite thematic elements thing truly original good old american ego given hollywood origins script remained faithful inherent superiority complex bestowed honor avatar movie native white american marine similarly good humans film dead resurrected good writer thought film inadvertently promoting supremacy race charlie rose talk cameron acknowledged parallels idea noble savage argued indigenous populations bow arrow level met technological superior forces somebody doesn help lose talking racial group existing population fighting rights cameron rejected claims film racist asserting avatar differences new_york_times felt similarly writing contrasts oppression genocide fail accept citing jewish soviet examples environment property avatar called doubt epic piece environmental advocacy captured film hits important environmental talking points virgin rain forests threatened exploitation indigenous peoples teach developed world planet functions collective organism evil corporate interests trying destroy cameron spoken extensively media film environmental message saying envisioned avatar broader metaphor treat natural world said created fantasy version world like started build shopping centers world told going lot pain don acknowledge responsibilities nature interviewed called avatar satire sense human avatar saying attitude indigenous people theirs sense lets forest eye human nature naked way times sophisticated way lots basically thing sense way taking want giving article belgium paper agreed brutality man takes isn commentators connected film story biodiversity amazon brazil dam construction logging mining clearing agriculture newsweek piece commented destruction resembling rampant tree article compared film depiction destructive corporate mining lands mining near reservation new_mexico critics dismissed avatar pro environmental stance inconsistent remarked factor destructive combat deployment technological force cameron economic military system technological possible like condemning nasa mars exploration author called film socialism disguised nonsense stuff argued process creation promotion avatar emitted carbon undermine film ecological message similarly article concluded technology viewers technology endangered world film showcases contradictions organic stating conservative criticism film strong environmental anti war themes unexpected cameron stressed interested saving world children going inhabit encouraged tree urged fairly rapid transition alternate energy film cameron environmental activism caught attention strong tribe eastern india appealed help stop mining company opening open cast sacred mountain advertisement variety read avatar fantasy real struggling defend land mining company hell bent destroying sacred mountain help similarly coalition environmental organizations canada ran page special oscar edition variety fight canada alberta comparison mining oil companies objected cameron awarded inaugural environment award outstanding social responsibility media groups portrayal environmental struggles compared destruction habitat way mining operations evoked parallels oppressive policies states involving related development wrote los_angeles_times film essential conflict battle property rights foundation free market civilization found storyline reminiscent policies authorities china million citizens evicted course decade long development boom article published official newspaper called film plot image violent demolition everyday life violent demolition conducted instigated real estate developers ordinary people burned desperately continue bear silence saw similar links displacement tribes amazon basin demolition private houses moscow suburb religion spirituality wrote spirituality depicted goes way explaining film gigantic popularity fact avatar essentially religious film cameron intended time objected saw film reviews norm speak spirituality traditional religion said tried film touch people spirituality broad spectrum stated film philosophical represent sort wants better wants respect nature humans film represent versions evil comes corporate decisions remove consequences film director saw similar key factor contributing success key marine wheelchair disabled cameron technology transport body beautiful athletic sexual disabled way inadequate old broken kind heaven resurrected connected instead disconnected religions mythology reviewers suggested film draws existing religious mythological motifs charlotte observer opined avatar poses great question faith creation seen governed mutual noted film concepts religions compared norse story tree called axis center world destruction signals collapse universe newsweek likened respect life belief religious beliefs practices forbes called species portrayed film writer defined avatar born human intervention intercourse sin comparing birth jesus christ krishna drew parallels deity goddess indigenous people suggested world mirrored garden writer countered avatar begs steals variety longstanding human stories puts comes new commentator called avatar new version garden syndrome pointing viewed conceptual similarities film terminology book genesis parallels times_of_india suggested avatar treatise indian philosophy enthusiasts starting word avatar houston_chronicle piece film terms ancient hindu commenting visual similarity krishna central respective traditionally depicted blue skin black hair mark forehead critic found elements film plot resembled teachings concepts soul ecological consciousness incarnations deities earth commending avatar director raising global stature months criticizing western reluctance accept oriental form cameron calls connection reference loved mythology entire hindu rich vivid continued didn want reference hindu religion closely association interesting hope haven offended stated familiar lot beliefs hindu religion found fascinating answering question time magazine avatar replied incarnation hindu gods taking flesh form film means human technology future capable human intelligence remotely located body biological body cameron confirmed meaning title times_of_india course significance film characters divine beings idea flesh body following film release reviewers focused cameron choice religious sanskrit term film title reviewer traced term incarnations writer hindu concluded loaded sanskrit word cameron indicated possibility encounter emotionally superior inferior form alien future step human evolution provided learn integrate change conquer destroy argued avatar downright film movie concept term avatar literally sanskrit descent based descending avatar jake refugee likewise thought title insults traditional hindu usage term human god descends film houston coordinator stated certain sacred terms avatar texas based filmmaker added avatar mean representative god earth simply form especially literature poetry forms art explaining choice color blue cameron said like blue good color plus connection hindu deities like commentators agreed blue skin described new_yorker article blue instantly relates film protagonist krishna article described 18th century indian painting consort riding great mythical bird avatar prequel resemblance film scene hero blue skinned avatar flies gigantic likened hero mate images discussing explicit implicit similarities film philosophy reviewers suggested hindu gods particularly save order universe film avatar descend impending ultimate doom effected greed leads destroying world nature observed film philosophical message consistent overall key scripture defining constitutes real culture civilization critics saw undeniably hindu connection film story teaching reverence universe practice inhabiting distant body consciousness compared film love scene practices linked earth goddess concept ground described likened ability connect realization commentator noted parallel ancient hindu signifies commented avatar adaptation hindu teaching concept author felt accurately applicable ordinary human beings step away exotic animals deities writing ukrainian day newspaper drew detailed avatar plot elements ancient narrative krishna including heroine tribe habitat forest mountain mystical rock opined resemblance account avatar blues sense loss experienced members audience conclusion film christianity christian writers worried avatar promotes nature worship critic holy wrote film shows linked worship nature fashionable creator creation mixed likewise vatican radio argued film pseudo doctrines turn ecology religion millennium nature longer creation defend worship according vatican spokesman reviews reflect pope views confusing nature spirituality hand vatican characterization avatar pagan writer urged christian critics film historical context christianity conquest americas instead conservative columnist new_york_times called avatar gospel according james cameron long hollywood religion choice generation weekly standard criticized film worship nature loving tribe tribe pagan rituals christian critic disputed danger avatar presents culture morally superior life earth love philosophy culture led evil away added cameron job manipulating emotions audience avatar created world looks good noble live tree hunt food daily bow arrow cameron said avatar asks connected human beings earth clear statement religious belief christianity christian critics wrote avatar new age pagan anti capitalist promotes goddess worship destruction human race suggested christian viewers interpret film reminder jesus christ true avatar suspected avatar subversive retelling biblical exodus cameron invites look bible conversely commentators concluded film promotes arguing hero pray tree tree deity addresses personally unlike film deity contrary native wisdom interfere human affairs forbes agreed saying avatar charged deeply christian author suggested film message leads renewed reverence natural world christian teaching indian born columnist saw film silent spiritual awe looking said beauty universe seeing divine manifested different aspects nature isn vibe depicted wonder americans turned criticized hollywood western media saw generally poor job portraying eastern spirituality
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