Pocahontas is not as good politically as Avatar. If you watch Pocahantas there are evil colonizers and evil natives, that want war with each other. That is protrayed as a bad thing, and eventually the protagonist Pocahantas deflates the situation, and the movie ends with peace. It's a both sides narrative, a "why can't we all just get along."
Where Avatar says there is a good side, the natives, and a bad side, the colonizers, and it ends with the protagonist joining an armed resistance against the US government and expelling the colonial force.
You are right about the white savior aspect, but I still rate the movie pretty highly.
Well I think you've got a legitimate criticism of the movie, that Avatar does the "white savior" trope. Jake Sully being like, the best Na'vi dragonrider and leading the resistance is absolutely absurd. I can get over it tho. The Last Samurai doesn't even have like the semblance of a good political message though right? That was more about the personal journeys of the characters I thought?
Not really that much less than Avatar. Tom Cruise still figures out the invasive force he was part of was bad and fights back against them. Depends on how much you want to read into either, Avatar is only blatantly political because you are. Most people see it as Jake's personal story or a romance across cultures or some kinda action thing. The messaging is there but it's a cliched message and the bad guys are so cartoonishly bad that most people won't see it as a reflection of current and past events but what could happen if evil people were in charge. They're both shallow trash and not worthy of discussion on this level but you can do that with pretty much any movie if you want to.
Pocahontas is not as good politically as Avatar. If you watch Pocahantas there are evil colonizers and evil natives, that want war with each other. That is protrayed as a bad thing, and eventually the protagonist Pocahantas deflates the situation, and the movie ends with peace. It's a both sides narrative, a "why can't we all just get along."
Where Avatar says there is a good side, the natives, and a bad side, the colonizers, and it ends with the protagonist joining an armed resistance against the US government and expelling the colonial force.
You are right about the white savior aspect, but I still rate the movie pretty highly.
Fine, I'll stick with Last Samurai
Well I think you've got a legitimate criticism of the movie, that Avatar does the "white savior" trope. Jake Sully being like, the best Na'vi dragonrider and leading the resistance is absolutely absurd. I can get over it tho. The Last Samurai doesn't even have like the semblance of a good political message though right? That was more about the personal journeys of the characters I thought?
Not really that much less than Avatar. Tom Cruise still figures out the invasive force he was part of was bad and fights back against them. Depends on how much you want to read into either, Avatar is only blatantly political because you are. Most people see it as Jake's personal story or a romance across cultures or some kinda action thing. The messaging is there but it's a cliched message and the bad guys are so cartoonishly bad that most people won't see it as a reflection of current and past events but what could happen if evil people were in charge. They're both shallow trash and not worthy of discussion on this level but you can do that with pretty much any movie if you want to.
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