"Avatar: The Way of Water," the much-anticipated sequel to James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi blockbuster, isn't subtle in its message about the ills of colonialism and imperialism. But despite its lofty aims, some Native filmmakers and viewers feel the franchise doesn't live up to those ambitions.
It's like yeah it's a white savior movie but it's also the best white savior movie ever made. He's also barely even in the scene where they're killing the Americans, and he doesn't kill the main bad guy either. So the main "white savior" thing he does is unite the different Na'vi groups. I think people focusing on the white savior aspect of it get boosted because people would rather not hear the anti-US message of the movie.
There's so many random criticisms of these movies that you don't hear about anything else. People being like "Avatar is just a hippie dippie environmental movie" even though there's only one scene that really references that. That it's a white savior movie, that it's this and that... The POINT of the movie is that the white supremacists are unmistakably the bad guys. People should be pointing that out more. Is it such a sin that the white guy who is "one of the good ones" has such a central role?
how does that change what i said
It's like yeah it's a white savior movie but it's also the best white savior movie ever made. He's also barely even in the scene where they're killing the Americans, and he doesn't kill the main bad guy either. So the main "white savior" thing he does is unite the different Na'vi groups. I think people focusing on the white savior aspect of it get boosted because people would rather not hear the anti-US message of the movie.
There's so many random criticisms of these movies that you don't hear about anything else. People being like "Avatar is just a hippie dippie environmental movie" even though there's only one scene that really references that. That it's a white savior movie, that it's this and that... The POINT of the movie is that the white supremacists are unmistakably the bad guys. People should be pointing that out more. Is it such a sin that the white guy who is "one of the good ones" has such a central role?
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Don't the Navi save him?
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Dang I totally forgot all that :(