Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:49:25 -0500
From: Alexander Winfield <sheepwpunks-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Avatar


To conclude, I'll quote Artaud:


 " It is useless in all this to accuse the public's bad taste while it
slakes its thirst with inanities, as long as we have not given the public a
worth-while show...The public, which mistakes the bogus for truth, has the
sense of what is true and always reacts to it when it appears...and if the
crowds in the street were given a chance to show their dignity as human
beings, they would always do so."

   Huzzah

-A

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Bil Bug <thatpuppetguy-AT-q.com> wrote:

> And that is what good story-telling, and movie making, is all about. The
> critic, as Steve Abrams noted, sometimes just gets in the way.
> Wayne
>
>
> From: Charles Taylor
> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:01 PM
> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
> Subject: [Puptcrit] Avatar
>
>
> from Charles (Tinker) Taylor):
>
> Gosh, golly, and gee whiz, I really enjoyed seeing Avatar.
>
> Not often do I go to the movie theater.  The sound is so loud, my eardrums
> hurt. The kid in back of me kicking my seat is distracting. The people
> eating popcorn and tearing the candy wrappers while talking is very
> disconcerting.  I find that I prefer to sit on my own cozy couch and watch
> Netflix movies on my  big screen.  Then, if I fall asleep, only my wife is
> annoyed with my snoring.
>
> I don=92t care for most action movies so I generally miss the Swarzenegger
> Action movies. But then I don=92t care for slasher movies either.  Perhaps
> time is passing me by.  But somehow I was intrigued in going out to see the
> 3D version of Avatar.  Perhaps my nostalgia was rearing up for having seen
> Creature from the Black Lagoon in the fifties when I was a teenager. I knew
> I would not likely see the 3D version of Avatar at home.
>
> Boy, was I  glad I went.  I got the connection between the different races
> of Earthlings with the aliens comparing them to our Native Americans
> culture. The multinational corporation calling the natives =93Blue monkey=94
> made the  prejudice clear and obvious which didn=92t strain my  understanding
> of how the script developed.  They were there for a  =93valuable=94 mineral that
> was compared to oil as the reason for the military=92s presence on =93foreign=94
> soil which led to Colonel Miles Quaritch=92s  mission to conquer and destroy.
> That colonel  was certainly a very strong villain.  It certainly reaffirms
> a liberal=92s progressive=92s paranoia of the military complex.
>
> But what moved me the most was  how I did suspend disbelief and accepted
> these computer created Na=92vi characters as real. I felt empathy for them and
> never lost interest in their plight.  The quasi science that  Sigourney
> Weaver explained about the connections between all the living things on the
> planet was also believable.  That too is a very animistic belief  and one
> easy to accept.  I suppose one could say the large moral of the story is
> =93Don=92t destroy the environment because of all the interconnections that we
> may not understand=94.
>
> So much happened at the end of the movie that tied in earlier scenes that I
> had nearly forgotten.  I can=92t mention them without running the ending for
> those who haven=92t seen it yet.  But to me it was thoroughly satisfying and
> thrilling.  I wouldn=92t cut a scene . . . well, maybe the fight scene could
> be shortened for my sensibilities. But I react that way to most ending fight
> scenes that go on and on in my opinion.
>
> Oh, I had another thought;  If you delved into characters motivations or
> how they overcame this or became that, the plot line would have become so
> complex that the audience might become confused with the basic story. It
> would have made the story into another Dickens tale that would go on for ten
> hours.  I like the concept that the artist, director must pick and choose
> what he is willing to explore. Also,  I liked the flight scenes with the
> dragons.  It explained later how the Na=92vis  managed to overcome with the
> help of some surprises that underscored how everyone was CONNECTED!
> LITERALLY!
>
> I would recommend this movie.  Perhaps I enjoyed Avatar more thoroughly
> because I had no yard stick to compare it to other films.  I took it just
> for what it was.  It was entertaining, believable and I definitely had a
> catharsis at the end since I cared for the  Ne=92vi characters.   In this case
> it could be said that =93Ignorance was bliss!=94
>
> On the way home, my youngest daughter explained the meaning of Avatar to
> me. Boy, was I blissful!
>
> If anyone is interested in seeing a synopsis  review go to:
>
>
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/avatar-film-review-1004052868.story
>
>
> Charles (Tinker) Taylor
>
>
>
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