For the record, I find nothing technically wrong or offensive in Shemp's "review." And his Subject line is just *perfect*. He is merely projecting his own hangups and hatreds onto a movie framework that allowed him to do so. That those hangups were so predominant as to make him miss the movie itself is sad, but not unusual.
For example, having been commissioned by a mag to write an article about "Avatar," I felt the need to rent a few of the movies it has been compared to, and that were claimed as "sources." One of them was "Dances With Wolves," which I saw again last night. Lovely film, one with an uplifting vision that those who see it without "hangup filters" in place that force them to see *only* the hangup and not the film would gain some benefit from seeing. I mention it because there is not a single moment in the film in which Mary McDonnell's hair is shown as "dirty-looking" or "snarled" or "matted" or a "rat's nest." It's just windblown and unkempt. And lovely. Just as Shemp missed the film he was watching because all he could see in it were his own hatreds and hangups, so did the person who freaked out over Mary McDonnell looking like a "slattern" because all she could see in the film were her own hangups. At least Shemp actually *saw* the movie he projected his hangups onto; given the inaccuracy of her descriptions and her past history on this forum, it is not clear that Judy ever saw "Dances With Wolves." The only hair that really stands out in "Dances With Wolves" is Rodney A. Grant's, as "Wind In His Hair." If one were prone to project one's hangups about "inauthenticity" onto a film just to have something to criticize in it, one could make the case that because his hair (long enough to reach his upper thighs) was "inauthentic" because it was so much longer than anyone else's in the film. Of course, that's Rodney's real hair, but one *could* make such an argument. If one were an idiot, that is. What I'm waiting for is for a similar idiot to claim that "Avatar" is anti-semitic because it portrays the savages as Bluish. :-) :-) :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > Wonderful, wonderful movie. > > I thought it appropriate that the movie came out in the same month as a study > that showed the ocean's ability to absorb CO2 has not diminished: > > http://theresilientearth.com/?q=content/ocean-absorption-co2-not-shrinking > > "Avatar" is the story of Gaia, the idea that the Earth is a living organism > and, as such, can adjust itself and its equalibrium as the make-up of various > elements in its atmosphere change. More CO2? Why, the ecosystem adjusts > itself accordingly. Adaptation. Just like the skin on your arm adjusts when > it is cut: it heals itself. > > The Na'Vi represent Gaia. > > The military represents the catastrophic man-made global warming movement, > particularly in the person of Col. Miles Quaritch, who is pro-fear and > anti-science. Quaritch personifies Al Gore, the most evil man in America > today. > > Jake Sully represents reason as well as man acknowledging the power and > balancing ability of nature. The best parallel to today's situation would be > that Sully represents someone like Senator Inhofe. > > So when Al Gore (the military) tries to upset the natural order of things, it > took a brave soul like Sully (Sen. Inhofe) to fight the fear and > irrationality of Al Gore and the global warming movement. > > Good ultimately triumphs over evil. >
