tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post5824948831612333351..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Dances with AvatarBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-19670473357705936242010-02-08T17:35:21.975-08:002010-02-08T17:35:21.975-08:00This movie was a stinker. My favorite laughable pl...This movie was a stinker. My favorite laughable plot point: the mineral the whites are looking for on planet, wait for it, Pandora, is called, wait for it, unobtainium. Really?roaringgrrlhttp://roaringgrrl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-68838292183005978992010-02-08T07:21:26.157-08:002010-02-08T07:21:26.157-08:00I think most people have been making colonialist/N...I think most people have been making colonialist/Native American comparisons, and I think those are definitely true. But I also had a more literal interpretation about the paramilitary dudes in the movie--to me it seemed similar to strong American guys (in quotes) going into Iraq or Afghanistan and assuming the people of those countries were somehow less deserving of respect than they (Americans) were.<br /><br />But the whole thing about the white guy being better than the natives at saving their own culture--yeah, that's very Dances Wtih Wolves.Ianquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268223727887685830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-40496373615968277482010-02-08T06:57:21.725-08:002010-02-08T06:57:21.725-08:00I haven't seen the movie yet but I appreciated...I haven't seen the movie yet but I appreciated this post. I'm the equivalent of a humorless feminist (not a bad thing in my view!) when it comes to repetition of colonialist narratives. This is why I've been so frustrated with the "yeah it's colonialist but" quality of much that I've read about it. Yeah, but it's amazing cinema. Yeah, but so is dances with wolves. Yeah, but he goes native, how amazing and different! Yeah, but the indigenous people are victorious! Doesn't that make it different?<br /><br />No. No, it doesn't.<br /><br />Yeah but it's still repetition of colianlist narratives. And given that I think colonialism has become cultural imperialism, I'm kind of concerned about mapping those narratives onto the ecological crisis. Especially coming out of an American filmmaker. Just...ick.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com