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Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues - CNN.com

I loved the movie, but....wow!

What do you think about this?
 
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I guess their feeling are legitimate, but this movie is taking a lot more criticism than is probably necessary. Everyone from ethnicity groups to the Vatican has blasted the movie as being too depressing, anti-religious, and anti-American. If the movie hadn't already made $1.4 billion, I doubt anyone would care.
 
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I think ppl should be depressed by what they have been doing to our earth any how.

But it is just a movie and not real so ppl are being dumb thinking they could live on Pandora. They need to work to make our earth better not dream of majical things or like movies anyhow.

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When I saw the headline in the news about Avatar causing post-movie depression, I thought it was a joke. (**My disclaimer: if your friends/loved ones talk about depression-take talks of depression seriously**).

I saw the movie twice-once in the non-3D format, and again, in 3D-and I felt that I got my monies worth in seeing the mastery that was put into the movie-going experience. I felt that there were aspects of hope in the movie--such as people getting along, a concern for the environment. Of course their was the US military as the bad guy (which I did not like), and the exploitation of indigenous people--which was awful. It's fiction, and no matter the controversy-it's just a movie that allowed us to escape for a few hours. As far as the depression-people could use that energy to act locally, to wake up to what they can do to help others in need, and to help save the environment.
 
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People are funny, there have been so many movies that have portrayed this idea, and the one to reach people is the one with lovable 20 ft tall green people. Don't get me wrong, I love James Cameron, and I'm a sci-fi epic kind of guy, but I get a kick out of this phenomenon. Only movies that spoon feed people dumbed-down versions of tragic greed and inequality get any reaction. No one said anything about War Inc, Food Inc, or Capitalism A love Story. These movies are just leftist rhetoric right? It's no fun unless it's make believe. It's not make believe though, we have had our own Pandora going on for some time.....sorry didn't mean to bring that up......who's up for a little Twilight?
 
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