Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bambi B (A) on January 17, 2010 at 11:30:42

In Reply to: RE: "Avatar " as the "Anti-Lion King" posted by patrickU on January 17, 2010 at 03:24:39

PAINTING: "Farm of the Future"


Bonjour M. Patrick,

Aa always, very insightful comments. Thank you for your time in considering so carefully a movie that you didn't like!

I was surprised too at some of the editing- which seem intended to constantly keep the action moving. However, these are nowhere in the league of the "Batman" series where the point of view changes every 1/8 second such that nothing is coherent.

Yes, the Pope I think is not a reliable movie critic. His his job is tough- to automatically hate anything that challenges Medieval Christianity!

As for "The Lion King", I never thought of it until much later, when watching "Harry Potter" which I find as troubling as Lion King. This is because Potter was famous and respected before he did anything- like Srah Palin!, is asked to join a special protected elite- go to an elite school a la Eton, has seemingly achieved unlimited powers without effort. Mainly I'm troubled by the talk of the magic elite in comparison to "muggles" who don't possess the "blood"- necessary to be in the magic ruling elite. This talk of rights by blood and "half-blood"- or an impure heritage smacks of Nazi racism. Harry Potter is a middle class fantasy of becoming the ruling class by right of blood line. I don't think this is good message to children that a person of a special heritage need only wave a stick to alter matter and space by wishing!

I'm attracted to the concept of GAIA- imagining the integration of all nature.

As for "Avatar", with all it's flaws- the criticisms in the salon.com review you cite can't be dismissed, it remains intriguing to me as an example of complexity arising from components that at first seem simplistic. This I attribute to Mr. Cameron's personality which has such intense focus of purpose.

Again, I always enjoy your comments and insights on these subjects- art is big and life is short!

Moeglicherweise konnten wir eines Tages uns treffen. Ich bin nicht in Deutschland seit 1993 gewesen. Ich hoffe, meinen Freund Eckehart zu besuchen- Herr "Hard Corner" Ich rufe ihn- auf dem Bodensee folgender Sommer an. Er baut alte Autos wieder auf- nur altem Mercedes- und ist das ich bekannt 25 Jahre habe.

Bitte, schickst du mir eine email durch das Asylum. Ich moechte mehr Sachen in Bezug auf Herrn Cameron erklaeren.

Cheers,

Bambi B