‘Avatar’ not anti-military, director tells military
January 29th, 2010 | Life at Sea Morale The greenside | Posted by Phil Ewing
Actress Michelle Rodriguez, who plays a space-helo pilot in "Avatar" signed the helmet of a real-life Navy helo crewman aboard the cruier Hue City // MC2 Gina Wollman / Navy
Judging by the box office receipts, every human being on the planet has now seen “Avatar” at least once, so there’s no worry about spoilers: In the far-off sci-fi planet where the movie takes place, gruff men with high-and-tight haircuts and digital camouflage uniforms really do a number on the planet’s indigenous population of Native Americans sexy cat people.
Viewers massaging their temples after the punishing, three-hour sensory Götterdämmerung might think that director James Cameron was criticizing the U.S. military by using a Vietnam War allegory built around space-Huey helicopters and white-guy grunts destroying the space forest. Not so, he says — he gave our shipmates at Marine Corps Times a detailed interview defending “Avatar” and the Marine Corps — and said the same thing to the sailors of the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower and cruiser Hue City, according to this Pentagon story:
Finally, Cameron commented on the critics who said “Avatar” was anti-military. He disagreed completely, saying the movie’s main character is a strong-willed Marine who is courageous and dedicated and demonstrates he can adapt and overcome the odds to fight for what he believes in — just like the military today.
There, see? In addition to the warships at sea, Cameron and several of his actors visited sailors and their families at the headquarters of 5th Fleet in Bahrain.
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The Worm Grower Says:
April 14th, 2010 at 6:35 pmAvatar was easily the best movie to date.