Late to the Party : What I learned by watching Avatar

Well. I refused to give Mr. James Cameron any profit from my viewing of the movie Avatar, as I understood it was a liberal piece of crap. The word "understatement" cannot begin to describe what I found. I am, indeed, late to the party and now that I have seen it, this is what I learned:

1. Human beings are evil
2. Mother Earth has been destroyed by humans
3. Indigenous species are always better than modern civilization
4. Technology is evil
5. Technology destroys
6. Technology has no color
7. Indigenous people have grace, style and beauty
8. Business persons are evil
9. Military persons are evil
10. Science is good, but used by evil humans to be bad
11. James Cameron wants to be a ten foot blue alien
12. James Cameron wants to bone a ten foot blue alien woman
13. Trees are better than humans
14. We should shun technology
15. We will destroy ourselves
16. Being a tree-hugging, military-hating hippie is the only way to go through life
17. James Cameron is very angry with the Bush administration
18. We deserve to destroy ourselves

Wow. The plot was very basic, but I have heard thoughtbarfed many times how the movie was a "virtual orgasm". It was certainly not very thought-provoking. James certainly did not reach for the starts in the arena of thoughtful commentary on human existence.

James clearly feels bad about himself and bad about the human race. This is his prerogative. I am sure there are many who agree with him. It is no accident that the aliens in this movie are rich and visually awash with color, and the human beings are downright gray and more gray.

It also wasn't an accident that these beings towered above the humans in their physical representations. There was no depiction of God for the humans, but the aliens were deeply steeped in their regular worship to their deity(whom the humans snickered at).

The experience of Avatar was so very Hollywood. It clearly communicated how all indigenous species who hunt with a bow and arrow and worship mother Earth are so much better than the rest of humankind.

James Cameron is a self-loathing wannabe. He wants to be anything other than what he is: a Western European male American human being. We should feel sorry for him. He is clearly ashamed. If your goal was to create visual masturbation, then well done, Jimmy! If you wanted to communicate your deep shame, mission accomplished! If you wanted to make a meaningful statement, well Jimmy, let me put it this way. You fell short like you probably would if you were trying to bone a ten foot alien woman. Very Short.

Stick to making pretty pictures, Jimmy. And don't try to think too much. You are, after all, an entertainer.