The
article in The Washington Post written
by Courtland Miloy is an interesting article to say the least. In my opinion,
the article is just as much a fantasy as the movie it is reviewing. Courtland
Miloy looked much to far into the movie Avatar, and came out with an opinion that some
may agree with, and many will not. Miloy claims “This is not a story about a
white man who goes to lead native peoples as their condescending savior. It's a
story about a backward white man who is transformed and takes up armed struggle
against imperialism alongside them." I believe Courtland Miloy is wrong
about the movie.
Although
I believe the Na’vi do
resemble the Native Americans and their struggle against white people, I don’t
think this is a theme that the entire movie is based off of. What it comes down
to is a love story between two people that weren’t supposed to fall in love.
And as you could compare it to something having to do with racial struggles, I
would compare it to something more like Romeo and Juliet, a more coincidental conflict. The film
wasn’t racist, the white people just wanted what was underneath the grounds of
Pandora, and were willing to do whatever it took to get to the minerals. It
could have been more white people they were trying to move, it could’ve been a
family of gophers they were trying to move, all they wanted was the ores under
the Na’vi’s great tree. They sent
Jake in simply to infiltrate and try to relocate them, but he accidentally fell
in love with one of them and changes sides. In my opinion, Courtland Miloy dove
to deep into the movie and came out with an opinion that just didn’t add up.
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