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Well I think you’ve got a legitimate criticism of the movie, that Avatar does the “white savior” trope. Jake Sully being like, the best Na’vi dragonrider and leading the resistance is absolutely absurd. I can get over it tho. The Last Samurai doesn’t even have like the semblance of a good political message though right? That was more about the personal journeys of the characters I thought?
Not really that much less than Avatar. Tom Cruise still figures out the invasive force he was part of was bad and fights back against them. Depends on how much you want to read into either, Avatar is only blatantly political because you are. Most people see it as Jake’s personal story or a romance across cultures or some kinda action thing. The messaging is there but it’s a cliched message and the bad guys are so cartoonishly bad that most people won’t see it as a reflection of current and past events but what could happen if evil people were in charge. They’re both shallow trash and not worthy of discussion on this level but you can do that with pretty much any movie if you want to.
