{"id":429,"date":"2009-12-20T13:19:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=429"},"modified":"2009-12-20T13:19:11","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T21:19:11","slug":"movie-check-in-more-like-ava-jar-jar-amirite-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"Movie Check In: More Like Ava-Jar-Jar, Amirite people?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As problematic as Avatar<\/em> was, it was still a fun flick. The incredibly clunky script didn\u2019t bother me nearly as much as the score and the font used for the subtitles.<\/p>\n

In any case, when James Cameron wasn\u2019t busy hitting you over the head with the environmental and colonial no-no themes, there were occasional moments of subtlety.<\/p>\n

I like the notion of the film as a testament of experiential knowledge over book knowledge. Reading about and learning the language of one culture does not make you the kind of authentic participant than actually, y\u2019know, participating<\/em> does.<\/p>\n

Not too shabby a blockbuster for the winter season, and I always hoped they\u2019d remake Dances With Wolves<\/em>, so there you go. Would fit nicely into a unit with Ishmael<\/em>, Thoreau, or even Siddhartha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Tell people this is awesome:<\/h3>