Michael Moore Would Have Had Avatar Win Over Hurt Locker

by Drew Grant | 10:14 am, March 21st, 2010

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Just because the Academy Awards happened two weeks ago doesn’t mean that it’s too late for Michael Moore to say his piece. Mainly, that Kathryn Bigelow‘s The Hurt Locker was a piece of crap because it was “lazy” and that James Cameron‘s Avatar was amazing because of its portrayal of how we “privatized war” and treated the planet.

Says Moore:

“I did not like ‘The Hurt Locker.’ It’s a lazy way to make a movie, frankly. I could put you on the edge of your seat quite easily, and have you feel the tension for 2 hours, if every other scene practically is, ‘Should we cut the red wire or the green wire?’ And if he cuts the wrong wire, he gets blown to smithereens, and you never know who’s going to get blown up in any given second. That doesn’t take a whole lot of skill to get big emotion out of this if you’re in the audience. And there’s a pornographic element to it that’s a little disturbing because you can’t take your eyes off it. But what’s it saying? What’s the substance of this? I think ‘Avatar’ was really trying to say something about the planet, about indigenous people, and about how we construct war now, how we privatize it. And I think these are really powerful things to say in this time, and I give James Cameron a lot of credit.”

It’s pretty obvious why Moore didn’t like HL: Because Bigelow didn’t jam down your throat any easy messages about the war in the Middle East. There were no simple solutions, nor a portrayal of black and white “evil” – whether that be the terrorists or the American government that took us in there, or even in the troops themselves. Avatar on the other hand, wasn’t really James Cameron’s story about the planet, or indigenous people, unless you consider ripping off Pocahontas to be “really powerful.”

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http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Callan/100000200979966 Joe Callan

Which once again proves my theory: Michael Moore isn’t actually a crusader; he’s a world champion troll.
Snipzor

Okay, I know it’s been a while, but everyone knows Hurt Locker was the only movie that deserved the Oscar. Well, that and Up. Stop being a troll Michael, any logical person can see Avatar was Dances with Wolves and Pocahontas in space. You only wanted it to win because it looked good.
Nachi

“Hurt Locker.” Truly pathetic. Satisfies that childish American need for some variet of “heroism” – no matter how bizarre and embarassing. Miz one part of John wayne, one part of Stallone, one part of Ahnold, pour into an aging blender – and whip into a frothy foam of pure, unadulterated, inane,insane BS. But this is the kind of cheap addictive frenzy the GOPsters have whipped the rancid masses into. View the movie,try to keep from vomiting – see yourself in the mirror. You’re a Patriot – watching other…”Patriots.” Yup.
pyrope

Why should Michael Moore’s opinion that Avatar should have won come as “news” to anyone; “Hurt Locker” didn’t say anything bad about the US and humans, in general.

I did hear that Michael Moore is going to be doing some acting in the next Star Wars film; he will be portraying Jabba the Hutt unless Rosie O’Donnell beats him out of the role.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Don-Wagner/47502960 Don Wagner

Actually Avatar was a pretty good movie. Its funny though how people criticize it for having the same themes as stories like Pocahontas, yet 95% of movies are recycled storylines that are just shaped and changed a bit. For example, how many movies can you think of that involve an unlikely hero that gets thrust into a role they weren’t ready for and then they end up saving the world against insurmountable odds? (i.e. Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins, sam witwickey, william wallace, john connor, … blah blah blah, and the list goes on and on and on). The fact is that almost all movies are based on similar themes that are found in other stories, finding a story that is truly, like TRULY original is probably darn near impossible. The Hurt Locker is based off a war that involves the U.S. Hmmm… I wonder how many movies there are that have this same theme, like a movie that is based off a war, take any war (Vietnam, WWI, WWII, Iraq, Revolutionary, etc.) and tell a story about it. I wonder what movie ‘hurt locker’ was based off of? I can already think of a handful, so glad this garbage film won best picture *sarcasm*