Movies & Moviestars 04 (Oct 09 - Jan 10)

[millionairemind]

[helios]

Just came back from watching Avatar ... ... (*Thumbs up!*)

When the Na'vi (the humanoids) said "Wake up", it was like a parable phase defined exclusively disjunctively as a comparison to wake up mankind ... and the moon (pandora) was used as a metaphor as "earth" ...

Long and short, i think, the movie has voices of feminism too ... ...

[kennynah]

only a woman can sense what you said san mei mei....

[helios]

And the director ... it was said that women don't take a backseat [role] in his movies ... ... a look at why Neytiri needs to teach Jake about the tribal culture ... ... ?

1) Women don't take a backseat in his movies. While most action films relegate women to "handbags" or "girlfriend parts," Cameron's women characters can take central stage— starting with Sarah Connor in the Terminator movies. From The New Yorker profile of Cameron in October:

Gale Anne Hurd, Cameron's second wife, and the producer of his first three films, says that Cameron always found women more interesting than men as protagonists. "He felt that they were underutilized in sci-fi, action, and fantasy," she said. "And that just about everything you could explore in a male action hero could be explored better with a woman."

2) Not only does he like putting strong women in his movies, he has married five of them - whom he seems to stay friends with. From The New Yorker:

Wisher, Cameron's old friend, says that strong women are one of the constants in Cameron's life: "He likes to write about 'em and he likes to marry 'em. If there's one or two themes that run through his life and work, that's at the top of the list.

3) He has faith in the broader box office potential of spunky women. Rebecca Keegan, author of a Cameron biography, recounts another Hurd quote over at Vanity Fair's website:

"He was fearless in thinking a strong woman is not gonna turn the men off," his first producer and second wife, Gale Anne Hurd, told me. "Male audiences will still come. And they did."

http://jezebel.com/5428827/is-avatars-j ... inist-ally

[winston]

I know that I have seen Con Air before but I have forgotten the story.

Maybe it's because just too much activities in Action Movies ..

[kennynah]

Con Air is entertaining indeed.... I like John Malkovich movies...

next...

Alvin and the Chipmunks, is a family entertainment...

overall rating : 2.5/10 pop corns

[winston]

Anybody seen this "Stop Loss" before ?

[winston]

Just watched " Sweet Home Alabama".

Ok Movie and Predictable.

Although I dont have an inclination for Country Music but I quite enjoy the music in the movie. Maybe it's because I have heard them before ... somewhere.

[memphisb]

I know that I have seen Con Air before but I have forgotten the story.

Maybe it's because just too much activities in Action Movies ..

This is one of my fave movies of all time.

[winston]

Has anyone seen "Red Sands" before ?