Here are a couple of reviews of "Avatar" that explain how it is that one of the biggest, grandest sci-fi epics reeks of leftist anti-capitalist, anti-military, anti-corporate, anti-American sub-or-not-so-sub-plots and themes:
"The Case Against 'Avatar' Reihan Salam, How James Cameron's sci-fi epic gets capitalism wrong."
"Heaven and Nature" By ROSS DOUTHAT
"It’s fitting that James Cameron’s “Avatar” arrived in theaters at Christmastime. Like the holiday season itself, the science fiction epic is a crass embodiment of capitalistic excess wrapped around a deeply felt religious message. It’s at once the blockbuster to end all blockbusters, and the Gospel According to James.
But not the Christian Gospel. Instead, “Avatar” is Cameron’s long apologia for pantheism — a faith that equates God with Nature, and calls humanity into religious communion with the natural world.
"But not the Christian Gospel. Instead, “Avatar” is Cameron’s long apologia for pantheism — a faith that equates God with Nature, and calls humanity into religious communion with the natural world. ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/opinion/21douthat1.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
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