AVATAR a rehash of POCAHONTAS?

[NewDeep]

We were watching POCAHONTAS yesterday and could not help feeling that Cameron's AVATAR may be rehash/ ripoff/ adaptation of POCAHONTAS!!

[Jim_Mcdonaugh]

What's POCAHONTAS? Never watched such movie!

[Samuel_Scott]

What's POCAHONTAS? Never watched such movie!

It's a Disney classic.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocahontas-Blu- ... lpoirev-21

[Jim_Mcdonaugh]

It's a Disney classic.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pocahontas-Blu- ... lpoirev-21

Definitely not my thing.

[NewDeep]

Jim, if you don't like animation, you can enjoy the Pocahontas story in Terence Malick film -- The New World
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_Malick)

If you don't like Malick, then God Bless You

Happy Deepawali!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali)
Celebrating tomorrow in India

[Jim_Mcdonaugh]

Jim, if you don't like animation, you can enjoy the Pocahontas story in Terence Malick film -- The New World

I watched it and even bought on DVD. Quite a good movie actually. It's not Thin Red Line though.

[NewDeep]

So if you know The New World, you know Pocahontas more or less.

Just found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGOCodaM4UM

[Paul_Lewis]

We were watching POCAHONTAS yesterday and could not help feeling that Cameron's AVATAR may be rehash/ ripoff/ adaptation of POCAHONTAS!!

Yep, it's got elements of the story of Pocahontas and James Fenimore Cooper's THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, and even DANCES WITH WOLVES and FERNGULLY - the whole 'noble savage'/colonial thematic territory struck me as very unoriginal, even transposed to an SF setting. Not wanting to sound negative (and definitely not wanting to 'troll'), but I was really unimpressed by AVATAR - although I recognise its technical achievements and also acknowledge that it has plenty of fans. I know that's probably the minority opinion, but it's just my tuppence (or two cents)