A word on art criticism

I'm an advocate of deep well-thought analysis of movies. And in truth a lot of kids and people who don't give a fuck, don't think about subtext, symbolism, themes, parrallels etc. Some people are in school right now just now learning what a theme is. I learned it in 9th grade. I used to just not care what a story meant, but was more intrigued by who the characters were as people and nothing more. little did i know that what they were doing meant anything at all, but they do... Its why empire is inarguably better than jedi. It has depth where jedi has like, some muppets and shit, then some depth. The prequels for all their cgi don't have even an ounce of the humanity found in anh etc.

but at least they're not gay I say in hindsight as I realize back then life was much simpler when sex and politics didn't make my head all fuzzy during movies.

So devin's declared war on avatar now I see, as advocate for intelligent critique of film rather than the "shit was awesome" response being as deep as it gets. he's right and he's wrong in my view. It's fucking complicated, whether to analyse something or think nothing more about it than the surface and move on. That's whats going on in Avatar ironically. The corporation fails to see the seeming simplicity of the na vi's symbios relationship with nature. It's his job to do that so of course he's pissed when people think otherwise, then he'd be out of work wouldn't he...

interesting how the movie's themes now ressonate in real life now. Fucking art is a bitch. more thoughts on this later as they come...