@niya_kingkhari: Avatar The Way of Water was an incredibly unpleasant watch and unfortunately it ends up promoting the same racist tropes it tries to go against. Dune handles the saviour concept in a much more responsible way. #Avatar #AvatarTheWayOfWater #AvatarFireAndAsh #JamesCameron #JakeSully

kogami.has.a.denominator :

People are booing you in the comments but you’re right. It’s quite literally colonialism and white saviour complex in a franchise

Anne & Donut🇩🇰 :

Avatar is just Pocahontas in space.

gojo fan page :

I am this woke

pennyx_xdreadful :

I think the avatar franchise is beautiful but Neytiri’s character always reminded me of the “uncontrollable/savage” indigenous woman who gets ultimately “tamed” by the white male lead. As an indigenous woman myself it’s always been an uncomfortable stereotype to see, and even though I love the nuance to her character, I fear I’ve been blind-sighted by how much I relate to her and I’ve been adding more complexity than what’s actually been there

Hira°˖🌷➴🦋ʚଓ :

It IS this deep btw

Fatou :

This could've been avoided if they'd had the story revolve around Neytiri from the very start. The Na'vi are by default supporting characters of their own story since Jake is the main one and the viewer has access to his thoughts, fears, doubts throughout the first movie. It would've been more interesting for Neytiri to be the narrator of what her people and herself went through. We witness her pain and anger at the injustice of the invasion but only through the eyes of Mighty MaJake and he can love her and the culture all he wants, there's only so much he can identify with

lilia 🪽 🇵🇱 :

People who treat it as a love letter to indigenous culture when it's an indigenous fantasy that implies that these cultures are only palatable when portrayed by aliens are Sooooooo funny

Jesslyn204 :

Sometimes I just wish the plot of the whole movies didn’t exist and just watch the beautiful world of Pandora…

➴ FEIYE :

Felaróf :

that movie is just a manifestation of "white saviour" but make it blue.

yyoqsee :

its so sad because the idea of Pandora and the visuals of the movie are amazing.

ST★R :

they called Neytiri racist for hating the sky people and that was my last straw

reggie_flip_brickz_black :

Why all these Karen’s & Keith’s so pressed on your very justified analysis🤷🏾‍♂️

Sarah :

as a very avid avatar fan, he is very right unfortunately

⋆.˚✮🧁ZEBRUHH >_<ᵎᵎ :

I feel like jake didn't save pandora in the first movie. Pandora saved him. If eywa didn't step in, it would of been over for them.

Real Human :

Thats not ridiculous, thats not ridiculous to say that

. :

yeah it’s been extremely frustrating because i thought we were gonna pivot to focus on neytiri and it hasn’t happened yet im just irritated

John Love :

Its unintentionally a great representation of white supremacism lol. Somebody compared it to Get Out and its never been more clearer

July D. León 🇵🇷 :

They could've easily made Neytiri or Sutey the hero and have someone like Jake as a supporting character but nah he HAS to be the savior

🍋 :

living in 2025 is so exhausting🫩

Smiles :

you're so right, tired of people denying this

Bruxa🕷️ :

As a fan of Avatar I completely agree. The only reason why I like it is because of the world building

Oak 🌳 :

This is a great take, it changed my perspective on the second film, and your point about the entire movie centering around the characters played by white actors was so blatant in the third film it kinda ruined my enjoyment of it. im glad that these cultures are being represented, but you're absolutely right in that they should've been given more agency. the Na'vi play very much into the "noble savage" archetype and yeah, was disappointing to see the third one manifest the exact same way as the second one.

sirenzzn :

I love these movies but I agree

bleh :

i’m honestly ashamed for these comments why can no one just stop to listen to different viewpoints 🤦‍♀️