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though surely an impressive cinematic achievement, i didn't like it, overall. It was like Pocahontas in space meets the crew and machines from James Cameron's own Aliens films.

interesting though, how this movie could be so wildly successful with such a liberal story line. But that's what movies were always good at -- conveying morality lessons disguised as entertainment

apparently, in this case, millions of conservatives were entertained even if they didn't realize that:

• The U.S. Army led by John Wayne got it's ass kicked by the Indians for trying to take over their land.

• Greedy Corporate America (e.g. Exxon Mobile and Logging Industry) got their ass kicked by tree-huggers and animals who fought back against their would be human exploiters.

go figure. The hero of the film is a U.S. soldier who, with the help of a hippie (new age, spiritual, nature child) alien chic and some animals turns on the U.S. troops launching a bloody counter assault on the General who is doing the bidding of the corporate project manager who wants the land's buried resources (like oil on earth).

and yes, the General uses the words "shock and awe" and, of course -- "terrorists"

i guess movies like this work even for right-wing conservatives because what is most important to them is that the team they identify in the moment wins, regardless of the ideology baked in.

What a concept. Develop characters they can identify with and you can even convince them that their team is the native indians, hippies, green people, aliens, animals, trees, nature, and the planet, and the enemies are the military and the corporations.