I could easily see different circumstances influencing my perception of the movie. I am interested in environmental issues in general, but my attention to those details was extreme that day. I am also interested in issues about disability. Maybe if I wasn’t so focused on the environment, I’d be more focused on Jake’s situation. I also suspect that if I had not focused on the environment so much, I would be annoyed at some stereotypes a lot more. I was forgiving of many shortcomings because I had a message that appealed to me.

Interesting with other interpretations / takes / mindsets on the movie. Especially the “why critics of Avatar are missing the point”. It’s a funny read, clearly caught up in its own culture of academic terms, etc. But it doesn’t really provide much evidence or arguments for its point of view, just puts it out there as THE correct take on the movie. Funny.

I like your description of the context in which you saw the movie (having volunteered for a cause for a few days, walking past huge signs on your way into the cinema, etc.). Obviously you were primed to focus on the movie’s environmental story. Do you think you would have been “wearing a different mindset” if you had seen the movie last year / next year / away from Copenhagen and the constant COP15 news focus?