Comment Cognitive Dissonance? Are you Kidding? (Score 1) 870
"This movie is anti-technology, because humans would never exploit foreign resources without the right tools for the job."
Did it ever occur to the poster that a creative, intelligent director who worked with the story's subject matter for years in production didn't encounter this "ironic" concept, and reject it out of hand as missing the point? It took me about 5 seconds.
"Technology" doesn't "force" us to strip-mine, deforest, privatize, pollute or pillage natural resources. Asserting so is an attempt to avoid responsibility for the uses we put our innovations to.
Let's try: "It is a poor workman that blames his tools."