The destruction of the Na ' vi habitat Hometree reminded commentators of the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center , and other commentator criticized Cameron for his " audacious willingness to question the sacred trauma of 9/11 " . Cameron said that he was " surprised at how much it did look like September 11 " , but added that he did not think that it was necessarily a bad thing . A French critic wrote : " How can one not see the analogy with the collapse of the towers of the World Trade Center ? Then , after that spectacular scene , all is justified for the unified indigenous peoples ( the allied forces ) ... to kill those who are just like terrorists . " Another writer noted that " the U.S. ' stand-ins are the perpetrators , and not the victims " and described this reversal as " the movie ’s most seditious act "
September 11 attack
September 11 attacks
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