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I agree. The mother didn't teach him anything related to his actions in this scene. He just said that to distract Blackwulf, to make him expect conjuring, when he was really just reaching for a revolver.
The more important question, to my mind, is what this ending says in terms of the film's overall message. We begin with stories of the importance of peace, nature and magic, which all seem to be rolled into one, as opposed to technology and militarism, which seem to be linked. But in order for the good guys to win out, the peace-loving elves have to become warmongers, Peace has to be killed off, and Avatar, who was so recently disgusted with the elves for stooping to Blackwulf's own methods, ultimately defeats his brother by simply shooting him with a gun he had been keeping at the ready.
Was this film chastising the hippie generation, or simply reminding them that the appeasement of Hitler was ultimately not enough and that violence and technology are sometimes necessary???
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j-c-s-f-akkerman
14 years ago
Bakshi says something about this in his commentary, 'll post it when I listen to it again.
as for that line about Blackwolf changing his last name, I thought it meant that if Avatar calls him a son of a bitch, and blackwolf renounced their mother, Avatar would no longer be insulting His own mother by calling him an SOB
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DC-Tiki
14 years ago
as for that line about Blackwolf changing his last name, I thought it meant that if Avatar calls him a son of a bitch, and blackwolf renounced their mother, Avatar would no longer be insulting His own mother by calling him an SOB
That is exactly the way I've always interpreted the meaning behind that dialogue.
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