Movie

[mynewplace]

I forgot to mention, we saw Avatar yesterday afternoon, all 3 of us.  You know how back in the olden days they would tell you that certain shows, etc., were "not for the faint of heart"?   Well, yeah.   I was that "faint of heart" - type person yesterday.   Oh, I managed after a while to stop focusing on the caskets in which they kept closing themselves, and got used to not looking "down" when they'd take off from the suspended mountains.  But whew!  There was one point when they were running away as a tree was falling that I actually brushed away a burning ash as it floated toward my lap.   3-D has come a long way, baybee. 

It's a compelling piece of work, both visually and story-wise.  But it's been told a hundred times, a hundred different ways.   In fact, it's being told as I write this alll around me, in my own beloved hills. 

"I'll take "Mountain-Top Removal"  for a thousand, Alex."   

I don't think I ever sufficiently explained to my daughter why, despite the beauty and excitement of the movie, I was less than enthusiastic about it after it was over.  I wish there had been some way to make the Na'vi scenes less like cartoons, but when one crossed over into the other's worlds, it was still quite breathtaking. 

See it in the theaters, if you can. 


 

Comments

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

I loved the movie, and 3d is the way to go. I wish there was an Imax close to me, but sadly no.

I agree that while the technology used to make the film was ground breaking, and the special effects great, the story itself was just a new version of an old story.