One thing I loved about the movie (intensified by the 3-D) was the feeling that I was moving through the woods with the tuned-in natives. And the flying was like a short time in my life when I dreamed of flying night after night. I tried explaining this to someone, but didn’t get the idea through. But in today’s NYTimes, biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon writes a rave review (rare for the NYT) about “…the pure wonder of seeing life” in Avatar:
“Please excuse me if I seem a bit breathless, but the experience I had when I first saw the film (in 2-D, no less) shocked me. I felt as if someone had filmed my favorite dreams from those best nights of sleep where I wander and play through a landscape of familiar yet strange creatures, taking a swim and noticing dinosaurs paddling by, going out for a walk and spying several entirely new species of penguins, going sledding with giant tortoises. Less than the details of the movie, it was, I realized, the same feeling of elation, of wonder at life….” https://bit.ly/50tAHW
Yes! Great spacial effects in Avatar,…..and I wish the good guys always won.
er,…"spatial effects" was what I had meant to tik. No matter.