Random Thoughts on Avatar

[southernweirdo]

Some of you may have noticed that Avatar secured the #1 spot on my recent list for the best movies enjoyed during 2009. My wife and I both found this film to be utterly engrossing and the 3D visuals actually enhanced the experience for us. While I saw some problems with the script, I fell head over heels in love with the world of Pandora. “I want

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[alaneer]

I feel exactly the same. I loved it, despite the plot holes and the glitches in the worldbuilding/bilogy. We're buying the DVD when it comes out.

[southernweirdo]

I'll be buying the DVD as well. I look forward to watching this one again (and I rarely watch a movie more than once).

[bondo_ba]

Saw t last night - and I agree with you 100%!

[southernweirdo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[southernweirdo]

What I remember learning in my lit classes back in college -- and what people often forget -- is that the fiction that MEANS something today typically was written as pure entertainment at the time it was published

[ex_camillea]

I'm totally with you on the science thing. I love science; it's amazing and inspiring and somehow even cooler than real life has any right to actually be! But people shouldn't confuse "rigorous science" with "good storytelling."

They're not mutually exclusive, of course, but the latter doesn't necessarily require the former.

[southernweirdo]

We're on the same page.

I love science, too. That's why I subscribe to National Geographic and visit the Popular Science website and various weather and space blogs.

I don't mind science in my fiction when done well, but I don't read science fiction hoping to learn more about science, if that makes sense.

That said, good science fiction can stoke my imagination and make me want to learn more about a particular subject. I think that's a decent and realistic goal for a science fiction author.

[kmarkhoover]

You make valid points. I'm not going to watch the movie for the same reason I didn't watch Titanic and Pretty Woman and every other blockbuster you can think of in the last twenty years: because everyone else is.

It's how I roll. When the herd is thundering in one direction I face the opposite way just to show them I can.

[southernweirdo]

I understand. All the same, you might want to reconsider on this one. It's a good example of a space western and the 3-D technology is beautifully done. It truly was an immersive experience.