Fun times

[wiseheart]

Habe heute abend anderthalb Kilo Spargel geschält. 58 Stück, wenn ihr das unbedingt wissen mußt. War eine Heidenarbeit, aber es meint wir werden dreimal hintereinander Spargel essen. Yum!

James Cameron's Avatar finally came out on DVD. I haven't seen it in the cinema, so I bought it and watched it tonight. I was surprised how much I liked it, despite the sometimes glaringly obvious CGI-background. Loved the alien fauna and flora, even though CGI characters still don't move convincinly. Considering that this film took place on a low-gravity mond, however, it wasn't so off-putting as in, say, "Beowulf".

The plot was woefully predictable, though. Noble savages, greedy corporations, bloodthirsty soliders, unlikely love affair... oh, god, been there, done that, still falling asleep from it. Still, the basic idea of the avatars was good, and I enjoyed the sci-fi parts of it before it turned into all that mystical mumbo-jumbo.

All in all, my money was well-invested.

Comments

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Yes, Avatar would have been really something if Cameron had only put more effort into improving the plot. But even with the weak plot, it's so visually gorgeous it's worth watching. (And in 3-D, it's simply stunning.)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I wish I could watch it in 3-D! But it's pretty enough as it is.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Seen in 3-D on a large screen, it's without question the most immersive movie I've ever seen. Honestly, you're too busy gawping over the jaw-dropping beauty of the visuals to care overmuch about the plot. (I once jokingly suggested that Cameron could have done without a plot altogether and simply released the movie as a pseudo nature documentary with narration by Sir David Attenborough, and it would have done just as well at the box office.)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Probably better. We could all enjoy the beauty of an alien world, without being bothered by the stupid plot.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I, for one, would love to purchase the Planet Pandora miniseries (no doubt produced by the BBC). Can't you hear David Attenborough speaking?

"The ikran, having brought down its prey at last, begins to consume its meal, unaware that it, too may about to become the dinner of a stalking thanator. Few creatures on Pandora can match the thanator's ferocity or swift reflexes, but if the ikran can become airbound in time it may have a chance... The outcome of this stalk is far from certain."

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, me, too, definitely. What a gorgeous thing it would be!

Speaking of which, have you seen the programme "Dragon's World"? Also produced by the BBC. I posted about it on the Otherworlds board once. It was a fake documentation about having found dragon bones, and they did lit like they'd do witb some real dinosaur founds, with research methods and theories and all that. It was great fun. For a moment, I almost fell for it. *g*

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've seen that one. I need to look for it!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

It's an old one, but I did find it very interesting.