Finally got a chance to go see the movie “Avatar” this past Saturday. All I can say is “WOW!” What a well done movie. The story? Not so much. Old story with a new twist.

It was the World Building that had me drooling. It was like putting a feast before a starving woman. It was so rich, so visual that I couldn’t get enough of the scenery. The use of 3D was very well done and brought the visual to even greater heights. I loved that the forested planet of Pandora was basically an untouched paradise. Sure, it had its dangers, but the people of Pandora respected those dangers and appreciated the beauties.

For a romantic science fiction writer, this gave me so many ideas of what can be done with my own scenes when writing of a different planet. Ways I can enrich my own visuals to make the reader see it through my eyes.

I’ve heard “Avatar” described as “Dances with Wolves” set on another planet. Like I said — still a good story, but that was completely secondary as far as I was concerned. The computer generated scenes were masterfully done in such a way that I had some trouble realizing where the actual actors and the computer scenes ended and began.

All I can say is well done James Cameron and your team of special effects experts.

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