FOR ME THIS FILM WAS PURE ESCAPISM !
Ok so i have to tell you that James Cameron does have a very special place in my heart from the word go as it was his masterpiece Titanic that made me want to make films. And today seeing yet another masterpiece that old feeling was brought spiraling back to me in the most beautiful neon glowing colors. ones that you cant quite fathom, it seems almost that someone managed to encapsulate the rainbow :) ah this film left me dizzy with excitement after watching it ( so much so that when sam asked me to keep a hold of his gloves i just sat them down and walked away with out them! ) Pure escapism, not for one minute was i aware that we were watching a film , no , we were just there in that world that he created for us. And i don't no much about technology and all this editing stuff but wow those eyes : and if you don't notice them its the last shot in the film, beaming back at you with emotion pouring out. amazing. William Langly of the telegraph asks - " is james Cameron's Avatar the future of movies" in his beaming article about the film. i would say yes and also no.
you may think this odd after my heavy use of emotive language but after watching this and then calming down all i wanted to do was watch the films that after the ignition of titanic kept my desire to create films alive. i watched in quick succession "wasp" by andrea arnold one of my favorite british female directors then i watched "last resort" a film filmed on kodak , and spectacular at that! no use of 3D technology here.
It wasn't the 3D special effects that got me it was the escape, the beauty and the magic of it even though it had very basic human themes running through it. And i think thats what inspires me because the films i watched afterwards are real life Avatar's. there gritty and yet expose that perfect everyday magic you can see if you just look - or the challenge for us is to create it capture it in a believable story.
i have no dreams of being some blockbuster making millionaire , but even then this film reminds me why i am here , to create little pieces of magic and wonder that occurs in everyday life.
Im so glad i went to see this :)
thank you James again
peace xxx
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