Ed N, It sounds cool. That is one reason I love Lord of the Rings. Forests are a big issue in the movies. If Avatar is in any way similar I gotta see it!
JP On Dec 23, 3:19 pm, "edward nizalowski" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just saw Avatar last night. It is an AWESOME MOVIE!!! The special > effects and computers graphics have broken new ground (believe it or > not) and be sure to see this in 3-D. The plot has a similar theme to > "The Last Samurai" starring Tom Cruise except that this story is set in > the year 2154 on the planet Pandora. There is a love story that evolves > throughout the movie but the main thrust of the plot is environmental, > ecological and spiritual. And of special interest to ENTS' members, > trees are a big deal in the film. The Na'vi, a group of aboriginal > people to live on this planet have a tree as their home base: the trunk > is about the size of several city blocks. > > Here is a synopsis of the film I took from Wikipedia: > > The film begins in the year 2154 and focuses on an epic conflict on > Pandora, an inhabited Earth-sized moon > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrasolar_moon> of Polyphemus, one of > the three fictional gas giants <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_giant> > orbiting Alpha Centauri A > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri_A> (the names Pandora > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora> and Polyphemus > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphemus> are taken from two Greek > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek> mythological figures). On Pandora, > human colonists and the sapient <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapience> > humanoid indigenous inhabitants of Pandora, the Na'vi > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)#Na.27vi> , engage in a > war over the planet and the latter's continued existence. The film's > title refers to the remotely controlled, genetically engineered > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering> human-Na'vi bodies > used by the film's human characters to interact with the natives.[4] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)#cite_note-Time-3> > > Ed Nizalowski > > Newark Valley, NY -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
