ENTS I also saw the movie last night and would highly recommend it! The plot is not compelling and if any of you have seen Princess Mananoke (a beautiful eco-anime), the story line is basically the same. The green message in this movie is very strong but what was interesting was the fact that those little3 twirling seed pods looked exactly like marine animals as did the 'touch me not' luminescent red flowers. Cameron, the director, has a deep nature affinity - both land and sea - and the magical world he created in this movie has elements of both (gills on the winged horse creatures, floating mountains etc.). I saw it in 3-D and IMAX and it was a visual feast. Chris
________________________________ From: Ryan McEwan <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 1, 2010 3:19:29 PM Subject: [ENTS] the botany of Avatar ENTS: I went to a movie, in a theater for the first time in about 5 years last night. We saw Avatar. I wont go into a critique of the movie at this point, but I wanted to point out to the ENTS that one of the lead characters in the movie played by Sigourney Weaver is a scientist...her character is not well-developed, but she is focused on botany. One of her main discoveries is root-to-root communication among plants (a main character in a 1/2 billion dollar movie a Rhizosphere biologist!?!?) There are a lot of interestingly imagined plants. The (floating, jellyfish like) seeds of a particular tree play a major role, and two of the central settings in the movie are trees. Its sci-fi with a lot of fighting and explosions and general loudness, and I am not particularly recommending the movie, but I thought you might be interested... happy new year! ryan -- 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] -- 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]
