The highest grossing movie ever. So far anyway. I am sure one day something will beat it. I have heard a lot of guff about it but people also loved it or it wouldn't have hit such staggering attendance. I watched it and thought it was a grown up version of Fern Gulley. I loved Fern Gulley. It has a good message and is entertaining to watch. So was Avitar. Okay the costumes were skimpy but the visual effects were so amazing.
James Cameron has vision for sure. I watched an interview before the Oscars when he was talking about the film. He said he dreamed about the visuals when he was a young man. He described one of the scenes as fantasmagorical. I looked it up on the internet and not really knowing how to spell such a word I found it in the urban dictionary spelled fantamagorical and defined as a mixture of the words fantastic, amazing and magical. However I found the word spelled phantasmagorical in the Mirriam Webster online dictionary as "1 : an exhibition of optical effects and illusions 2 a : a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined b : a scene that constantly changes 3 : a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage." No matter how you spell it Mr. Cameron is right. It was an amazing, magical, fantastic, complex, collection of visual effects that sucked me in to the movie and kept me there.
I disagree with the critics that said it put humans in a bad light. It wasn't talking about all humans being greedy, mercenaries. I disagree with the critics that said it put the military in a bad light. Mercenaries are not the military. Anyone in the military will tell you they are not in it for the money. They are in it to serve and protect the freedoms we all love about America. I love the service men and women and the work they do. I pray that one day soon they all come home safe. I am grateful to those who put their lives on the line to make sure we can continue to live free and that the people they help in other countries as well. Thank you soldiers.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Okay A Little Out Of Order
This is a little out of order cause I blogged on the Oscars before I blogged on the Olympics. Oh well it just hit me that way.
The winter Olympics were so much fun to watch. I have my favorite events but this year I recorded about 8 or 9 hours a day. I know you are thinking that is a lot of watching but not when you watch the way I did.
I watched nearly all of my favorite events, even the qualifiers. My favorite events are figure skating, luge, bobsled, snowboarding, and downhill skiing. I am not much of an ice dancer fan but this year I watched. I would watch other events but usually skipped till the finals or watched the countries that make me smile like the US, Australia, Finland, Russia, Canada, etc. I skipped all commercials and many of the goofy side stories. I skipped the scenery, weather reports and most of the interviews.
I enjoyed the opening ceremonies and really loved the the closing ceremonies.
In the past I usually tried to watch the figure skaters and catch the half pipe but his year I expanded my horizons. I really enjoyed the snowboard cross and the ski cross. I loved the snowboard and skiing down hills. It was awesome to see the bobsledders beat the odds. Shawn White rocked the half pipe. We had a local (Arcadia) figure skater. Bode Miller rocked the medals with one of each. There are just too many amazing and wonderful moments to recount. It was so much fun to watch.
In four years I might just do what I did this year.
The winter Olympics were so much fun to watch. I have my favorite events but this year I recorded about 8 or 9 hours a day. I know you are thinking that is a lot of watching but not when you watch the way I did.
I watched nearly all of my favorite events, even the qualifiers. My favorite events are figure skating, luge, bobsled, snowboarding, and downhill skiing. I am not much of an ice dancer fan but this year I watched. I would watch other events but usually skipped till the finals or watched the countries that make me smile like the US, Australia, Finland, Russia, Canada, etc. I skipped all commercials and many of the goofy side stories. I skipped the scenery, weather reports and most of the interviews.
I enjoyed the opening ceremonies and really loved the the closing ceremonies.
In the past I usually tried to watch the figure skaters and catch the half pipe but his year I expanded my horizons. I really enjoyed the snowboard cross and the ski cross. I loved the snowboard and skiing down hills. It was awesome to see the bobsledders beat the odds. Shawn White rocked the half pipe. We had a local (Arcadia) figure skater. Bode Miller rocked the medals with one of each. There are just too many amazing and wonderful moments to recount. It was so much fun to watch.
In four years I might just do what I did this year.
Oscars
I watched the Oscars this year. I usually don't. I am a huge movie fan and for years it bugged me to watch the movies I loved go without reward. This year I decided what the heck so I recorded it.
My friend Katrina was watching and tweeting her enjoyment and her frustrations. I loved her tweets. I finally decided to watch when they were about half over. Luckily I recorded clear through the news because I wanted to watch the last Barbara Walters special as well. Everything went over so I lucked out.
This year a woman director won. This year movies I loved were recognized. The year an actress I love won. I am excited!
Who knows maybe I'll watch again next year.
My friend Katrina was watching and tweeting her enjoyment and her frustrations. I loved her tweets. I finally decided to watch when they were about half over. Luckily I recorded clear through the news because I wanted to watch the last Barbara Walters special as well. Everything went over so I lucked out.
This year a woman director won. This year movies I loved were recognized. The year an actress I love won. I am excited!
Who knows maybe I'll watch again next year.
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