Slightly longer review: This movie was truly AMAZING. Avatar was more than a movie, it was an experience. This was the most immersive and enthralling movie I have experienced in a long time. Perhaps ever. At this moment I cannot think of another movie that has affected me so greatly.During the movie I noticed myself physically agitated. My heart rate was affected dramatically. By the time the credits rolled at the end I was actually numb and weak from over-stimulation and perhaps over-oxygenation. This movie makes made me want to go out and do something. So I think that when I am done with this review I am going to go for a run.

I am told that this movie used computer-generated imagery (CGI). That is incredibly hard to believe. The characters in this movie, both alien and human seemed to me as real to me and anything I know. The movements of the characters was fluid and dynamic. The world in which they lived was rich beyond comprehension. The interaction of the characters with the world and the creatures in the world was flawless.

The filmography was breathtaking! The world was gorgeous and awe-inspiring. In fact, those words cannot do the scenery any kind of justice. The artistic beauty was incredible. The bodies of the alien people were beautiful. The creatures of the world were beautiful. I find myself at a total loss of words to adequately describe what I have just beheld. No words that I can think of seem to do this movie any level of honest credit.

Even the story had depth. And there was much more depth that was hinted at that we only got a glimpse of. There is so much more to this story that I just want more. I do not want to spoil the plot, so I will just say that the movie, had a very fulfilling ending. Yet at the same time I yearn for more.

James Cameron has outdone himself. Everyone who worked on this movie has outdone themselves. The technology and imagination that has been employed to create this masterpiece were tremendous.

I do not have enough thumbs to rate this movie. A scale of 1-10 is worthless for this movie.

Truly, this was an amazing experience. Amazing. That is really the only word that keeps coming to my mind, over, and over. Amazing.

Check out the Official Avatar Movie Site.

Check out some images of the movie on Flickr.

Check out movie details on IMDB

Find out why it is rated PG-13.

This movie is from the same people that brought us, “Facing the Giants“, another excellent movie.

I highly recommend watching these movies to anyone and everyone.

Watch them and then tell me what you think of them.

Here is what I learned from watching “The City of Ember”.

• You can’t always trust your leaders to do what is best for you.
• If you have a dream in your heart, follow your passion and what you know and feel is right. Every one of us can make a positive difference in the world if we just have the courage and tenacity to follow our dreams.
• If you do not like the system you are in you have three choices: 1) Ignore it, 2) Complain about it, 3) Fix it.
• Just because a “grown up” (someone who supposedly knows better than you) tells you “how things are”, that does not mean that is how they really are or how or that they should stay that way.
• We all crave light, we are children of light.
• Trust those who love you, but do not believe every thing they say without thinking it through first yourself. Most times those who love you have your best interests in mind but they can also often be blinded by that same love and perhaps even smother you with it.

What did you like or learn about from the City of Ember?

The book is “Killing Sacred Cows” by Garrett Gunderson.

You can learn more about it on the Live on Purpose Radio podcasts:

• Killing Sacred Cows On Purpose
• Killing Sacred Cows

Thanks to Dr. Paul, Leslie Householder and Garrett Gunderson for introducing it to me.

I just listened to this Live on Purpose podcast called, Self Family Government, In That Order. It was excellent. It is a bit of history and explanation about elections and how we need to be very careful and selective about what and who we vote for.

I really liked the analogy that Ruel Haymond gave about the distribution of our power. In his analogy he describes a pyramid. The base of the pyramid should be the amount of power that we have. The next level up could be the amount of power that we give to our family. The next level could be the amount of power we give to the city, the next to the state, and lastly to the federal government. In other words, we should be retaining most of our power and giving the federal government a very little portion of it.

Ruel also said that we should be jealous of our government, when it comes to power. This is because the more power we give it the less we have. Not only that, but the government never gives power back. It just takes and takes. Until it has all power and we have none. When this happens, we have only ourselves to blame.

When the government has all the power, the only thing we can do to get it back is use force. This is usually called civil war.

I encourage everyone to take the time to listen to this podcast, especially before election day. I would love to hear your feedback on it.

They make all their own breads and pastries as well. RAIN had them bring in some treats yesterday and they were heavenly.

I had the Chicken Avocado sandwich with the Greek salad. Very tasty. Similar to Zupa’s.

Oh, and they also let us try their Tuscan Soup. It was very tasty also.