My unofficial review for Avatar
18 January 2010
First of all, I’m SO excited for my friend, Lynn Rush, who found herself a publishing contract for her book Violet Dawn, AND acquired a literary agent all in one week. She’s quite the gal.
Onto less important things like my book signing this Saturday. It’s here in Overland Park at Barnes and Noble at Oak Park Mall from 1-3pm. Hope to see a lot of people there, because I’ve found book signings are insanely boring when no one comes. Just a little guilt trip to start off your week.
So, we had a good weekend around here, but not really the type where I’m like, “I have to blog about this on Monday!” The only real newsworthy thing I’ve got is that we saw Avatar on Friday night. Here are my thoughts:
1. WOW, there were a lot of kids in that theater. Like the girl sitting next to me was about 7. Her dad covered her eyes a few times and kept reminding her to use two hands with her drink. I’m not taking my kids to a PG-13 movie until that’s intuitive for them.
2. This was the first movie I’ve seen in 3D that wasn’t animation. Obviously, I haven’t seen Avatar in non-3D to compare, but I felt like the 3D enhanced the experience instead of being distracting. Actually, the only distracting thing was that the 3D glasses pinched.
3. Avatar was really fun, and beautifully done. And worth seeing on the big screen.
4. Something that struck me as odd after we left the theater was that I never once teared up. It’s a story with a lot of emotion in it, and I’m not only prone to tears in general, I’m pregnant. I’m really surprised I didn’t cry. Not sure if that’s just me and my mood that night, or if it says something about the quality of the writing.
5. At my writer’s conference back in September, the legendary literary agent Donald Maass suggested that we all use our characters names a lot more often because of how many times he loses track of names while he’s reading. I thought of him during Avatar because I have NO clue what the girl’s name was. (The love interest for Jake Sully.) When a movie’s about 3 hours long, you should walk out of the theater knowing names.
And that’s my unofficial review. Avatar has its flaws, but it’s a lot of fun.
Hope everyone has a great start to their week!
Ahhh, thanks Stephanie!
I’m glad you liked Avatar. I don’t remember the names only because they are so hard to say. LOL. Okay, I cried. Yep, sure did. My 3D glasses pinched too, LOL!!!
Posted by Lynn Rush on 18 January 2010