More Amazing DSAC Pix
Saw Avatar last night. I’m kind of tired (the baby had me up till 5am) and don’t want to write a huge review, but I will say that I really really enjoyed it. A lot of people have criticized various aspects of it, and while I don’t really disagree with a lot of those criticisms, they don’t change the fact that it was an amazing, engrossing, beautifully produced film that will profoundly affect the movie industry for a long time to come. Yes, the story has been done many times before, and will be done many times again, but one man’s cliche is another man’s timeless archetype, so whatever.
In the Desert Spear ARC Contest world, fabulous entries keep trickling in, making it harder and harder to pick winners.
Emily the Aussie and her twin sister took time away from drooling over Sam Worthington to stop in a photobooth to get this shot:
And I also received two more absolutely incredible entries from Simcha, all the way from the Judean Desert. In her words:
I manged to make some time today to go over to one of the Bedouin encampments along the road, something I’ve always wanted to do but never found a reason to. Since I didn’t have time for a hike over there I had to rope in someone to drive me ( I don’t have a car) and I brought along another friend who is friendly with this family of Bedouins.
After parking along the side of the road, we had to climb over the guardrail and then carefully cross a metal beam precariously laid across a deep ditch, in order to reach the encampment (some pretty life threatening stuff!).
The matriarch of the family came out of the tent to greet us, along with her son, and they welcomed us into their tent where they place some mattresses on the floor for us to sit on. After I explained why we were there (I told them it’s for a strange American thing, and they nodded knowingly), they cheerfully agreed to pose for some pictures with the Warded Man.
The first pictures is of my friend Liz with the mother:
The second picture is of their beautiful twenty-two year old daughter, Tzor, who came over to say hello:
I hope you like the pictures and thanks for giving me an excuse to finally meet with some of my Bedouin neighbors.
I’m glad you liked Avatar, since I’ve been away on holiday I haven’t seen it yet but I can’t wait for when I do. I’ve been obsessively watching trailers and clips over the last few months.
P.S. LOL at the “I told them it’s for a strange American thing, and they nodded knowingly”
How can you NOT like this movie after all? 😉 I agree like you Peat with the people who said that it’s Dancing with the Wolves in space, but like we say for books “it’s not the end that’s important, it’s the journey”. And OK there is no surprise in the scenario, there is no unforgettable line of speech, but it’s a powerful story, with a wonderful world. I mean, as a nature lover, I’d like to live on Pandora! Ride the Ikrans (or the Toruk!!!), communicate with the planet! And the fx are just WOW!!! Everything seems SO real! I already saw it two times (one in french, one in english), and it’s the same wonder each time!!!
Sam Worthington is worth being drooled over!
He’s an Aussie, after all 😀
Simcha- these are some great pictures, I really love them! 🙂
I have to agree Lizette, the pictures Simcha send it are aweasome…and how she told why she wanted to take the photos…I really had to laugh, ’cause it’s true…if there is a werd contest/event/whatever, your first thougt is, that it’s american xD
Thanks guys. I’m glad you like the pictures.
While Americans are considered pretty strange by the local populace, it does mean that we can get away with doing crazy or unusual things that the natives can’t.
Happy New Year to all of you out there!
I know, this here isn’t the right thread, but…hey…!
May all of your dreams and wishes come true 🙂