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Dino Finders!

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My boy won as a prize a game where you dig out some small miniature dino bones from what looks to be a rock. Amusing at first I decided to video tape the boys progress. It was fun, and kind of neat to see the boys so enthralled in amateur paleontology. Kyle loves digging and chiseling, and he so enjoyed the unearthing of bones, which were actually just plastic replicas, but it was fun. I finally edited it all together and what took about an hour or two is now shortened to four minutes. I added the music, and it sounds so like Jurassic park that it fit the theme, but I have to tell you I got lucky when I found the royalty free music. Hey it was fun, and the boys enjoyed it. As well as the adults too.

Avatar (2009)

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It was a matter of time till I saw this, and I've been resisting the hype, but I saw it over the week-end, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Now to get things straight. I like James Cameron. He is a decent filmmaker, and he makes movies that are very impressive to see. Avatar doesn't disappoint in this arena. The images are stunning, and the story itself, though simplistic, is well written. I've head a lot of criticism about it being a tree hugging liberal type of movie. Where man is the enemy. For those who believe that type of clap trap keep watching Fox, and please stay at home. It's a MOVIE! Star Wars was just as simplistic, and no one spouted political triads about that movie. Maybe it was something to do with fighting the big bad Empire. I don't know and I don't care. Avatar is a story, and a pretty good story. There are some things that the filmmaker put in the story that can be a attributed to the problems we face here on earth, but Cameron doesn't hit us...