Just recently I watched 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox' and 'Where the Wild things are'. Yes, both have a furry slant to them, but they are also very good movies on their own. I was very impressed how 'Where the wild things are' was able to describe the difficulty of growing up with a troubled family though the eyes of a child. However, it did more than that. When I watched it, Wild reminded me of the first year I came to California and lived with a Furry group. It was a time I finally felt free, and for a time the warmest moments I ever had. Soon, personalities took their toll and the group had to go it's separate ways. Every character in the movie relates to someone I knew, honestly I think I was more the Goat and anyone *snickers*. It was an uncomfortable reliving my past, but the movie was very genuine.. and that's what really counts.

Fantastic Mr. Fox, on the other hand, was a brillant bit of excapisim. Yes, there was some very tender moments to keep you caring about the characters, but for the most part it was one witty exchange of words after another. The humor was truly mature without resorting to vulgarity, bits of irony and sweet revenge here and there, all done with anthos of course. The movie never lost it's pace or it's charm, and though I would have like it as an ink-in-paint animation instead of stop motion, the story and cast made up for any of it's flaws.

Now.. there Avatar. As of this posting I have no idea how this movie is going to go. I've read some reviews and it's visual effects are undisputed. If nothing else it looks like it's going to be very nice eye candy.. the navi are sexy in their own way, but as I fear it seems the story is pretty much canned drama. I really don't mind. I'm not the type who likes to watch the same movie twice, but if you tell an old story ( the tyrants vs the underdogs) in a new way, I'm all for it. It's still a shame that I can't hope for some kind of new approach or character type. Oh well, bring on the Hero!