The strain of day-to-day fighting is taking its toll. My pilot returns to his parents’ home on a short leave to attend his sister’s wedding, after which he sleeps in his old room.

The ensuing dream sequence involves remembering how his father took him out as a young boy to teach him to shoot in the field behind the house. But the ground begins to rumble. A shot rings out, and, horribly, his father goes down. Suddenly, German tanks and soldiers emerge from the forest. A tank fires on the house, destroying it. My protag wakes with a start, and fresh resolve, since invasion was a very real possibility and had of course already occurred throughout much of Europe.

I think this meets all the criteria for a flashback, as it actually reveals where the protag’s first-rate shooting skills stemmed from. But I can’t say I’ve seen anyone combine flashback AND dream sequence, so if there’s a reason I shouldn’t do it I’d like to know. Anyway, great article. Opinions?

Human beings and the environment are all connected with fragile ties. It’s frightening. This movie illustrated how quickly that can be untied. It’s spooky.

It reminds me of the Gulf. The pain there arrives every night with the news. It’s the same cycle getting deeper.– groundwater pollution, Chernobyl, toxins in the rivers, and now oil that will travel to who knows where.

The damage this time isn’t digestible though because it’s a behemoth monster that vomiting. I mourne that because I didn’t get to Gulf side of Florida enough. It will never be the same and I didn’t get to see enough of it before now.

A lot more humility is needed by those who think that they’re invincible. Do they realize that yet?

I’m intrigued to read that James Cameron likes Mr. Fields book. I’ve purchased many of his books. They have helped me a lot. I had my hands on Four Screenplays before I sat down to read articles here. I should have read it tonight instead of typing this.

Oops, this gives me motivation for digging into it next after I finish my current text on screenwriting.

Hey, can i jerk the readers around? Why don’t they call in some scientists instead of James Cameron for a think tank on the Gulf Problem?

Duh, He’s an artist,writer, producer. To everything there is a season. To everything there is a place. Solving an oil spill isn’t his specialty, When others with “THE TRAINING” in science, research, and technology are forgotten I become suspicious of the motivation of those in charge. We’re not that dumb.

The 3D effect of flying was just like in my dreams. This is the first movie to make me really feel like I was flying in the air, it was exhilarating and well shot. I can’t wait to see it again.

As for James Cameron, he’s a genius and from my home town and he was a personal friend of my boyfriends sister (they went to school together).
I remember when James was going to Niagara College in Welland and people were buzzing about his works in the papers years ago.

A true talent to follow and dedicated to his work, he’s an inspiration to many screenwriters, directors out there looking to start in the biz.

I loved his movie the Titanic and saw it at the theatre 5 times with 5 different people. I even bought it and watched it for another 100 times. Not only did I love the acting, but I loved the antique drawings and interior designs. I actually have a large wall hanging of the original titanic and it’s many compartments explained in graphic art.

The movie concept of characters travelling by ship as immigrants, was an inspiration in the munroe series of novels that I’ve been writing and posted on authonomy.com

I’ll bet James Cameron’s movies will inspire thousands of people to love the art of the theatre again and to learn to write novels, plays and music.

Once I do I’ll be blogging about it on the idea girl says wordpress – my writers, book review blog.

I hope you have videos on youtube, I’ll post them on my site as well.

Great layout on your site. Some sites I visit are not easy to manage, this one’s awesome. (give your page designer a pat on the back from me)

Cheers!