{"id":197,"date":"2009-07-26T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/07\/sand-dunes-in-three-dimensions-please\/"},"modified":"2009-07-26T18:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-26T18:39:00","slug":"sand-dunes-in-three-dimensions-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2009\/07\/sand-dunes-in-three-dimensions-please.html","title":{"rendered":"Sand dunes in three dimensions, please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/Sm0F6Ud54AI\/AAAAAAAADJU\/Jhz__xuTIB0\/s1600-h\/lawrencedunes.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 187px\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_MwnH1kpbPRM\/Sm0F6Ud54AI\/AAAAAAAADJU\/Jhz__xuTIB0\/s400\/lawrencedunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br><span style=\"font-family: georgia\">Last year, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/movies\/reviews\/2008\/journeytothecenteroftheearth.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">my review<\/a> of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/newsbites-fantasy-edition.html#9\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/a><\/i>, I wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many of the more impressive scenes involve computer-generated backgrounds and other kinds of special effects, such as a sequence involving a loose bridge of levitating rocks that stretches across a deep, deep chasm. But there is wonder and awe to be had in some of the natural scenery, too. As Trevor, Sean and Hannah hike up an Icelandic volcano near the beginning of the film, we can see the other mountains and the landscape stretch for miles around them, and it\u2019s almost enough to make you wonder what an epic, scenic film like, say, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/filmchatblog.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/newsbites-superheroes-etc-edition.html#5\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lawrence of Arabia<\/a><\/i> could have looked like if it had been produced in 3D.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am happy to report that <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywood-elsewhere.com\/2009\/07\/next_big_thing.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jeffrey Wells<\/a> now shares my curiosity.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, in my review of Journey to the Center of the Earth, I wrote: Many of the more impressive scenes involve computer-generated backgrounds and other kinds of special effects, such as a sequence involving a loose bridge of levitating rocks that stretches across a deep, deep chasm. 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