Sri Yantra meets Sound of Music meets Lewis Carroll
13Apr2007 06:00 AM Film
& Video
Thanks
to Nancy,
Robin & Ed (and
probably a few others) for suggesting this film.
Last night a couple of friends, my wife & I
went to see the movie,
The Last
Mimzy. I was
immediately reminded of the classic Julie Andrews
in the Alps panorama (from the Sound of Music) in
the breathtaking opening (and closing) scenes.
Overall, I'm glad I saw the film, since it did
offer the public some interesting glimpses and
questions about the importance of following
intuition, the relationship of geometry to
consciousness, dreams, and energy technology
(although I'm waiting for a Hollywood film to show
an entire region of a country suddenly and
mysteriously powered perfectly by a benign energy
source, eliminating the need for non-renewables,
rather than the cliché blackout scenario - I guess
that will require some clever script-wiring to
make that seem dramatic! It almost seems like the
mass thinking imposed by a trillion dollar energy
industry requires commercial films to
portray innovative technologies
as
disruptive.
The story was fun (although why not lose the 'scary factor'? Perhaps the script writer indulged in our cultural bias toward trembling when the subject of math is raised?
I also enjoyed a handful of other
geometric references, the Sri Yantra (page 195
of my book) got the most
exposure, although never mentioned by name, not
that words are needed for geometric symbols to
convey their wisdom! I also enjoyed a cameo
appearance of a ZomeTool model... a REAL
fun toy I recommend highly! Other animations and
graphics showed geodesic, helices, spirals and a
handful of other geometric archetypes, mostly for
artistic effect, but I guess turning the story
into a documentary would have "broken the spell".
Some lovely scenery, fun visuals and relatively
minimal abuse of important topics that Hollywood
rarely touches. I liked the levitation scenes,
although I'd like a time travel/futuristic movie
to show teleportation (without external
technology) as being our natural state as
described as one of our natural abilities in
the Baird Spalding
books. Aside from the
minuses already mentioned, some valid concerns on
other movie reviews, and some
blatant semiconductor and soft drink
product
placements, I liked the
film.
The story was fun (although why not lose the 'scary factor'? Perhaps the script writer indulged in our cultural bias toward trembling when the subject of math is raised?
I also enjoyed a handful of other
geometric references, the Sri Yantra (page 195
of my book) got the most
exposure, although never mentioned by name, not
that words are needed for geometric symbols to
convey their wisdom! I also enjoyed a cameo
appearance of a ZomeTool model... a REAL
fun toy I recommend highly! Other animations and
graphics showed geodesic, helices, spirals and a
handful of other geometric archetypes, mostly for
artistic effect, but I guess turning the story
into a documentary would have "broken the spell".
Some lovely scenery, fun visuals and relatively
minimal abuse of important topics that Hollywood
rarely touches. I liked the levitation scenes,
although I'd like a time travel/futuristic movie
to show teleportation (without external
technology) as being our natural state as
described as one of our natural abilities in
the Baird Spalding
books. Aside from the
minuses already mentioned, some valid concerns on
other movie reviews, and some
blatant semiconductor and soft drink
product
placements, I liked the
film.
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