On one cold, wintery morning I decided to take a trip to the Sound and Moving image library, with the goal of finding a great movie, one that could win the title of “Plant Ecology movie everyone should watch”.
I started by typing in “York University Sound and Moving image library” into google. What was that? You thought I was visiting the sound and moving images library in person? No, kind reader! This was a 100% virtual visit! After clicking on the York University Sound and Moving image library link (the very first result) I was greeted with another search bar.
Beside the search bar was the word “omni”, which I assumed was the service provider for the search. As I had some idea of the movie I wanted to submit for the film festival, I quickly set to work by clicking on the search bar, causing its inviting prompt “Search books, articles, reserves, and more!” to quickly disappear. Next, I typed in the title of the movie I was searching for, Avatar.
After swiftly pressing the large red search key attached to the right of the search bar itself, I began to peruse the titles that had popped up. A large banner near the top of the webpage was the first result to capture my attention. Small letters at the top of the banner read “about the topic”. This was followed by the title of the movie I had searched up, Avatar, in larger blue letters, a short review of the movie, and its significant achievements at the box office.
However, this is not what I had come for. My eyes traced further down the page, where I found the first result. The director of the movie was listed directly under the word “Avatar”- “this must be what I came for!” I said to myself. Again clicking on the link, 4 results emerged onto my screen; Avatar(v.f.), Avatar (2009), Avatar(2010) and Avatar (c2010) but in spite of this seemingly confusing development I had found what I was looking for – Avatar(2009), the original edition of the movie.
I proceeded to watch portions of the movie, to check if it measured up to its praise. While the movie suffered in some areas like plot and characterization, it definitely appealed to a variety of applied plant ecology topics, one example being the impacts of mining on plants. Satisfied with my detective work, I then minimized the window, and began to work on my original objective – my review of the movie.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 