For anyone who is sick of all the hoopla about the vastly overrated AVATAR, here's a film that ever a tree-hugger could love. THE EMERALD FOREST is an undiscoved gem that I reccommend highly to anyone. The film came out in 1985, and I only rediscovered if based on my daughter's urging, who recently met its star, Powers Booth, at an L.A. event. The young boy in the film is the director's son....he is now a best-selling author who co-wrote LONG WAY ROUND and LONG WAY DOWN with Ewan McGregor. Perhaps it was this film that inspired his adventurous lifestyle. Whatever the reason, THE EMERALD FOREST is leap years ahead of most of the junk that comes across our movie screens nowadays. Please...don't be afraid to revisit some of these older films. I think you'll find the experience far more enriching than a thousand digital effects.