I watched the animated film Atlantis today. After the movie was over and I was still pondering the scenes, I caught a thought that seemed just too weird.

In one early scene, Thatch says a rune was mistranslated and that the book telling how to get to Atlantis was in Iceland, not Ireland. Atlantian, apparently, is only a cipher for English, right down to modern geographic names. Plus, the Atlantians picked up English (and Thatch picked up Atlantian) in a matter of seconds. Later in the movie, however, there were such things as never-ending-waterfalls, flying fishmobiles, and a quasi-sentient crystal protector-being powered by the emotions of dead people. But guess which part I thought was too unrealistic? ;)

Apparently, there are acceptable and unacceptable ways to flaunt reality in stories. I haven't figured out the rules, though.

gabby