Apart from books, I think the most influential media source in my life is film. Actually, maybe including books, but that's a tough call because I've only been impacted by a few books compared to movies, but the books were more impacting overall. Anyhow, here's my top list of movies that changed my life or made me think differently.
Top 10 Movies with the Greatest Re-Watch Ability. 10-6
Where do we define our moral lines?
Typically, the power group in control helps define what they believe to be obscene or not obscene. However, when everyone comes from different historical backgrounds, their view of scene most likely differs from another person's view.
Yet, somehow large lines have been drawn in the past and still are drawn for small communities today.
War and hatred and apathy and cynical nonchalance are the spawn of closed eyes.
I am convinced of this.
If we, as the human race, could see the world stained in a different shade--through the eyes of different cultures and communities than our own--I sincerely believe that we would be more hesitant to point the finger or drop a bomb.
There's just something about good film. There are a lot of good films out there, not too many amazing ones, but a lot of good ones. This season, I decided that I would aim to see every Oscar-nominated flick out there, because to be nominated by something so prestigious, I assumed that these movies must be of a high caliber. Most of the movies nominated have appeared to be.
I told myself I wasn't going to blog today, because I really don't need a blog everyday. But after trying and trying to resist and reading these posts about movies, and almost commenting before realizing they were a few days away from a birthday, I can't help myself.
I've heard some really weird things over the years, but after seeing the news this morning, I have officially heard it all.
I recently watched an episode of the PBS series "frontline". The episode was "Endgame", describing the timeline of the war in Iraq, and the supposed direction in which it is going. This is the paper I wrote summarizing the film along with my opinions on the war.
