If you have ever seen the movie Boondock Saints, you not only know how great of a movie it is, but also overly violent. Why are movies like these so violent? Because we Americans love it so much. But that's another topic. Im going after the controversy in the movie of weather or not it's ever okay to murder someone. I can see both sides of the argument, and have to side with the no side. Its never okay to kill anyone, no matter what they have done.
Forgive and forget. That is what I say that it's never good to kill anyone for any reason. Besides, who are we to play God? I know that some others would look at this totally different, and would I act upon my words in a situation simular to this? I hope to never find out. But others can look at this and say "look what they did to my family! An eye for and eye right?" Jesus talks about this in Matthew 5:38-39. "You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH. But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also." So Jesus has an answer for the Boondock Saints. Yea, take that movies of extreme violence and controversy!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Exploring the movie 300
300 is one of my all time favorite movies. Mostly because it's based on actual events. No one knows for sure how the spartans actually fought because, like Xerxes said, he would destroy all records of the spartans. So the only reason we know about this war and the battle of Thermopylae, the battle portrayed in the movie, is by word of mouth that was passed down through the generations.
One question you might have about the movie is what is up with the creatures and huge monsters. Well, they all represent the evil and nastiness of Xerxes and his army. He wanted the land of sparta and the people for slaves. So putting those in the movies was just a wise way of showing how evil the persians were.
Also, you might wonder what the deal is with the ugly people at the top of the mountain Leonidas climbs at the beginning of the movie and why is there a lady dancing around in clothes you can see through. Well, the wise ugly people were ugly for a reason. They didn't like the spartans at all or there ways of life. But that is who Leonidas had to talk to so he could go to war. Now the lady that was dancing around and was mumbling stuff is a practice that the ugly wise people actually used. The odor that they unleashed was a hallucinagent that made people do crazy things. But at the time, they thought is was a why for the gods to talk to us through people. But to please the gods, they chose the most beautiful women to do this.
So I hope I cleared up some things on the movie 300 and what the directors were trying to portray.
One question you might have about the movie is what is up with the creatures and huge monsters. Well, they all represent the evil and nastiness of Xerxes and his army. He wanted the land of sparta and the people for slaves. So putting those in the movies was just a wise way of showing how evil the persians were.
Also, you might wonder what the deal is with the ugly people at the top of the mountain Leonidas climbs at the beginning of the movie and why is there a lady dancing around in clothes you can see through. Well, the wise ugly people were ugly for a reason. They didn't like the spartans at all or there ways of life. But that is who Leonidas had to talk to so he could go to war. Now the lady that was dancing around and was mumbling stuff is a practice that the ugly wise people actually used. The odor that they unleashed was a hallucinagent that made people do crazy things. But at the time, they thought is was a why for the gods to talk to us through people. But to please the gods, they chose the most beautiful women to do this.
So I hope I cleared up some things on the movie 300 and what the directors were trying to portray.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Superbowl ad
One of my favorite superbowl ads this year was the remake of the Mean Joe Green coke commercial. This time is was with Troy Polamalu and the coke zero lawyers. First off, you see Troy walking down the tunnel limping after the game. A kid asks if he wants a coke zero and Troy says no. The lawyers that have been in previous commercials for coke zero come and take the coke away. Troy then tackles the lawyer with the coke zero and drinks it. Thats pretty much the commercial. But I am gonna take a deeper look at it. Troy is limping at the start of the commercial and at the end he is running to take his coke zero. Hence, coke zero will give you a rush of energy to help you get it and its obviously refreshing. Even after a three hour football game, he still has energy to get the coke zero. The camera angle stays the same through out the whole commercial. Its shot in an open frame where you can see everything thats going on.
The commercial is telling us that no matter how sore, tired, or dehydrated we are, coke zero is always refreshing. It does it in a way that reminds us of the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial which might make us want a coke rather than a coke zero. This advertisement works in both ways. Below are the links to the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial and the Troy Polamalu commercial so you can see the simularities.
Troy Polamalu - http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTdz8ebLJRw&feature=related
Mean Joe Green - http://youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8
The commercial is telling us that no matter how sore, tired, or dehydrated we are, coke zero is always refreshing. It does it in a way that reminds us of the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial which might make us want a coke rather than a coke zero. This advertisement works in both ways. Below are the links to the origanal Mean Joe Green commercial and the Troy Polamalu commercial so you can see the simularities.
Troy Polamalu - http://youtube.com/watch?v=VTdz8ebLJRw&feature=related
Mean Joe Green - http://youtube.com/watch?v=xffOCZYX6F8
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