sicko

The documentary "sicko" by Michael Moore was very eye opnening since my major is Nursing so I will be workin the healthcare field. I really like this film cause i personally can relate to it and i'm going to have to deal with issues like this in my future carreer. I liked how Michael Moore incorporated his humor, which is in many of his films, into "sicko". One of my favorite lines that Michael Moore said was " What'd they charge you for that baby?" it's definitily crazy seeing how many countries don't charge you for healthcare. I thought it was fascinating that in Londom they reimburse you for your travel costs. This just shows how ridiculous the amount of money spent on healthcare in the U.S. is. When Michael stated that America's healthcare system was ranked 37th in the world right above Slovenia, I was shocked. We always talk about how many great things there are in American, like different opportunites but we can't help out our fellow citizens with healthcare coverage. I've heard many stories on how people avoided going to seek clinical help, but rather dealt with the pain because they didn't have healthcare insurance that covered the check-up and other appointments they would need. People are constantly worring about making the payments that they lose sight of whats best for their health. Also i think the stress of insurance plays a large role in the career you choose. If your job doesn't involve any coverage of health/dental you are in big trouble. In the film when they talk about this lady's health insurance not covering her emergency trip in an ambulance cause it wasn't "pre-approved", I was stunned by the insurance company's response. When did this lady have time to "pre-approve it?" She didn't have a choice on riding in the ambulance because she was unconscious. I liked watching this film cause it helped us look at reality as of right now and opened our eyes to current issues that need to be covered.

The Cider House Rules

I believe throughout the film "The Cider House Rules" the one memorable line is "Sometimes you gotta break the rules to make things straight." This saying is played out alot in this film. To start off with is Fuzzy's death. To protect the other children, Dr. Larch made up a lie about a medical family adopting Fuzzy cause they have a better breathing machine. Next is Mr. Rose's death. Even though Rose Rose stavved her father in the stomach, Mr. Rose told Homer to tel lthe police he was devastated that his only daughter ran away that he killed himself. Another example that really stood out in the movie was when Homer got his x-ray's of his heart and later found out that the x-rays he had were actually Fuzzy's heart. Dr. Larch did this so he could keep Homer out of the war.
I found Dr. larch clever throughout this whole film. The one part that i felt related to this quote was when Dr. Larch made up this whole impressive ressume of Homer's when he had never attended or accomplished any of that. What was really interesting is when he was homer brand new diaplomas. But the best part was Dr. Larch acting the total opposite of how he felt. When he meet with the board and was talking about how Homer wasn't qualified or even committed in doing this. The board ended up liking him and Dr. Larch's reverse psychology worked out in his favor.
I think the scene that best displayed this quote was when the morning after Homer had given Ms. Rose Rose an abortion and he was reading the cider house rules. He was standing by the stove and decided to throw the piece of paper in the stove and burn them. I think those rules really stood for the rules and he's beliefs about giving abortions. I think at that point not only did Dr. Larch live by the line "sometimes you gotta break the rule to make things straight" but also Homer was following in his footsteps. This scene reminded me of when Homer use to throw away the specimens from Dr. Larch's operations but now that Homer is bending the rules and i think accepting that doing the right might not always follow the rules.
Some other really recognizable qutoes were
-" Goodnight you princes of maine and kings of New England."
-"What business you in?"
-"Make yourself useful"
-"Let's be happy for _____, she/he found a new home. Goodnight ______! Goodnight!"

little miss sunshine

What brought so much attention to little miss sunshie was the different types of characters. Either it was the brother who didn't speak, mom that supports everything her child does, drug addict grandfather, father thats trying to pitch an invention he thought of, suicidal uncle and the young daughter that only wants to become " Little Miss Sunshine." When you put all these together you get a family with their typical financial and personal issues. The wide range of characters is what give this movie personality and I believe what made so many poeple fall in love iwth it. I can relate to the financial issues the family is facing. Maybe not to their defree but there has been times where money is tight and causes strees on my family. My favorite character in this film is Steve Carell's role as the crazy uncle. Even though he's gay he rarely shows it other than buying the gay porn maganize. He comes off as a dumby but really is an intelligent, down to earth man. His dry humor throughout the movie and witty remarks always keeps your attention. My favorite lie from the whole movie is when their all at the dinner table and Dwayne is writing that he " hates everyone." And steve carell goes " welre all with you on that one dwayne." I laughed so hard. In the article by Robert Hofter, I like how he states that this movie is so close to reality of many families in financial problems these days. Also how the movie addresses financial anxiety and how many can relate to that. Lastly in the article by Cohen, I like how he states that the car kind of paly a role of a character. There's so much time spend in that voltswagon.Using many scenes with the van Cohen says " you can't do an movie that comes out this good without a strong team effort." This is exactly what the cast of Little Miss Sunshine contributed with doing many scenes on these different voltswagons.

The Full Monty

Personally, I didn't care for the movie " The Full Monty." I felt bad for the little kid having to deal with his immature father. He didn't act a good role model for him. When he made the decision to strip to earn child support money, I thought to myself "Really?" He acts like it's his last resort but really he could have gotten a security job like his friend or even his ex-wife said she could hook him up with a job at the factory where she works. I felt embarassed for the kid when his father got caught by the police and he was brought it also. In the article, it states that "for a fold that has much to say about the cahnges in the puble pereption of what it means to be a man, The Full Monty is also ( probably unintentionally) very revealing about women as well." The way the women were acting about the Chippindales coming to town was appauling. It's one thing if you went to it but going around faulting that you loved it is a different story.I think the way the movie portrayed these tough, steel-working men was unrealistic to them taking the job as a striper. If they were worried about their diginity why would they choose to strip over some the other jobs presented to them. It just didn't make sense.I like the setting of the movie and the english accents but that is about it.

Amelie

After watching the movie Amelie, one word comes to mind...different. To begin with the story line of this movie was definitely unique. Amelie positive and kinda corky personality always kept me interested in what she would say or do next. She has a positive attitude and contagious smile. I liked how she made a short film for the glass man on what he should do. After a few of them, I liked how the "glass man" made one for her implying that she should strive her goal and try to catch the one guy that she likes. The nice thing about this film was that it's not the ordinary love story. Well yes Amelie gets him in the end but all the parts in between that is far from ordinary. Another trait about Amelie is her way of match making. It was kinda ironic that she hooked up the drug guy and her friend in the cafe but can't have a relationship of her own. This film kept my attention with it's colorful scenes with the black and white flashbacks. If it wasn't the color of the scenes, it could have been the pace of the different scenes. There were moments in the film that went by so quickly, I almost felt like I was on a rollar coaster ride. Lastly if that wasn't enough, what about the random habits or thoughts of hers. From collecting rocks and skipping them to wondering "How many people at that moment were having orgasisms?" I feel the gnomb played a huge role in the movie. When she was young and lost her mother, I think she traveled that gnomb around the world acting like her mom. Towards the end of the movie the gnomb finally makes it back and then the father finally decides to go on vacation and travel. I think he didn't want to go in the beginning cause he didn't have his wife to go with him but after awhile I think he moved on from that and realized that maybe the gnomb was a sign and that his wife wanted him to travel the world?

Prayer Day/ Hotel Rwanda

Genocides can bring you back into focus of what you should be thankful for or what your taking for granted. Immaculee's inspirational story gave us hope and somewhat taught me how to be strong when worse comes to worse. We sometimes lose focus of whats of real importance to us in life. What do we value? For example, when Immaculee talked about how she wasn't going to go home the day before and for easter because of a big exam. She finally realized what was more important and was thankful she did go see her family since that was the last time that she got to. In Paul's situation, all his hard work of gaining people's trust and respect paid off in the long run. It came in handy having people of higher status and power in your favor. I don't understand how some many genocides occur when they are over the smallest issues. In the movie Hotel Rwanda, they talked about how at one point they were deciding who was a Tutsi and Hutu by the width of their noses.We learned something more from this movie and speech which is that you have to have faith and prayer in God. You can't just go through the motions but believe in what your asking and trust in God's choice of judgement.
Being currently involved in the terrrorist war in the middle east and Iraq, I find it difficult to stay positive about the whole situation.This war has impacted many young adults my age due to growing hand in hand with it. I still remember hearing about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center in my 7th grade Enlgish Class. The message that the media portrayed was that the Al' Queda randomly attacked the United States. Right off the bat, they made us believe that going to war was the right action. What else was I suppose to believe? I was 12 years old and naive. This occurance was the first time I had heard of the words "terrorist attacks" and they were against my own country. Of course I supported the war and actions of the U.S. Yes, maybe the U.S. jumped into the idea of sending troops over to Iraq and the middle east but I didn't understand any of the other options they had. I always wondered if I hadn't been exposed to the war for the first time like this, would I have the same political and ideological views? Life experiences are what shape you not matter if they are good or bad.
Like the movie Hotel Rwanda and other films like "World Trade Center", "Flight 93" or "Saving Private Ryan", the directors change bits and part to fit the different scenes. The truth can only go so far in a film. I believe they should keep all the major issues or parts of the story line but as fas as the little stuff, I think they can arrange it around to make it fit the best and most appealing to a wide array of people.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

To start off with, I can't stand the Indiana Jones movies. I was pretty bummed when I heard that we were going to be watching the Raiders of the Lost Ark last class period. But once i got to watching the film, it wasn't that bad. Although I don't like snakes and dead people hanging from ropes flying out at me, the story and visual effects were what kept my interest. I knw Spielberg is a big junky on the whole holocaust era and I found it ironic that in this "adventure" it would deal with the religion of the jewwish heritage and the Nazis. A theme in the movie I really liked and kinda laugh about is how Spielberg throughout the movie, in little ways, is kinda "sticking it to the man" and the man being the Nazis. This fight that the Nazis and Hitlet fight with the Jews keeps my interest in the movie since I'm a fan of watching movies with that topic such as Schlinder's List. But behind the topic, I do like the special effects the best. There are very dramatic and percise for the time the movie came out. When the movie first started, I was not impressed with the effects; they seemed very unrealistic. But then I had to think of the time this movie first aired and was impressed. I think this movie was the foundation or the beginning to many more movies with special effects. I like movies that are suspensful and as Roger Ebert would say " a bruised forearm movie ( you squeeze the arm of your date every time something startles you)" kind of movie. This film definitly kept me on the edge of my seat . As far as the article goes about "the Real Indiana Jones" or " the Texas Jones", I think he's crazy. There's many people that go after old artifacts as their living. I guess I don't believe that he actually wrote this script or had anything to do with the production of the series of Indiana Jone's films. Anyone can make up stories like that. He never really had any proof of his finding with all his adventures. I think they talked about on his sixth or seventh adventure he found something tiny but not enough to prove that he had discovered a significant amount of history. Overall the movie was alright. The special effects were good for it's time but doesn't compare to anything these days that were use to.