Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Posted on February 28th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE. Categories: Movies.
I have not read the book. I am not sure if I will. The book ‘The Secret’ apparently is blowing everyone away and changing lives. So I thought I would share the movie at least.
Posted on February 25th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE. Categories: Movies.
This is definitely a video worth sharing… this had me laughing so hard I was in tears. If you want a good laugh watch this… it’s a total overload of funny. :)
Posted on January 14th, 2007 by JonathanLIVE. Categories: Movies.
Tonight I was prompted by my friends to go see the movie Children of Men. It’s about the future some 30 years from now and the whole world by some freak of nature has become infertile. One woman by yet another freak of nature in that time, has become pregnant. It painted a picture of political turmoil, social unrest, and a world all gone to hell basically. I think they put a lot of thought into portraying a realistic image of how the world would respond to such a situation. All hope for the future gone… a world without children… knowing that everything being done will not been seen by another human being in the future would drive everyone into a hopeless state.
There were some rather obvious current political messages and overtones within the movie that were talking about the current Iraq war, and President Bush… maybe the movie was trying to suggest that if we continued down the same road he has lead, that we may see a future like the one illustrated in the movie.
The lead character was a pathetic man who started out as a weak character who didn’t care about anything. It was only once his life was in danger and he found out about the woman that he made a run for it and started into action. The images of refugees being treated like cattle, and military control that was dehumanizing everyone was sad to see.
The makers of the movie also did their part to portray Islam as the only religious fanaticals in the world. Anyone else notice that every single refugee in the movie was someone speaking some various type of European language… while English speakers were legitimate citizens?
My friends were expecting a lot more from the movie, and they are not big fans of thought provoking political films like this one, so they walked away from the theater ranting about how terrible it was.
For myself, I think the obvious message which it was sending that was displayed at the very end got across. Children of Men sends a message of thinking of our children now and the world we are creating for tomorrow. By glimpsing into the next generation what could happen to them if we continue the way we are, we destroy all hope for humanities future.
Overall, not too bad of a movie with a rather serious message.
