Movies

I just saw the movie, ‘Clash of the Titans’ starring Sam Worthington. It was an ok movie. It was interesting, it was action packed. But I think it was a bit short in a few ways.

I won’t put any spoilers in here because I do not want to ruin it for you. It is worth seeing. But the cost of movies at AMC has risen over time and now it is a bit expensive. I watched a guy in line in front of me buy tickets for his family and he spent over seventy dollars! Wow, that’s expensive.

Therefore, I suggest you simply wait for the video. Some movies, you want to see right away in the theater. But in this case and in my opinion it is ok to wait on this one.

Time wise, it felt like the movie did not last that long. I didn’t actually time it, but when it was over I had that feeling that it wasn’t very long.

The plot was interesting. But the background was a bit thin. The situation between Hades and Zeus was not fully explained. It seems that Hades created this monster to kill their parents but Zeus still ended up being the top guy and Hades was banished to the underworld. Why? There is no full explanation to this in the movie.

You get the feeling from the movie that Zeus is a bad guy in the beginning but the way he explains things in the end, makes him look like a good guy. You are left wondering what the truth is. The contradictions are never fully explained to my satisfaction.

The acting from all of the actors was great. I did not see anything that made me think things were not real. I liked all of the actors. Good job guys!

My new romantic interest, Leslie, turned me on to director Jim Jarmusch’s movies.

One of those movies is Ghost Dog – The Way of the Samurai

We watched it, just last night.

Ghost Dog is a Samurai / assasin who does ‘hits’ for the mafia.

But the mafia boss decides he needs to have Ghost Dog dead after ordering him to hit someone else in his organization.

Ghost Dog considers one of the lesser bosses to be his ‘master’ because that guy saved his life once. So Ghost dog goes on a Samurai rampage to eliminate his enemies, wiping out the mafia family, except his master whom he allows to kill him.

In the process, he also wipes out some bear poachers – just for good measure, because ‘bears were considered equal to men in some ancient cultures’.

Throughout the movie, Ghost Dog reads from the Samurai book he uses as his code to live by.

I think this was one of the most interesting aspects of the movie.

The discipline undoubtedly helped Ghost Dog become the near-perfect assassin. However, the ancient Samurai code was flawed by a couple of factors that become evident in Jarmusch’s movie.

One factor is unquestioning loyalty to the master. In spiritual practices, this can be a very useful quality. However, when choosing a mafia boss as your master, it is disastrous.

In other words, if your master is very benevolent being who only wants the best for you, then having unquestioning loyalty is an asset, as it helps you to grow.

However, if you choose someone who is primarily evil, such as a mafia boss or ancient Samurai warlord, then you’ll probably walk a dark path and meet with a lousy ending. Who would want that?

This tragic flaw makes for a good movie though.

The other tragic flaw in the Samurai code was the propensity for suicide. This part of Samurai tradition was no doubt useful to Samurai warlords and Emperors. However, it ultimately failed the Japanese because it directly opposes life, growth and the usefulness of accumulated knowledge.

In modern times, we understand the value of experienced human resources.

Even up to WWII the Japanese failed to grasp this concept and wasted their best and most experienced pilots by having them commit suicide attacks.

In the end they were left with the dilemma of having barely experienced pilots left to carry out missions.

And of course the inexperienced are generally crushed by the experienced.

You see the same dilemma in the Middle East today. The method of suicide bombing causes a loss of the bravest and most committed resources.

On the other side of things the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) becomes more and more experienced and capable.

Do you see the problem there and the folly of the wisdom of suicide attacks and the ensuing loss of valuable human resources?

– Dave

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[Editor’s Note: I received this letter via the contact form on this site.

I have not seen this movie and know nothing about it further than what is written below.

However, Kristen’s contact information was provided and you can use it to contact her and find out more. (see below)

Here is a resource on medical malpractice.

Though I haven’t seen the movie that Kristen talks about, I do know that there are many side effects to the drugs used today.

One only has to look at the list of side effects that usually comes with a new prescription to see just how many there are. ]

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I just recently (Saturday night) saw the
movie Capote. It was intense. Because Truman
Capote was writing a book about two convicted
killers.

The problem was that he had to befriend the
two bad guys on death row. More precisely he
built a strong relationship with Perry Smith.

The problem with befriending Perry is that he
found himself in the terrible predicament of – well
I won’t spoil the movie, but if you really want to
find out, you can post a comment with your email
address and I can email you.

But if you are that curious, then you ought to
just see the movie. I was going to ruin it, but
then I felt that wouldn’t be fair, so I changed my
mind.

I know a lot of people don’t like to be psyched like that.
If it makes you mad, feel free to comment below.

– D

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