http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1A6S-B6cs
This is a link to the Pearl harbor trailer, interesting differences! are they different because of the times, the directors(I think so), or the wars that they portray? Or are they completely different stories all together that do not serve the same purpose. Is Pearl harbor and anti war film?
This is a link to the Pearl harbor trailer, interesting differences! are they different because of the times, the directors(I think so), or the wars that they portray? Or are they completely different stories all together that do not serve the same purpose. Is Pearl harbor and anti war film?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPBtP02yKc
In class we talked about how others trauma can be exploited in the media, for examples in movies. It was impossible to reach a consensus on what purpose war movies serve, certainly they are a part of history and help explore emotional identities. When we were discussing this I thought about who the movies were meant to be watched by, war veterans? history buffs? teenage boys with a thirst for blood and guts? average citizens with a curiosity for their past and the identity of their nation? I don't know, probably all of these. We talked about the difference between historically accurate movies and love stories and where we draw the line to discern our level of desire for destructive spectadorship. Is it a primal thrill or a cautionary, do we do it to re affirm good and evil? It could be a combination.
In class we talked about how others trauma can be exploited in the media, for examples in movies. It was impossible to reach a consensus on what purpose war movies serve, certainly they are a part of history and help explore emotional identities. When we were discussing this I thought about who the movies were meant to be watched by, war veterans? history buffs? teenage boys with a thirst for blood and guts? average citizens with a curiosity for their past and the identity of their nation? I don't know, probably all of these. We talked about the difference between historically accurate movies and love stories and where we draw the line to discern our level of desire for destructive spectadorship. Is it a primal thrill or a cautionary, do we do it to re affirm good and evil? It could be a combination.
The Lessing discussion was interesting and the notion of being the black sheep. We don't really understand mob mentality but I am sure at one point or another we have fallen under its power. I thought about the case over thanksgiving where a Wal MArt employee was trampled to death, unspeakable and unbelievable. large groups have so much power and depending on the case they have the ability to commit great evil or do great good. This brings up the issue of who is the "they" in mobs is it so abstract ideal or phenomena, in the case of war, is it the commander, the country?
I enjoyed the Hemmingway reading and the discussion on coping and the things we do to "fix" ourself, like getting married. Things that society expects to us to fullfill, having a house, a stable job, raising a family. What really makes us happy? Is it our desire to conform what traps us and causes unhappiness, do we have to embrace "happy thoughts" how long can we do this before we realize that we may not be getting anywhere?
I have been reading this book about Mayan shamanism and from reading Camus I took the notion of the "absurd" as Camus took it to be and used in my final for my philosophy of love and death class, this is a paragraphy from it:
I have been reading this book about Mayan shamanism and from reading Camus I took the notion of the "absurd" as Camus took it to be and used in my final for my philosophy of love and death class, this is a paragraphy from it: The mundane and the extraordinary, the beautiful and the ugly, the joy and the sorrow all are encompassed by the absurd and these opposing forces must be accepted together, if not, we are overwhelmed and discouraged. By rejecting the less favorable aspects of the human condition in others and in ourselves there is an irreprehensible split in our souls that denies the very essence of the human condition and arguably leads to neurotic psychological distress and trauma of the psyche, leaving us in constant war with ourselves.
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