Monday, November 26, 2007

The Shawshank Redemption


The Shawshank Redemption is a powerful modern movie. It projects the view that achieving rational values is possible if one thinks and acts -- even when trapped in a corrupt, brutal environment.
I like to say just some words about it.
being patient,
thinking rational ,
developing hobby,
developing goals,
making good friendship,
get rid of problems,
benefiting the consequences,
enjoying music,
having always hope, and
get busy dying or get busy living

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Babel

I would not believe that it is a Hollywood movie if its director was American.

You are faced with a simple story divided into three sub stories happening in three different countries. It is so wisely mixed up that you can not find the chronology until you reach the ending scenes. Then you notice that the story first begins in an Arab country then in Japan and last in USA-Mexico region.

The first scene catching my eye was the strange look on the tourists face when entering the village, a place that no tourist bothers himself to step in. It is a remarkable shot contrasting the east and west people.

Also, the next point that had my attention was that about more than half hour of crying. Every character in the story cries but each cry is so different and strange. It was the best composition that you can imagine yourself in place of other people with different cultures and trying to feel the same.

I like Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel a lot and one of the reasons is that it is not a single-culture story.


Monday, November 05, 2007

Practise mobile manners


We've all seen - and, worse, heard - the people who offend against this.

Probably most of us have been guilty of it ourselves - although maybe not to the extent shown here.

But the etiquette of using a mobile is pretty simple, really - just think of it as the opposite of great sex.

Keep it quiet.

And keep it short.