Check out this new movie, movie coming out in 2011.
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Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
New Movie: Source Code
"What would you do if you knew you had less than eight minutes to live?" is the tagline for this new movie, Source Code. All these movies about time and relativity make me want to build a time machine. I'll get on that lol... Check it out!
Black Swan
I NEED to see this movie. It came out today.
Here's the Trailer if you didn't see my post a couple of months ago...
TRAILER: RED RIDING HOOD (2011)
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS MOVIE!!! Filled with esoteric imagery and metaphor, lust, and classic lit. Checkout the trailer for RED RIDING HOOD, coming to theaters in 2011!
New Movie: Freakanomics (October 2010)
This movie is JUST MY KIND OF THING. If you've read the book, FREAKANOMICS, than you'll be just as excited as I am. Watch the trailer and demand (there's a site to do it) that it come to your city, because it's playing in limited theaters across the country.
New Movie: MOOZ-lum
Starring DANNY GLOVER, NIA LONG, and breakout star EVAN ROSS... MOOZ-lum is creating a lot of buzz in the film world.
From the synopsis on the official Facebook page:
"MOOZ-lum is the story of a black family within the first large generation of Muslims born and raised in this country and the trials and tribulations faced while practicing Islamic faith in American Society."
To get this film to come to your city, go HERE.
Lessons from Walt Disney : 3 Steps to Improve Self-Worth
I stand firm behind my beliefs that the Disney Fairytales ingrained a mythology about gender codes, racism, and fantasy into the minds of Generation X. But the reality is, we bought, we saw and we treasured those fairytales and the life lessons they subliminally taught us.
Back to Aladdin, I just wanted to highlight what I saw as "the point, behind the point," of the three wishes.
First, let's remember the importance of the number 3. In numerology, as well as Children's literature, the number 3 represents the trilogy; specifically, the triangular components to spirituality. Interestingly enough, we are introduced to Abu, Aladdin's faithful companion (his monkey...smh, racist, but whatever) from the onset of the film. Then, we are introduced to the magic carpet... a representation of Aladdin's upward mobility. The trilogy is completed upon discovery of the genie in the lamp, who "illuminates" Aladdin to the possibilities of his life. This triumvirate is exactly what Aladdin needs to transform himself into a candidate for royal courtship.
His wishes, however, are what improve his worth...in particular, his "self-worth." Here's my breakdown of the metaphor behind the wishes of improving self-worth:
Wish/Step One: Getting Fit For Royalty
-The first step towards improving self-worth, especially in the matters of LOVE, is playing the part. From the onset of the movie, Aladdin knew, if given the opportunity, he would be able to show the world there was "so much more" to him than his exterior. The funny thing about the world we live in is that people need to respect the exterior before they even inquire about the interior (The Philosophy of Aesthetics). Dressing the part of the prince is fitting for acquiring the hand of Princess Jasmine, who knew wealth before she even met him and saw it in him despite his state of impoverishment. It's necessary to eventually rid yourself of rags for the one who treasured you when you were a peasant. Jasmine was worthy of his efforts.Wish/Step Two: Rebirth For A New Life
- The second step for improving self-worth is the death of the old self for the rebirth of the new self. In literature and doctrines of societies that value enlightenment as a key to success, "the near death experience" is always partnered with a subsequent perspective change on the value of life. When Aladdin sinks to the bottom of the ocean, it prepares him for focusing on what is important for the next stage in life...whether that be marriage or a prospective Sultan. Wish/Step Three: Adopting A Royal Ethic Code
-The third and final step to improving self worth is having a strong ethical code that you stand by in times of great conflict and decision making. After Aladdin and the royal family are subjugated to abject humilation, the only way to defeat the a deceitful villain is by chaining him to his own obsession for power. After Jafar is defeated and the old order is restored, Aladdin chooses to keep his promise and free the genie instead of turning himself back into a prince. In doing so, he becomes a KING! To be truly worthy of the title royalty, you should realize you are no one's master. A good king wishes for the freedom of all his subjects. Especially the ones that helped make him into a King.
Black Swan: Will This Be Natalie Portman's First Oscar?
This is dark. This is deeply metaphorical. This is OSCAR worthy, I can just tell. Natalie Portman is one of my favorites and I think this film might gain her the accolades she deserves. Check it out!
The Runaways
RACHEL STEWART and DAKOTA FANNING are going to be in a movie together...I won't say a word until I see it...But check out the trailer!
Word of the Day: PLUTONOMY
PLUTONOMY (n.) refers to a society where the majority of the wealth is controlled by an ever-shrinking minority; as such, the economic growth of that society becomes dependent on the fortunes of that same wealthy minority.
Since economics and government are intrinsically intertwined, I think it's time to stop using the word DEMOCRACY and replace it with PLUTONOMY.
Blind Faith: The Book of Eli
So, recently I watched the movie The Book of Eli starring my favorite...Denzel Washington and my other favorite Jennifer Beals...and my other, other favorite Mila Kunis. I have to say...this movie is SERIOUSLY underrated. If people haven't noticed...movies about the ENLIGHTENED HERO in the APOCALYPSE seem to be the Hollywood fad these days (hint, hint). Leave it to Denzel...the humanitarian... to take on a role that focuses on religious faith as a means to enlightenment. Let's see if we can break this movie down...
Now the movie takes place 30 years deep into the post-apocalypse, and we are soon introduced to the protagonist, ELI (those who are up on their biblical names know of the story ELIJAH and the blind man). Eli is lead by faith to carry the last copy of the Bible through the wasteland to an unknown destination in the west. Along the way, he kills anyone of the many who try to stop him. He walks into a town, controlled by a man named Carnegie, because of his need for water.
Eli leaves and kills ALMOST all of Carnegie's men in a shoot out. Solara follows Eli on his venture to deliver the Bible to the West and Carnegie chases after them. After a shootout at an elderly couple's home in the middle of nowhere, Solara and the book are captured and Eli is wounded. Solara escapes and goes back for Eli and the two continue to Alcatraz Island, without the Bible, where things from the old civilization prior to the Apocalypse are preserved. There, the climax reveals that Eli is, in fact, blind but also enlightened by his memorization of the Bible. The copy of the Bible that Carnegie fought so hard to get his hands on is entirely in braille. The conclusion of the film surrounds the transcribing of the Bible and Solara's return back to the East.
SHORT FILM: Foolishly Seeking True Love
Foolishly Seeking True Love from Jarrett Lee Conaway on Vimeo.
With Valentine's Day in the Near future...here's some Inspiration to keep trying for L O V E. I like this short film a lot!
Inglorious Basterds: Jewish People Are Celebrating Eight Oscar Nominations
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