Shattered Glass

I did not think I was going to like this movie, but wouldn't you know, I gave it a chance and really enjoyed it. The film was interesting and really surprising that it was based on a true story, The fact that Glass was able to get away with everything he did is shocking. What this movie does perfectly is show what plagiarism can do to your career, or what it can do for you education. I think the lesson of this film is don't plagiarize, don't make up facts. I've never considered plagiarizing, and never would. I have my own thoughts and I don't need anyone else's. And as far as stealing other people's work, whenever I think theres a slight chance I need to give someone credit I do, period. I don't really understand why Glass did what he did. Well I do, he wanted to succeed, but he must've realized one day he would be uncovered. He probably has a career in story telling waiting for him. The movie was well made and the acting, even by Hayden, was good.

The Hurt Locker

WOW!!!! What a movie!!! I implore all of you to go see it. Its the story of a bomb diffusing unit of soldiers in Iraq. Its one of those movies that stick with you for a while. For a film made with a low budget it has a very big look. The actors do a great job of conveying what war does to a human. The other thing that is exceptional about this film is its ability to keep you on the edge of your seat. The movie was more suspenseful than any movie I've ever seen. You never know which mission is going to kill the unit, which I imagine is true to life. I can't say anything negative about this film. The ending just sort of takes your breath away and throws you for a loop. I can't urge you all enough to go see this movie. Its the best movie I've seen in a long time.

This Film is Not Yet Rated

I love this movie for what it does, and that is to call the MPAA and its rating administration (CARA) out on its biases and its unfair and inconsistent practices. The MPAA is the creation of the five major studios and it really only caters to them, a film created outside of these studios is going to have a hard time getting a fair rating. I also like that the MPAA says that CARA reflects the average American parent. They should really say that CARA reflects the average conservative parent. Its clear that they have a problem with sex especially when it comes to sex between same sex couples. I've never really gotten why sex is deemed more indecent than violence. Some of the CARA members weren't even parents or were older and their kids were already grown up. CARA really reflects the views of the MPAA's former leader Jack Valenti. This current ratings system is so corrupt and unfair and that is seen in its inconsistent practices. For example the most recent Harry Potter film is PG, the last two were PG-13. This current film has the same amount of violence if even a little more (a boy has a spell cast on him that makes him bleed from his chest, and its not subtle looking. I'm not saying that Harry Potter films should be rated PG or PG-13 but a better system could ensure that rhe ratings of films could be done much more consistently and in a more uniform matter.

A little about me and the film Outfoxed

My name is Mike, I'm going to be 24 next month, and I've taken many classes with Bjorn. I love discussing media and am looking forward to discussing many different topics with all of you. I love movies, television, books, music, video games, but my favorite type of media is film. I'm going to try to talk about every film we watch in this class. The doc. Outfoxed was really informative and presented the information in an entertaining way. I thought the section in which Bill O'Reilly says shut up repeatly was hilarious. The truth is I disagree with the film's stance that the Fox News Network is wrong or dangerous. I consider myself liberal and I beleive that network has the right to share their beliefs but obviously they need to lose the fair and balanced stamp. All news networks do what Fox News does it's just maybe not as blatant and obvious. News programming is usually not presented as biased as Fox News is, but all news programs set out to tell stories and each story is presented in a different perspective based on which channel your watching. The one clip that really bothered me was the one in which Bill O'Reilly intereviews a young man whose father died at Ground Zero. After their interview whenever O'Reilly brings up the young man he exagerated and basically lies about what the young man's views. I usually disagree with O'Reilly but do occasionally find his program interesting and sometimes funny, but O'Reilly truly showed bad taste in this situation.
Overall, Outfoxed was informative and interesting and does a great job illustrating what Fox News' agenda is, but I ultimately believe it exagerates how harmful or damaging this is.