Saturday, December 20, 2003
Is lying wrong all the time? I think the only answer can be no! It's a subject that makes us ponder and ask questions about ourselves and reflect on lies we have told in the recent past. Lets face it, lies can be used to hurt people and usually lead to misunderstandings and backstabbing. Other times though, they can shield us from a truth we would rather not be aware of. If ignorance is bliss, then perhaps lying leads to a happier world. I'm quite impressed with myself, that was a little bit philisophical. (only a little though!)
A girl in our class called Samantha seems to grasp both sides of the arguament and I enjoyed reading her thoughts on this matter. (Even though i don't really know who she is!)
A girl in our class called Samantha seems to grasp both sides of the arguament and I enjoyed reading her thoughts on this matter. (Even though i don't really know who she is!)
I was extremely pleased with my result for my first 'being bad' assignment. Myself and fellow student, 'David Bailey' put together a selection of 'bad dating videos'. I have to offer most of the credit to him, as he organised and put the thing together. Although I appeared in it, i suppose it was quite 'bad' of me to not to shoulder more of the work. Oh well! We both passed well and believe we raised points about what social expectations and standards exist. A very worthwhile exercise.
It's only recently I've been reading other students bloggs in depth to gage their ideas and thoughts. I was very impressed with the angle Tom Jevons took on his blog about religion and would recommend everyone take a look. I love sarcasm and light hearted writing and think he pulls it off well in his blog.
It's only recently I've been reading other students bloggs in depth to gage their ideas and thoughts. I was very impressed with the angle Tom Jevons took on his blog about religion and would recommend everyone take a look. I love sarcasm and light hearted writing and think he pulls it off well in his blog.
Friday, December 05, 2003
This is the image i tried posting in my last blog!!
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0113540/1-1.jpg
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0113540/1-1.jpg
I have to say something about the film we watched yesterday for 'Bad Cinema'. On the way to the lighthouse I saw Jackie and she said it was a good movie with a slightly strange grin on her face. To say i was a little scared if not intrigued would be an understatement. After that, when we were in the cinema Pritpal told anyone who was easily offended to leave. Naturally, this had the opposite effect and he built it up so much I couldn't possibly contemplate leaving!
When the film finally was set in motion, I didn't really know what to expect. 'Kids' has an immense shock value and even i, was slightly rattled by what was appearing infront of me. I'm not easily offended but this was a bit intense, to say the very least. I found some of it to be over the top and thought it placed far to much emphasis on shocking people, yet i couldn't stop watching it. Someone compared it to driving past a car accident and not being able to turn away. I can't think of a better analagy for the situation!
I have to say, I wasn't overly impressed with the film as a whole, but thought it addressed under age sex, and sexually transmitted diseases well. If it had been an advert to prevent these two issues it would have been excellent, but I really didn't think it was very good!
I found I could relate when I saw them walking around in a big group, dossing around town just killing time. I remember doing this a few years ago, and think that scene where they're walking down the main road was a reality check in between scenes of complete amazement.
This is a still from that scene:
When the film finally was set in motion, I didn't really know what to expect. 'Kids' has an immense shock value and even i, was slightly rattled by what was appearing infront of me. I'm not easily offended but this was a bit intense, to say the very least. I found some of it to be over the top and thought it placed far to much emphasis on shocking people, yet i couldn't stop watching it. Someone compared it to driving past a car accident and not being able to turn away. I can't think of a better analagy for the situation!
I have to say, I wasn't overly impressed with the film as a whole, but thought it addressed under age sex, and sexually transmitted diseases well. If it had been an advert to prevent these two issues it would have been excellent, but I really didn't think it was very good!
I found I could relate when I saw them walking around in a big group, dossing around town just killing time. I remember doing this a few years ago, and think that scene where they're walking down the main road was a reality check in between scenes of complete amazement.
This is a still from that scene:
