-I started thinking about the new movie Cloverfield directed by J.J. Abrams, the creator of the TV series Lost (which has a fabulous plot, might I add) and why I personally thought the movie was not as visually appealing as it could have been. It may have been believable with the Blair Witch Project-like cinematography and its seemingly authentic quality since it was filmed with what seemed like a small camcorder. But at the same time, this film moves and jumps so much that its apt to cause the viewer to get motion sickness halfway through the movie. I personally felt nauseous. Why do photographers do this, besides solely for the purpose of making the movie plausible?
-The movie trailor advocated Cloverfield as a horror film, which I would go back and rename it the new Godzilla (with a motion sickness touch), which if you ask me is a horrible film, however intriguing it was for its time. There was some comic relief in the movie, which is always a plus. References to homeless people being lit on fire can create a funny image in the minds of the sick and twisted audience.
-Do Americans realize how much TV really does affect us in today's society? This is something I've been contemplating recently. When we watch shows like CSI or an action/horror film, and we watch someone get shot and we perceive it to be normal. We expect for someone to die in a James Bond film. Seeing dead bodies in movies (though some people may get nightmares) isn't really a big deal these days. There seems to be less and less of an emotional response; people even laugh at death! In, I Am Legend, my friends kept telling me about how they cried when the dog died, not when Will Smiths character sacrificed his life for the sake of all humanity. That to me, is sick and twisted. Human life is becoming more and more superficial in a sense and less and less valued. I remember in class when Dr. Hendricks said that there will come a day when we'll be able to stick a chip in our eyelid that will have some sort of a screen, much like a TV screen, where we can watch what we want. Eventually, our bodies will start disintegrating faster because we no longer keep them physically fit. Man, humanity is getting lazy.
-On another note, the Madonna music video we watched in class "Express Yourself" is something I enjoyed. I found the contradiction throughout the video rather interesting. Madonna dressed as a man, stressing equality between men and women (or so can be interpreted), yet chained to a bed at toward the end, suggesting mans reign over women, or maybe that she is under someone and has no control over a certain instance in her life... What an interesting way to interpret/view Art.
-Express Yourself. Through art, film, photography (the perfect image), and writing.