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Unser täglich Brot (2005)
Disturbing and excellent film
This film is great if you really need that last kick to get you to go vegetarian and organic. The way the animals are treated is sad, if you are at all empathic. Watching vegetables get sprayed with tons of herbicides will probably make you a little queasy too. And, since so much food is now GMO, it makes you wonder exactly what we are ingesting. The silence of the film allows you to really ponder what has happened to our food production. The fact that there is so much stainless steel and so little humanity in our food production begins to bother you. Doesn't the human element matter? In Buddhism and Native American cultures it is believed that the way your food is processed affects how it is assimilated in your body. In other words, if your mother makes you a meal, and wishes for that food to nourish you, then the belief is that it is better for you than if someone who does not like you makes your meal. Considering that the world is just an illusion of states of energy that mostly seem solid, it does seem feasible that the energy of love from your mother (or any other human who might care) might be preferable than the energy of machines preparing your food. Also, what really struck me as I watched this was that the animals were treated horribly, there were thousands of them going down these conveyor belts and being sucked up by vacuums. As humans continue to overpopulate the earth it seems that the big companies will increasingly treat humans in the same manner, as animals of little consequence.
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Scully the utter skeptic now a Catholic??????
Overall, had it been an Xfiles episode, I would have been OK with it. But what happened with Dana Scully? A brilliant skeptical scientist doctor, having witnessed years worth of parapsychological and metaphysical oddities and still remaining skeptical, is suddenly a Catholic. Working in a Catholic hospital, being told by Priests (who respect women about as much as they do pregnant dogs) how to treat patients, based on stone-age mythological superstitions and prejudices. Supposedly she is outraged by one priest who is a convicted pedophile. The key here is "convicted"...find me a priest who isn't a pedophile and I will reward you with a flying pig.
Any person who was EVER a fan of the XFiles knows Scully was not that stupid, so it ruins the whole movie from the moment it starts. I could barely sit through it. Carter, you screwed up so bad. Mulder's character was still good.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
The best of the 3 Ice Ages
This started a tad slow but was quickly one of my favorite movies so far this year. It was better than Up for sure, and judging by the audience all ages found it funny, although they laughed at different things. Once Sid finds the 3 eggs and kidnaps/adopts them (after drawing faces on them) the fun begins and it is hilarious! The only other movie I have seen this summer that I really liked was Star Trek, and I was beginning to lose hope, but Ice Age 3 saved my summer! That silly little squirrel and his nut are back and at it in the most hilarious way ever. Overall this one made me laugh more than the other Ice Age films, although I liked them both. But this one is the funniest.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Bring earplugs, a book, and leave little ones at home!
This movie is basically something that 6-11 year old boys would love. There are farts, lots of explosions, Big Trucks, robots shooting each other, dogs humping each other, robots humping a girl's leg, etc. So many explosions and so much noise that I really do think I would have had eardrum damage had I not thought to bring some light-weight earplugs.I could still hear everything, I just wasn't in pain. When I did try to take an earplug out I experienced actual pain in my ear. That is a sure sign of irreversible damage so seriously, bring the plugs if you insist on torturing yourself with this movie. Because the problem is that there are so many things INAPPROPRIATE for young children that its just stupid. Scantily clad college girls and soft porn, combined with freakin legos? Seriously, parents, I brought my 12 year old son and was NOT happy. They say the P-WORD. They show some shots of college girls that are just sick if you have a kid with you. Aside from all the explosions and soft porn, the plot was so bad you never knew who was even blowing what up. My son and I actually kept looking at each other frowning. I wished I had something to read to get me through the TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF EXPLOSIONS. As we were driving home my son said, "we need a special hand sign in case we ever both want to get up and walk out of a movie again!" Wow. We came up with one by the time we were home.