The 11th Hour.

If I am being honest, I thought this movie was quite cliche.. Sure it was insightful, etc. but it was nothing we hadn't seen before. The 11th Hour featured the gorgeous Leonardo De Caprio warning us of the damage we are causing to the enviroment and ways to prevent it. What I realized whilst watching this movie is there is no point in sitting back and talking about what we are doing to this world, because much of the damage has already been done and we are not entirely to blame. Factories, industries and vehicles pollute this environment plenty. At the same time, most us depend on such violators for our daily lifestyles and needs. My feelings towards Global Warming is that too much damage has already been done and most of us are selfish and unwilling to change our comfortable lifestyle in order to prevent it or at the very least minimize it; I know I am. Due to this reason I think scientists should start coming up with solutions on how to deal the floods, droughts, landslides, etc. so that lives can be saved without merely trying to blame the environment for it.. That I believe is what the 12th Hour should be about.... if in fact there is going to be such a movie.

Baraka - A World Beyond Words

This movie is a series of images and clips showing us the real world. It commences with water and the natural side of this world then slowly moves on to the religious and traditional aspects of this world. We then are shown the unnatural, man made, "destructive" side of earth. This film may seem somewhat pointless at first however when you really start to think about it and analyze it you realize that it has a very deep and powerful message within. To me what this film interpreted were the different contrasts in this world yet showing all these contrasts are interconnected. For example from the ancient religious rituals to the buzzing city life, from following a geisha to Kabuki dancers or the shot of an elaborate tattoo with one of tribal paint. It tries to show us how this world has changed from simple to complex yet putting into context that we are still ONE. This world is one, regardless of the different lifestyles we may all go through. A proffesor named Gothnburg made this statement about Baraka which I believe is very accurate; Baraka is claiming earth as one organism made by many systems that are so different yet they work together in order for it to progress and we can compare the people crossing the zebra crossings to the blood that flows through this organism. Earth is made up of many different cultures, traditions, factories, people yet we are all interconnected through one another as this movie showed. I also got the notion that the place we begin a journey from is generally where we end it.