The Blind Side

The Blind Side is the perfect movie for anyone looking for a heart-warming inspirational film. In the beginning of the trailer, the Tuohy family is shown in their wealthy everyday lives. Soon after, the music changes to a slow and solemn song. This gives the audience a sense of what emotion is coming next. Parts of Michael Oher’s story are revealed, but not enough to give everything away. They show Michael’s character walking through his home in the slums and in the private school where he clearly does not belong. The trailer shows how each person changes throughout the film. It shows bits and pieces of Michael’s “rags to riches” life, and the people who made it possible. Throughout the course of the trailer, the music becomes happier as well as more and more triumphant following very much in line with the scenes being shown. This movie would be very appealing to a middle aged audience. It has such an inspirational message and is a true story. The lessons such as the importance of family, generosity and the idea that anything is possible will bring tears of joy to your eyes.

500 days of Summer

500 days of Summer is a story of a guy who gets his heart broken and the girl who broke it. The haphazard storyline was hard to follow. The male lead, Tom, falls desperately in love with a girl, Summer, who thinks that relationships shouldn’t exist and that love itself doesn’t exist at all. In the end their roles switch when Summer finds love, while Tom is left broken-hearted. Every scene was a different day in their relationship, but the days never went in order. Therefore, day 327 was before day 4, but after day 426 and so on and so forth. The lack of flow and chronological order made the movie incredibly hard to follow. Since I was unable to follow the story line for most of the movie, I was confused; then, discouragingly I gave up and was extremely bored. It definitely felt like 500 days that’s for sure!

Less Privacy Is Good for Us (and You) #1

Throughout the course of this essay the controversial topic of privacy is exposed. The first point brought up by Amitai Etzoni was on the topic of HIV testing in pregnant women. Many pregnant women don’t even know that they have HIV. If a mother is unaware that she has HIV, the mother and baby cannot be treated. If all mothers are tested during pregnancy, many babies would be saved. I think that the life of a child is more important than the privacy of the mother. In Etzoni’s essay he states, “To save the lives of their children they must be tested at delivery and tested even if this entails a violation of mothers’ privacy.” I couldn’t agree with him more. Biometrics is the next topic discussed. Biometrics would be a good way to keep track of the citizens in the United States. It is scary to think that people working with children cannot be background tested and could be sex offenders and child abusers. However with this new technology, privacy would be severely jeopardized. Drug testing has been given to certain workers in certain occupations. Pilots and train engineers are among this group. These workers are being tested because their jobs take the lives of many into their hands. The worker’s privacy is not taken into account, but many lives are possibly being saved as a result. I think this is a great idea. Any occupation that deals with the safety or lives of other should be drug tested on a regular basis. Privacy is a good thing, but once again, if it jeopardizes the lives of others, precautions should be taken to insure those lives are safe.