Movies and Reality

There were three main movies, contending for the annual Oscar of best picture: at the annual Oscar contenders this year: The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, and Ray. Million Dollar Baby lacked punch and depth - it was shallow and for the most part, predictable. However, two movies which should have been on that list were omitted: (1) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and (2) Hotel Rwanda.

I will digress into (1) first. It toys with the human emotion of love and the utmost journey into finding that specific feeling. It features great performances by Kate Winslet, Jim Carrey, Kirsten Dunst, among others. It features reality within a fantasy and fantasy within a reality and is a definite must watch.

The latter movie features reality, targeting the obviousness of the situation and the unwillingness of society to act. I only ask one question: would you, while watching the news, and viewing such terrible acts of violence, murder, and the raping of humanity, say to yourself and the others at the table 'That's atrocious!!' and continue on eating? Or would you do something about it? Apparently, most of the world did not. I was 11 at the tragedy of Rwanda. I am now 22. And apparently, humanity does not learn from mistakes. The same atrocities are occuring in Sudan. Make peace a reality and act on the human instinct to help because in reality, sequels are always terrible.