Okay, so I'm not going to lie, i know little to nothing about hip hop culture other then what i see on TV. like some other people in the class i have seen videos and artists on TV and frankly Ive been disgusted with them. but after watching the documentary and listening to the two songs that Marco presented, i realize that there are some genuine artists that have a positive message to get out.
one thing that aggravated me with the documentary was that the rappers that were being interviewed did not really take responsibility for what they were saying. it was always the same, "yea we talk about guns but we don't really use them." that's all fine and dandy but there are fans out there listening to them and trying to be like them who are not going to take the time to distinguish the truth from the embellishment as one of the rappers interviewed called it.
And as a side note, Marco you did a great job!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Juno, It all started with a chair.
After listening to the discussion in class I can see why some people did not like the movie. The Clinic was completely falsely represented. I have driven passed the one in providence and there is no cute little girl standing outside with one sign, rather there’s a crowd of people all yelling, calling the girls whores and holding sick signs of dead babies. I do think that the writers chose to not put that in because lets face it, not many people would go to see a movie that showed those images, at least I wouldn’t.
It was clear that the writer was trying to get across that people in the high school were not approving of Juno’s pregnancy. The scene with the teacher looking at her belly and also the two scenes in the hallway, one with the students clearing the way for her to walk and the other when she is eating lunch. While her peers never actually said anything to her, I think it was implied that they were talking about her behind her back, because that’s what usually happens in high school.
The one thing that stood out for me in the movie was the idea of family. Throughout the film Juno struggles with what a “real” family is. For a teen film I think it was important to address this issue because there are still adults today that don’t know what a family is. In the beginning of the movie we are introduced to Juno’s dad, step mom and younger sister. It seems that Juno does not consider this to be a real family for some reason.
When she finds out that she is pregnant Juno decides to have the baby and then give it to a couple who cannot have a child of their own. To me this seemed to point in the direction that to Juno a family was a mom, dad and child. And in this case it was mom, dad, child and a lot of money, so I also thought that maybe Juno thought only well off families could be happy. It was almost as if Juno thought the opposite of what her life was like was the right way.
The part that really stuck out for me was at the end of the movie when it showed the note that Juno had written for Vanessa. It said “If your still in, I’m still in”. It was framed and on the wall where Vanessa had told her husband the first family portrait would go. It was as though the family was not mom, dad and baby, but Vanessa, Juno and baby. What I got out of this was that Juno finally realized that family is not a set group of people, rather it is people who care about each other and help each other out in all situations. In this case Juno gave Vanessa the baby that she desperately wanted and Juno learned that you don’t need to be perfect to have a real family.
It was clear that the writer was trying to get across that people in the high school were not approving of Juno’s pregnancy. The scene with the teacher looking at her belly and also the two scenes in the hallway, one with the students clearing the way for her to walk and the other when she is eating lunch. While her peers never actually said anything to her, I think it was implied that they were talking about her behind her back, because that’s what usually happens in high school.
The one thing that stood out for me in the movie was the idea of family. Throughout the film Juno struggles with what a “real” family is. For a teen film I think it was important to address this issue because there are still adults today that don’t know what a family is. In the beginning of the movie we are introduced to Juno’s dad, step mom and younger sister. It seems that Juno does not consider this to be a real family for some reason.
When she finds out that she is pregnant Juno decides to have the baby and then give it to a couple who cannot have a child of their own. To me this seemed to point in the direction that to Juno a family was a mom, dad and child. And in this case it was mom, dad, child and a lot of money, so I also thought that maybe Juno thought only well off families could be happy. It was almost as if Juno thought the opposite of what her life was like was the right way.
The part that really stuck out for me was at the end of the movie when it showed the note that Juno had written for Vanessa. It said “If your still in, I’m still in”. It was framed and on the wall where Vanessa had told her husband the first family portrait would go. It was as though the family was not mom, dad and baby, but Vanessa, Juno and baby. What I got out of this was that Juno finally realized that family is not a set group of people, rather it is people who care about each other and help each other out in all situations. In this case Juno gave Vanessa the baby that she desperately wanted and Juno learned that you don’t need to be perfect to have a real family.
Ok, so i thought it was funny that after we talked about people of my generation being "digital natives" i became the computer whiz at work. everytime something went wrong this week i was called. we even went bowling as a group and guess who was assigned to put all the names into the computer to keep score...yea that was me. i just found it funny that after we talked about it, it started to happen alot more.
and yes bowling was awesome!
and yes bowling was awesome!
Saturday, February 2, 2008
What was i like at 13?
When I was thirteen I was pretty typical kid. I remember my mom making a hugh deal that I was a teenager, but it didn't really seem like a big deal to me. I was still in the same school and hanging out with the same people. We were all pretty much freaking out about going to highschool the next year since we had gotten used to having little seventh graders to boss around. Of course we were scared to death of being shoved into lockers once we got to highschool.
Me and my friends loved to hang out and watch movies. We also all loved to play sports and lot of times if it was a nice day out we would play basketball at someones house. we also did a lot of weird things like dancing in the front yard. We would pretty much do anything to entertain ourselves. We just liked to have fun and we wanted to enjoy ourselves. At the time we didn't care what other people thought of us, we just wanted to have fun.
Me and my friends loved to hang out and watch movies. We also all loved to play sports and lot of times if it was a nice day out we would play basketball at someones house. we also did a lot of weird things like dancing in the front yard. We would pretty much do anything to entertain ourselves. We just liked to have fun and we wanted to enjoy ourselves. At the time we didn't care what other people thought of us, we just wanted to have fun.
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