Movies to cheer you up

[liberty]

I saw a couple of DVD's on the weekend that would appeal to the Freedom Fighters on this forum. Seeing them definitely raised my mood after the court victory of Friends of Slavery.

One is "300", the story of how an elite group of 300 Spartan soldiers held off the entire Persian army until the Greek army could be mobilized to stop a Persian invasion. The main theme of the movie is the triumph of reason and logic over mysticism and mindless force.

The other is "The Tunnel" which is a subtitled German film based on a true story of a group of ex-East Germans who dig a tunnel by hand under the Berlin Wall in order to rescue their family members. The film's portrayal of life in paranoid, Stalinesque East Germany is especially riveting. Having seen this film, I have to wonder why on earth so many people in the post-war West sought to defend these cretins in their quest to build a socialist society. Parallels to our struggle against a compulsory CWB abound in the film.

[parsley]

Mysticism and imagination cloud everyone's reasoning ability and judgement.

Sometimes you just have to give your head a shake.

Parsley

[charliep]

Things like this stir up my warped mind and put me back to different times in my life. Was in Berlin the summer of 1988. My memory when back to looking across the Brandenburger gate from the west side to the east. I can almost feel my steps through Check Point Charlie. The wall came down 5 months later.

[charliep]

Not a movie but I found last night's CBC As It Happens Inview with John Gomery very intersting.

As It Happens Daily: 2007-08-06

Peace of the justice. The man who sat at the head of the Gomery Commission prepares to sit in a La-Z-Boy. Guest host Mike Finnerty speaks with Justice John Gomery.

http://www.cbc.ca/aih/podcast.html

[Fransisco]

Got shut down by rain yesterday so last night I rented 300. I thought it was great.

Great action, great story, some great lines. I loved the way they used surround sound to put you in the middle of everything.

It was also really interesting to see the strategies at work. How men with spears and shields can become such a formidable force.

Thanks for the tip liberty, I think I'm going to watch this one again.