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movieisaw: Plot: A documentary following several children...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:01:12 -0600

Plot: A documentary following several children that are the victims of bullies.

Review: This documentary starts off with the family of Tyler Long talking about his suicide after being bullied in school. They mention how he was, how it’s affected their family and is a powerful way to open the film. But now let’s talk about Tyler Long. After the film was released it was found out that Long had mental health problems, been performing disturbing actions before his suicide, had been seeing a therapist but neither him nor his family mentioned bullies or suicide, that he missed his last therapy session but that his family covered up for him, that he had recently broken up with his girlfriend and that he may or may not have been bullied in three years. When asked about it, the director stated that it wouldn’t help the narrative of the story. There have been more accusations against the film but we’ll focus on Tyler Long. We’ll also try to go with that the film left these out because of narrative reasons and not because of the parents lawsuit against the school board.

The problem with leaving these out is that the film wants to present itself as an issue documentary that is shining the truth on a serious problem. With a movie like “exit through the gift shop” it isn’t as important whether the film is real or fake because the main goal is entertainment. But with this, it is neither needless or dangerous omissions. Look is bullying a problem? Of course. But showing us that the bullied can also have more underlying problems or that bullying can be the final straw regardless of the intensity of the bullying is all prevalent. By omitting them, it paints a very black and white image of bullying and of teenagers. If the point is to show the effects of bully, leaving out backstory robs us of that. If the point is to show the effects it has on children, not letting us get to know the children makes the scenes pointless. I don’t think that the director thinks we are dumb enough to not understand that even a sad person who has some mental problems may also be bullied to suicide is as important as just being bullied. And if they left out so much on a child that was so lost as to take his life, how are we to believe anything else that we see. The omissions hurt the film more than it could ever help it. So what’s the reason for this and in turn the documentary?

Well after watching it, I feel it is to make a pandering torture porn propaganda film more than a documentary. We meet other children and we hear their story from their point of view and sometimes their family. But we don’t get other kids’ perspective, we don’t authorities’ perspective or anyone with any merit. We also don’t get any answers to how to fix the bullying problem. And that is the problem. Listen again, bullying is a touching subject and I don’t want to make it seem like I think he or the kids made it up the bullying issue but what he’s doing is wrong. He shows us a kid that is friendless but arent’ given reasons why. His sister calls him creepy but again we don’t see that. We don’t see why other kids don’t like him even enough to befriend him. We don’t see how teachers and counselors think of him other than interacting with him. All we have is the opinion of a child in middle school that feels he is hopeless and is having a camera in his face to validate his point. This isn’t about seeing how bullying is a problem or how it affects everyone. This is about parading outcasts in front of cameras with the hope that they are attacked to help the illusion of importance.

At the end of the day, the film bullies us into trying to think what it wants us to without rhyme or reason behind it. It’s a disgusting film that doesn’t start a conversation, it silences a problem.

Trivia: Was the subject of a battle between the production company and the MPAA over the rating.

I’m not falling for your tricks bully!

I just saw a 5 year old with a real hardcore tattoo on his chest. Go home El Paso, you're drunk!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:49:08 -0600

damned-marsh-yankee: sylvana-ragphomet: El Infierno de Mark...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:48 -0600

damned-marsh-yankee:

sylvana-ragphomet:

El Infierno de Mark Powell

I’ve been wondering what the name of this was, and who did it.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:30 -0600

My Workout For Tuesday June 18

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:22:22 -0600

I earned 442 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Barbell Bench Press +219 pts
- 45 lb x 12 reps (+44 pts)
- 65 lb x 12 reps (+51 pts)
- 85 lb x 12 reps (+58 pts)
- 105 lb x 12 reps (+66 pts)
Machine Chest Press +105 pts
- 20 lb x 12 reps (+24 pts)
- 25 lb x 12 reps (+25 pts)
- 35 lb x 12 reps (+27 pts)
- 45 lb x 12 reps (+29 pts)
Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover +75 pts
- 20 lb x 12 reps (+18 pts)
- 25 lb x 12 reps (+19 pts)
- 30 lb x 12 reps (+19 pts)
- 35 lb x 10 reps (+19 pts)
Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck) +43 pts
- 35 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 50 lb x 12 reps (+11 pts)
- 55 lb x 10 reps (+11 pts)
- 60 lb x 10 reps (+11 pts)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:50 -0600

movieisaw: Plot: With a meteor days away from destroying the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:02:00 -0600

movieisaw:

Plot: With a meteor days away from destroying the earth, a man and a woman venture out to fulfill last wishes.

Review: I wanted to like this movie. I really did. It had a great premise and a great cast. The problem is it never fully utilizes it and what it gives us instead is super generic. The first twenty minutes deal with the coming end of days with people trying to live normal lives while also dealing with their lives ending. It’s cute if not predictable with wives cheating, riots, and maids refusing to quit. Steve Carell plays a insurance salesman whose wife leaves him at the news of the meteor. It’s Steve Carell playing a sad sack which he does well but maybe something different nowadays. But then Carell meets Keira Knightley and it all falls apart.

The problem is once they meet, they get out of the city and the film turns into a road trip movie that makes sure to stop at all the indie cliches it can find. It has it all, the insurance salesman protagonist, the never takes risks protagonists, the pixie girl, the girl who loves her obscure records that aren’t really obscure (i mean do people not hear Herb Albert? Cause he’s awesome!) All of those and more are here and they are just as boring as always. From there it’s a beat by beat of the Garden State playbook until we reach the very end. Even the emotional beats don’t hit home because the characters are so generic, so bland, so quirky that you can’t even relate to them. It doesn’t work.

The worst thing is thing is that it plays with themes in the first ten minutes but then disregards them all for no theme. It starts off with the theme of a man who is doomed that is unwilling to partake in any kind of emotion at this or at his life. It’s interesting and it’s original but it has no ending. Any character development or other themes explored are dashed by the time the love story starts, the film ends and that’s too bad. Skip this.

Trivia: The film takes place in 2014.

Ugh, movie!

comicsiread: Comic I Read: AquaMan: The New 52: Issues...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:30:45 -0600

comicsiread:

Comic I Read: AquaMan: The New 52: Issues 1-7

Plot: Arthur Curry, the Aquaman, must deal with being laughed at, being the heir to the sunken Atlantis, and a new foe from the depths of oceans.

Review: It seems like the best comics from the new 52 are the ones that change the most and I think that’s because it does what it wants to. Aquaman is a lot of how the Batman comics should be but so far aren’t. It relaunches the story without relaunching the character. In this, Aquaman is around and everyone knows him. They also acknowledge the fact that Aquaman has sort of become a joke. This is great because it gives us something to relate to, the feeling of not being good enough while also facing critics head on. It makes for a much more defined and intriguing character: the superhero that no one likes. We also get a great dynamic with Aquaman having to choose between the land and the sea. This gives us something to ponder and gives him real risks especially when everyone laughs at him.

Aquaman is also in a committed relationship (are they married?) with Mera, a mermaid, who used to be evil. I’m telling the way they introduce these characters and everything they do with them is amazing. Mera has purposes even down to her clothes and she is a great addition. We get to do all this because the writers don’t bog down with a weird villain but instead introduce us to mindless deep sea creatures. It allows us to know the main characters without also having to learn about villains. I will be continuing this for sure!

I read Aquaman, and I liked it!

My Workout For Monday June 17

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:47:23 -0600

I earned 341 points for my workout on Fitocracy!

Speed Bag +25 pts
- 0:05:00 (+25 pts)
Boxing +10 pts
- 0:03:00 || drills (+10 pts)
Preacher Curl +60 pts
- 30 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
- 35 lb x 12 reps (+15 pts)
- 40 lb x 12 reps (+15 pts)
- 50 lb x 12 reps (+16 pts)
Lying Barbell Triceps Extension (“Skullcrusher”) +56 pts
- 20 lb x 12 reps (+13 pts)
- 25 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
- 30 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
- 35 lb x 12 reps (+15 pts)
Reverse Barbell Curl +56 pts
- 20 lb x 12 reps (+13 pts)
- 25 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
- 30 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
- 35 lb x 12 reps (+15 pts)
Cable Rope Overhead Triceps Extension +50 pts
- 50 lb x 12 reps (+11 pts)
- 60 lb x 12 reps (+12 pts)
- 80 lb x 12 reps (+13 pts)
- 90 lb x 12 reps (+14 pts)
Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachment +45 pts
- 40 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 50 lb x 12 reps (+11 pts)
- 60 lb x 12 reps (+12 pts)
- 70 lb x 12 reps (+12 pts)
Cable Preacher Curl +39 pts
- 20 lb x 12 reps (+9 pts)
- 30 lb x 12 reps (+9 pts)
- 40 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 50 lb x 12 reps (+11 pts)

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:30:13 -0600

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themostcoldest: I always play in the shower with the bubbles...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:14:42 -0600

themostcoldest:

I always play in the shower with the bubbles c:

This girl right here has the coolest blog! You should check it out if you like cool things and if you’re not lame :)

#comicsiread

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:07:36 -0600

#comicsiread

Mad Men has really been shitty the last couple of weeks

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:17:59 -0600

I mean seriously, Who the hell cares?

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:30:30 -0600

Why do we fall: Man of Steel Weekend!

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:51:55 -0600

Why do we fall: Man of Steel Weekend! :

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So today is the Man of Steel Weekend! So it’s been a good time! Here is a progress shot. The top was me in like March I think and 50 lbs heavier, the bottom is today and you see the difference!

I wish I could have show more of my arms but whateves! I still got ways to go but I feel like i’m…

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:30:36 -0600

#manofsteel #superman

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:24:01 -0600

#manofsteel #superman

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