Sorry To Bother You is absolutely absurd, incredibly hilarious, and refreshingly original but it also has a really potent and important message and that morals are more important than money. This seems like a pretty obvious thing to a lot of us, but unfortunately we have become numb to the fact that people are still exploiting others for their own monetary gain. This film argues that even "sitting on the sidelines" is a form of support for evil.
Recently I watched a documentary called A Cambodian Spring. In this film it is shown that the Cambodian government is so obsessed with making their country an economic powerhouse that they disregard their own citizens and make their lives a living hell. To this day these people are being ignored and jailed for speaking out against these injustices. Watching this film was the first I had heard about any of these things. And there are people being exploited for money in our own country everyday that we never hear about! It's almost as if they are slaves, as they will just be fired and jobless if they try to do anything about it. Money and greed go hand in hand. Between our selfish desire and the false lie that the more money we have, the more important we are, money has destroyed a lot of lives. Unfortunately money is an everyday thing that we must deal with. Wanting nice things isn't a bad thing, and money is something we need to have in order to provide for our families, but when it becomes a crutch for others to succeed, or more important than other human lives, that's where the evil comes out. In the end, money will mean nothing, but it's the things we do on this earth that will matter. So speak out against injustices and care for all people so everyone can have their basic human rights. I highly recommend Sorry To Bother You. It is insanely fresh and original and that is very hard to find in cinema today. It has great performances, an absurd and interesting plot, and it's really funny. It's not for everyone, but if you're in for something unique with a great message then please check this film out! We need more original films like this one!
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I don't know if anyone is going to read this. Whatever.
I watched a lot of movies this summer. Some for enjoyment, some that were challenging, but honestly not a lot of bad ones. But I think I was hoping to find some sort of fulfillment in watching and writing about movies. News flash: Nope. So I started a YouTube channel. Maybe fusing my passion of watching film and making stuff would help. Nope. Movies can't save us. Can't save me. It hasn't been a bad summer by any means. I've made a lot of great friends, I've had great times with old friends, and I've watched some amazing films! But a lot these films have challenged me tremendously in ways I never expected. A Cambodian Spring, a film about the political unrest in Cambodia, reminds me that there's more to this world than my white small-town in western New York. Bo Burnham's Eighth Grade reminds me that we are constantly putting up a front online that we have it all together when we really don't, and that's okay. The Florida Project reminds me of the innocence of a child and how I'm never going to get that back again. Films like Good Time and Sicario throw me into a world that is not my own and help me see the brokenness of this world. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind reminds me that relationships aren't easy, they're messy but that doesn't mean they are all bad. Love, Simon and Boy and Wind River show me people different from me but remind me that as humans we aren't all that different. And finally First Reformed gets me thinking about what it means to be a Christian in 2018. And honestly, these things have been weighing on me all summer. Whether they have been in the front of my mind or just deep inside me, they have been impacting me and making me tired. How do I navigate today's world, a fallen and broken world, where my biggest problems are, in comparison to Cambodia, very very small. My straight whiteness has been a privilege, but I want to talk about the real injustices of the world, but I don't want to take away from the voices of the people who are really struggling through these big world problems. I want to be creative, but I don't want it to be a cry for attention. Is this blog just a cry for attention? I don't know. All I can do is be honest. All I have is my story. No one else's. And I can tell that story. Through movie blogs, review videos, short films, and if people find it disingenuous, well that's their problem. I'm hope to get back to blogging consistently soon. But sometimes I really don't want to. Why did I start this blog? To show that there's HOPE to be found in cinema. What is that hope? Jesus Christ, the Son of God. So if I'm going to show people that hope, then I need to remind myself of that hope daily. So where's the hope in this blog? That Jesus isn't done with me yet. There may be a lot of despair in this world, but there's hope too. And as long as we hold onto that hope, we can overcome that despair one day at a time. Hold onto hope. |
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