What went wrong?

I think that the Da Vinci Code movie had so much heap about it that it had huge expectations from the viewers that it could not possibly meet. The expectations exceeded the real movie. This disappointed the fans because they were expecting so much. Also, it was one of the first movies to do what it did with religion and so it had a lot of controversy behind it. Society loves controversy and so yes it did make tons of money which is probably mostly due to people wanting to see it for the controversy and big expectations behind it. They then saw the movie and saw how extremely long it was and were not impressed but already spent their money. Therefore yes It made lots due to the controversy and expectations but once people actually saw the movie it did not meet their standards.

Movies, Money and God

First off, that is one interesting pastor to do what he did. This article talks about similar stuff to the one about Angels and Demons and Hollywood. Slowly more and more faith related movies are becoming more popular and are being made. As this article says the directors see a profit coming from movies like this because the movie can get lots of publicity. Also with so much of the world being in some way affiliated with religion it is a market to try and get good at if as this article states you want to make money. I think after Angels and Demons comes out you will see many more religious affiliated movies come out in an effort to make the money, sad to see that's the reason though.

An Inconvenient Blog

I believe we do need to listen to Al Gore and his talks about climate change to make us all aware of whats happening in our world. I believe though that not much has changed since his first talk. Yes some governments and companies have taken steps to help but we need drastic change which takes cooperation from everyone and governments in order to make it happen, which has not happened. I do not believe countries have meet there promises set in the Kyoto Protocol and when time expires as it does soon, will countries still do it and believe in it that it will help? Who knows. Governments and our world need to be all on the same page in order to make drastic changes to help our world and until that happens no major progress will occur. I give credit to those who push for governments and companies to start helping and credit to those who already have. These are the people who need to influence others. You see Al's talk you see the effects, there's numbers, stats, diagrams how much more convincing do people need to see something is happening to our world that is going have have drastic effects.

Angels and Demons And Hollywood

This was an intense article, and talked about alot of detailed stuff. I do believe it is very true that many Hollywood movies do not talk much about religion and dont make their movies appealing to firm believers. I feel this is because religion is such a touchy subject and it is possible to disrespect or satire religion which people may find very offensive. This causes lots of controversy and can ruin people careers, so why not save the hassle and just stay away from talking about religion. I do believe that it was interesting as a religious man he was to talk about how he and many Muslims believe science and religion and how they do not contradict each other. Another thing i felt was very true he said was: 'Science is about how. Religion is about why.' which i feel is very true. Angels and Demons is a breakthrough movie that talks about both science and religion and does it in a respectable manor.

Big Issues

1. Global Warming

2. Overpopulation

3. Poverty

4. Selfishness/ Greed

5. Economy



Global Warming is the greatest issue facing humankind today. It affects everyone and cannot continue many more generations before we can no longer survive in this world. We need to find ways to help stop/control global warming and it is a huge issue because its one where we can physically see the changes and affects it has caused. Overpopulation has many effects but is not a huge issue at the current moment. Overpopulation drives our economy and has many effects for industrialization and increases demand for resources. Poverty is a huge issue that is aided with global warming and is very extreme in southern areas such as Africa where extreme droughts and famines occur. Poverty kills many people daily and should not continue and we as a society need to find way to help and stop this from continuing and letting these people live the lives they do. Selfishness and greed cause huge problems in our society and can be related to the downturn of our economy and people living in poverty. We cant get very far as an individual we need to work together as a whole if we want to move forward. Economy is a big problem now but i do think it will re-build and get back to normal. This current downturn is a warning to our society.

Me in charge of the education system

If i was in charge of the education system there would one major change i would want to make and see how well it worked. I would want to try and adopt the British School System. This is a system where they do one semester then get 1 month off the do second semester then 1 month off then start the next year. I think this would work very well and we would still get the same amount of holiday just at different times. This cuts back from a 2 month break where the majority of students sit around work and do no school work to keep their brains smart. So then at the start of each year teachers have to reteach alot. I also would put the start time of high school forward an hour to 9 oclock which helps students get more sleep and be able to focus better in their first period class. I feel adopting the British School System for 1 month breaks between each semester as well as a later start time for high school would really benefit the students to help them focus better and keep their knowledge. It would take some getting use to but i think it would be only beneficial. The buses can work out how to get both elementary and secondary kids to school at the same time, they have no choice but to if I'm in charge.

American Teen Continued

I think this is totally true in one-school towns. With one town schools everyone goes to the same parties and see's everyone around because it is such a small town. Everyone does really know everyone or atleast recognize them because they see them everyday in school and outside of it. These schools are usually not very big and so as seen in the movie rumours or relationship statuses can fly through they school so fast and in 24-48 hours almost the whole schools has heard or is aware of it. This can extremely damage someone if a rumour got started about them, or as in the movie a picture being swirled around the school. A small town school is usually a very close community and everyone hears things and knows many of the people in the town or school. This puts alot of pressure on students to pick the right soul mate and becareful what they do cause it only takes one flaw a rumour started and then it can destroyed someones high school life. It puts pressure for students to be 'perfect'.