I was rather intrigued as soon as this film started, a bunch of people with too much many bet money on fighters. The fights have no rules, the winner is the fighter who knocks their opponent down and their opponent can get back up again; so involves many health risks and even death.
12 fighters must make their way through the rounds to win £500k and the back also wins a hefty sum. The fighers have names but mainly called by what they do: Policeman, Delinquent, Homeless, the Foreigner.
I though it was strange that they kept the uniform on, in which society would recognise them, but looking at it, it is making a statement that us mere mortals (the regular joe's in society) are defined by what we do, where as those with money can just walk away from. The only emotion shown was whe one of the high and mighty was angry, not for losing money, but just for loosing.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Tulip Fever - Deborah Moggach
Period dramas and stories scare me a little. If approached, it is always with caution. I couldn't offer an explanation for this behaviour. Perhaps an unconscious memory lingers and haunts me when as a child mother made me watch "All Creatures Great and Small"!
Tulip Fever has a very good storyline, I did not want to put the book down; desperate to know the ending.The story is pieced together by the author through artwork, all sounds terribly romantic but the story is not. The artwork that inspired Moggach's storyline are shown on two occasion with the book.
As the story lines unfold the characters you originally despised you become to like and vice versa, it emphasises thoughts: how one would respond to such situations, and how does one possibly deceive others to the point of her death.There is a little waffle within some description; perhaps this is needed to aide description, or create greater depth and allow a greater understanding of the situations and people.
There was a verse at the beginning of each chapter, which I didn't quite understand; it only revealed part of the story that was to come
the ending was some what obvious what would happen to the two runaways, none the less, I was still hooked and enthralled by the adventure I shared of deceit and lies. Plus a little saddened when Willem truns a bit pompous! I suppose many can change people.
Tulip Fever has a very good storyline, I did not want to put the book down; desperate to know the ending.The story is pieced together by the author through artwork, all sounds terribly romantic but the story is not. The artwork that inspired Moggach's storyline are shown on two occasion with the book.
As the story lines unfold the characters you originally despised you become to like and vice versa, it emphasises thoughts: how one would respond to such situations, and how does one possibly deceive others to the point of her death.There is a little waffle within some description; perhaps this is needed to aide description, or create greater depth and allow a greater understanding of the situations and people.
There was a verse at the beginning of each chapter, which I didn't quite understand; it only revealed part of the story that was to come
the ending was some what obvious what would happen to the two runaways, none the less, I was still hooked and enthralled by the adventure I shared of deceit and lies. Plus a little saddened when Willem truns a bit pompous! I suppose many can change people.
Friday, 6 January 2012
Man's Search For Meaning
This is just amazing. Everyone needs to read this book. It certainly puts into perspective how enriched our lives have become. Being a survivor from a Concentration Camp, stripped of every aspect of who you are: your family, possessions, even your name and body hair. Being left with the shell of your body which is slowly diminishes through hard labour and lack of food. How does one come from such a place back to who you once were.
Well, Viktor Frankl did and through his experience explored a new therapy: Logotherapy.
Personally, I didn't understand it as a therapy but a way of living. changing your views on life and the situation within which we find ourselves and how we respond to it and to each other.
Read this book, if you don't take something from it, I will eat my hat. It will encourage you to think about your own life and certainly how I make a mountain out of a teeny weeny mole hill, or dwell on a feeling or situation. This puts me to shame, but makes me want to change myself and not be ruled by fear and emotion, such trivias in the great scheme of things.
Well, Viktor Frankl did and through his experience explored a new therapy: Logotherapy.
Personally, I didn't understand it as a therapy but a way of living. changing your views on life and the situation within which we find ourselves and how we respond to it and to each other.Read this book, if you don't take something from it, I will eat my hat. It will encourage you to think about your own life and certainly how I make a mountain out of a teeny weeny mole hill, or dwell on a feeling or situation. This puts me to shame, but makes me want to change myself and not be ruled by fear and emotion, such trivias in the great scheme of things.
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