I liked the movie a lot...even though I missed some of the movie I felt that I learned a lot from it. Some of the stuff that I like from the movie is that is was showing things that the main character does that we all do also in our lives if a little different. Like when he was eating cereal or when he was going to work or anything elese he was doing, it was showing that he was doing stuff that everybody does which made it meaningless.
Saying that, I feel that we live in a world that doesn't really make sense and isn't relly meaningful for the most part. I say this there is alot of stuff that goes on in the world that some of us don't know about and that doesn't make sense. Like in my life why do I do the stuff tthat i do everyday or even in the movie, why does he do all these things that he does? that's why in a way it doesn't make sense. And another thing that doesn't make sense is why people have got to the point where they don't even care what they do. LIke around my neighborhood, people do the most ignorant things that make me wonder just "why?"
One particular scene I liked in the movie was the blanket scene. Where Dustin Hoffman (Marco) had said "even though stuff may look different, it is still the same" I kind of agree with him because their are different humans and different types of cars, plants, etc etc etc, but at the same time, each of the things does what it does no matter how much you put it. A Ferrari Enzo sports car does the same thing as a Honda civic, it's just a different car, they both have 4 wheels, a motor, some seats, etc. The point that I ma trying to get across is that people are the same no matter how much you try to change it. The only thing that makes us different is our personal identities, and our exterior points.
I feel that the husband and wife were existence detectives. I say that because they really showed how he can find the type of person he is. They did everything they could, even by stalking him if they had to to get the answers they needed. Albert the main character really didn't know him self at all in the beginning, he was saying stuff like "Motherfucking cocksucker motherfucking shit fucker what am I doing? What am I doing? I don't know what I'm doing. I'm doing the best that I can. I know that's all I can ask of myself. Is that good enough? Is my work doing any good? Is anybody paying attention? Is it hopeless to try and change things....?" like that definitly showed that he felt no existence within him self.
So through my personal experiences and this movie, I still feel the way I feel about the life not makin sense and everything meaningless.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Comment on Marco's response to part 4
Marco, good post!
I really admire the comments you have to say! I like the fact that you feel that Banach wants us to the enjoy the "effort" of life. I say this because it true, we all will die someday and everything we did in our life WOULD be erased. That's why we enjoy what we do. I like the fact that you brought this point up because it made really think about the stuff I was doing in my life. It made me think "If I am going to pass away, what is the point of doing what I am doing in my everyday life?". Other than that, I felt that you did a good job on this response. You had a lot of thoughts and opinions in this response. You are a very good writer Marco. You have a gift of explaining something so little and making it into a big topic and also making it something that the reader can think deeper about. I like the way you write, you write to make a topic better not just to write it.
It was a great response and I loved the response that you gave towards Banach's response. Great work Keep it up !
I really admire the comments you have to say! I like the fact that you feel that Banach wants us to the enjoy the "effort" of life. I say this because it true, we all will die someday and everything we did in our life WOULD be erased. That's why we enjoy what we do. I like the fact that you brought this point up because it made really think about the stuff I was doing in my life. It made me think "If I am going to pass away, what is the point of doing what I am doing in my everyday life?". Other than that, I felt that you did a good job on this response. You had a lot of thoughts and opinions in this response. You are a very good writer Marco. You have a gift of explaining something so little and making it into a big topic and also making it something that the reader can think deeper about. I like the way you write, you write to make a topic better not just to write it.
It was a great response and I loved the response that you gave towards Banach's response. Great work Keep it up !
Comment on Sam R response for part 4
Sam, nice detailed post!
I like the idea's and opinions that you have to say for Banach's lecture part 3 and/or 4. The idea's that you talk about, not only makes deeper about what Banach is trying to say, but how What I am thinking is right or wrong. When you said " Happiness may come from within, but most times it’s caused from our external world.", I thought the exact same thing. The only way that can make you find happiness within yourself IS if you are able to find it within. But most of the time you find your happiness with the outside world. So I thought I should bring that up because it was a statment that was able to see both sides of happiness, finding it with the outside world and your internal body. The way you write and the tone of your responses are just outstanding! You are a very vivid writer and you definitly know how to express your thoughts in the right way. You could express them in a way that can make someone think twice about what they think, and that is the beauty of it.
I really liked your post and in the future, I hope I could read more! Great work!!!
I like the idea's and opinions that you have to say for Banach's lecture part 3 and/or 4. The idea's that you talk about, not only makes deeper about what Banach is trying to say, but how What I am thinking is right or wrong. When you said " Happiness may come from within, but most times it’s caused from our external world.", I thought the exact same thing. The only way that can make you find happiness within yourself IS if you are able to find it within. But most of the time you find your happiness with the outside world. So I thought I should bring that up because it was a statment that was able to see both sides of happiness, finding it with the outside world and your internal body. The way you write and the tone of your responses are just outstanding! You are a very vivid writer and you definitly know how to express your thoughts in the right way. You could express them in a way that can make someone think twice about what they think, and that is the beauty of it.
I really liked your post and in the future, I hope I could read more! Great work!!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Part 3 and Part 4 of Banach's lecture
Banach Brings up excellent but questionable points in this lecture.
He talks mainly about how people can't be free unless they brings their own desires and needs that will not only help succeed for themselves only but for amm men as wel. When Banach states that " To be free, then, I must follow the golden rule and act only as I would have others act." I disagree with that totally. To me I feel that to be free is to have your own decisions made with out outside influences and people creating you. I also think to be free is to be able to do what you want when you want. So when Banach made that statement I felt that there was no golden rule to follow because How can you be free if the decisions you have to make, has to benifit everybody? You are an individual and you should have that RIGHT to choose whether you want YOUR decision that YOU decided to make, help others. Also when he made the statement and said "When I act freely, the only things that can affect my action must be things that I share with all free agents." I felt that it wasn't being free. Since we are "free", shouldn't we have the right to make decisions that would help others? Us having to make decisions that are apon everybody in order to be free is wrong and I don't agree with it in no way.
Banach also brings up another topic that hit me. He talks about we have to want freedom for everyody not just ourselves. He say's that we can't be free if all we care about is ourselves being free rather then everybody being free then we aren't free at all, it's being selfish. But again, I have to disagree with that. We are INDIVIDUALS right? We should have our right to make sure that WE only are free before anybody else? Thats what confuses banach, He say's that we are individuals, but then he say's that we can't think about only ourselves, we have to think about every body. When he states that "To be free, We must desire the freedom of all men", it really makes me wonder why he thinks that way. It makes me want to ask him "How is having desires of other people being free, ACTUALLY MAKING ME FREE?" I don't think that there is answer for that. It's like saying me wanting people in around me to be free in order for me to be free. If my desires doesn't require their freedom then I am not free. That doesn't make sense, which is why I disagree with Banach on this point. It sor of makes when think like " How can my desires be for everybody to be free if I don't even know 100% what is means to actually BE FREE?
Banach Say's " To be free we must take on the responsibilty of choosing for all men, we must desire and work for the freedom of all men, and we must create ourselves within the context of the relaionships and obligations we have to other people"
.......this isn't right.
When does our own personal choice for our own freedom come into place? We only live one life, and we all want freedom, so why should we be forced into making decisions for other people's lives? That being said, will we ever be free? I think Banach statement isn't right at all because everybody wants to be free. And if everybody is choosing for all men, then who we listen too? Which is the right desire's to go by? I just think Banach feel's freedom should be individual's wanting freedom for other people not just theirselves.
In the end, a question was brought up asking " Do you think we ae FREE?"
I do think we are free in a way because at the end of the day we have to right to do what we want , we can make any decisions we want. But because of the the Rules and Laws that we have in the world that we live that we go by, it sort of limits our freedom of actually "doing what we want" in a way. Saying that, it also makes me think that we aren't free because we as individuals will always care about our own needs and care about our own desires and freedom. And to Banach that would mean we aren't free and we don't act "freely".
He talks mainly about how people can't be free unless they brings their own desires and needs that will not only help succeed for themselves only but for amm men as wel. When Banach states that " To be free, then, I must follow the golden rule and act only as I would have others act." I disagree with that totally. To me I feel that to be free is to have your own decisions made with out outside influences and people creating you. I also think to be free is to be able to do what you want when you want. So when Banach made that statement I felt that there was no golden rule to follow because How can you be free if the decisions you have to make, has to benifit everybody? You are an individual and you should have that RIGHT to choose whether you want YOUR decision that YOU decided to make, help others. Also when he made the statement and said "When I act freely, the only things that can affect my action must be things that I share with all free agents." I felt that it wasn't being free. Since we are "free", shouldn't we have the right to make decisions that would help others? Us having to make decisions that are apon everybody in order to be free is wrong and I don't agree with it in no way.
Banach also brings up another topic that hit me. He talks about we have to want freedom for everyody not just ourselves. He say's that we can't be free if all we care about is ourselves being free rather then everybody being free then we aren't free at all, it's being selfish. But again, I have to disagree with that. We are INDIVIDUALS right? We should have our right to make sure that WE only are free before anybody else? Thats what confuses banach, He say's that we are individuals, but then he say's that we can't think about only ourselves, we have to think about every body. When he states that "To be free, We must desire the freedom of all men", it really makes me wonder why he thinks that way. It makes me want to ask him "How is having desires of other people being free, ACTUALLY MAKING ME FREE?" I don't think that there is answer for that. It's like saying me wanting people in around me to be free in order for me to be free. If my desires doesn't require their freedom then I am not free. That doesn't make sense, which is why I disagree with Banach on this point. It sor of makes when think like " How can my desires be for everybody to be free if I don't even know 100% what is means to actually BE FREE?
Banach Say's " To be free we must take on the responsibilty of choosing for all men, we must desire and work for the freedom of all men, and we must create ourselves within the context of the relaionships and obligations we have to other people"
.......this isn't right.
When does our own personal choice for our own freedom come into place? We only live one life, and we all want freedom, so why should we be forced into making decisions for other people's lives? That being said, will we ever be free? I think Banach statement isn't right at all because everybody wants to be free. And if everybody is choosing for all men, then who we listen too? Which is the right desire's to go by? I just think Banach feel's freedom should be individual's wanting freedom for other people not just theirselves.
In the end, a question was brought up asking " Do you think we ae FREE?"
I do think we are free in a way because at the end of the day we have to right to do what we want , we can make any decisions we want. But because of the the Rules and Laws that we have in the world that we live that we go by, it sort of limits our freedom of actually "doing what we want" in a way. Saying that, it also makes me think that we aren't free because we as individuals will always care about our own needs and care about our own desires and freedom. And to Banach that would mean we aren't free and we don't act "freely".
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