Wednesday, October 28, 2009
SALSU Events . . . Three Out of Five Ain't Bad!
So . . . I have attended three out of the five SALSU events! The first week I went to the Welcome Back Luau! That was quite funny. My friends and I always go to these events with the intent to have fun no matter what and no matter how silly. The bounce house things where too funny. My friend Shiva, who is in this particular UNST class, and my friend Jawon played the bungee run one where you have to place a bean bag the furthest on the velcro. There is a hilarious video of it on Facebook. They also played the gladiator one where you stand on the circle and you have these super sized q-tip looking things and try to knock your opponent off of the circle by beating them with the super q-tip. Then came the Polynesian dancers! It was fun to watch them dance. After the dancing the whole lot of us at the luau decided to go through the obstacle course jump house that had a water fall at the end. We all walked back to our dorms soaking wet.
I was out of town and I missed Paint Wars. WACK! I hope they have another one sometime this school year! However, I did go cosmic bowling. My friends and I arrived a bit late. I used the GPS on my iPhone and it took me way out of the way . . . but we made it. There were soooooo many people there. When we finally got in we had to play with people who were already playing and just randomly take turns. In the end we didn't know who really won. It was funny to see people in the glow stick glasses and people's clothes lit up because of the black lights. Regardless, it was a honest good time.
Though I hadn't planned to go to the laser tag event I ended up going just to watch. Some of the folks were really in to it . . . they had war paint on their faces and everything. As the night progressed more and more people joined in the fun, whether to simply be spectators or to actually play. My friend Jawon had resigned for the night but was quite upset that no one was in to it during a certain game, so he decided to throw all the players off by bolting wildly across the field. Everyone was quite surprised! All of the spectators were laughing hysterically. Yep nonetheless twas a good night.
I went home this past weekend and so I didn't get to go to the Ultimate Frisbee event but I am definitely going to be at the costume skating event!
Laser Tag
Laser tag is one of the most enjoyable event that SALSU held. It is a great experience to play laser tag at night at founders green. It started around ten at night. I and my friends wore black shirts and basketball short so we feel comfortable running around with our guns. The admission was 2 dollars and 3 dollars for donations. Standing there with the whole group of people ready to play, and listening to the instructions of how to use a gun. Later on we grouped ourselves into fifteen people. There were six groups of fifteen. With our colored sports bandana on our heads we all had our guns ready to play laser tag. It was an awesome experience shooting the team against us and trying to hide behind the trees to avoid getting out. Playing laser tag was the best because I think it gave everyone the adrenaline rush that we all need from all the studies throughout the week. The event lasted around midnight, and it was worth going to laser tag even though I got a few bruises it was fun.
Andriyah Burgos
Pastor Sam
UNST
28 October 2009
SALSU Laser Tag
So basically I went to laser tagging on the campus mall. It was pretty fun. There were like 6 groups of 15 maybe and each group member had their own guns and all. Everyone started out with 7 lives and could recharge their ammo 8 times if I remember correctly. It was dark and everybody was wearing a headband. Each team had different colors. One team had purple, another had white, others had pink, and more had red. There were a bunch of different colors. I myself wore pink to start out with and then traded with my friend purple because he had to play in a team that was pink. It was very fun. And on the mall when it was my teams turn to play, we ran across the field hiding in our hiding spots ducked down looking all army status and trying to shoot lasers at people's head's since we had the laser detector on our heads. When playing, we have to hide otherwise the other team members will shoot us and BOOM we dead for like 10 seconds and we have to reload our ammo which takes another maybe 20 seconds and then we start playing again. When playing though, it was very thrilling and super kind of scary. When I got shot, and the sound of screaming of the gun indicating I'm shot, is kind of surprising. Anyway, that was my laser tag experience.
Rachel Cho
Pastor Sam
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
Cosmic Bowling
Cosmic Bowling was the first SALSU event I went to. But unfortunately our driver thought it was somewhere else so we got there considerably late. When we did get there it was quite packed, but that was understandable since we were late. Though we weren't able to bowl, we didn't have to pay and we were able to hang with some friends as well as play a little air hockey. I enjoyed myself even though we didnt get to exactly bowl. It was fun and I plan to be right on time if not early.
-Andrew Cortez
-Andrew Cortez
SALSU Event
Hey everybody,
I just found out that my previous blog was an event that didn't actually count as a SALSU Event, but I did attend another. Cosmic Bowling was amazing. I've gone bowling like twice in my life, so of course I was horrible, but it was still fun. I saw my friend Ashley, and I wondered what the heck she was wearing. With her size 12 clonkers, i thought she was clown, but we both laughed at the situation. The lighting was also pretty intense and the amount of people was no surprise. Chatting, and making new friends would have to have been the highlight of my night and in overall it was enjoyable. The food was cheap but tolerable, and the music was pretty good too. The electricity in the air could be felt miles away as people hit it off for the first time. I have to say that I did hit one strike, but the rest were all gutter balls. I love Cosmic Bowling, let's do it again!!!!
SALSU:Cosmic Bowling
I would have to say my favorite SALSU event would have to be cosmic bowling. At first I wasn't too sure if I was up for it on the count that I had some homework to do. My friend Ethan was the person who informed me about it and I told him I wasn't planning on going. Than about 30 minutes later the whole 6th floor was chanting "COSMIC BOWLING! COSMIC BOWLING! COSMIC BOWLING!" Than my friend Ethan was dressed pretty ridiculously, as if he was Flava Flav...So anyways, I ended up going. I must say it was definitely worth going. I was a little rusty on my bowling skills but as time went on I picked it up. I have never attended a cosmic bowling event so it was all new to me. All of the neon lights,blacklights, and neon bowling balls were pretty cool. They played some really good music. People were dancing as well. It seemed like it was really short but I guess time was flying by because I was having a good time. The only other SALSU event I have attended was the back to school luau. But cosmic bowling definitely beat out the back to school luau in my opinion. But all in all I had a good time at both events. Hopefully I find time in the future to attend more SALSU events because they really are a good time.
SALSU Event...
So, I have attended a lot of SALSU events so far, and I have to say that my heart is torn between the Back to School Luau, and of course the infamous COSMIC BOWLING!! For the Back to school Luau, I thought they had way more activities to do. I raced to the end of this inflated contraption while attached to a bungee cord. All I can say is, I enjoyed the fly back. We all raced eachother atleast two times, and with each victorious win, came the humiliation of falling and being dragged back to where you started. And I also had to bear being shoved off this column with what looked to be a giant ear cleaner.
The Cosmic Bowling was also fun. Unlike the Back to School Luau, by then I had made new friends, and I was able to say hi to everyone I saw. And with new friends came new laughs. The music at the bowling alley was enough to bring everyone's true colors out. Even though it was fairly dark, it was easy to see the smiles on everyone's faces. Espcially when we all got together and danced and sang aong to our favorite songs. There are a few people that I would never have guessed to like Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. But that's the whole point of these events, isn't it? To get to know people better, and to learn something knew about your friends, both old and new.
The Cosmic Bowling was also fun. Unlike the Back to School Luau, by then I had made new friends, and I was able to say hi to everyone I saw. And with new friends came new laughs. The music at the bowling alley was enough to bring everyone's true colors out. Even though it was fairly dark, it was easy to see the smiles on everyone's faces. Espcially when we all got together and danced and sang aong to our favorite songs. There are a few people that I would never have guessed to like Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift. But that's the whole point of these events, isn't it? To get to know people better, and to learn something knew about your friends, both old and new.
SALSU :]
Paint wars!
This salsu was one of my favorite ones because i LOVE capture the flag! And with paint-filled water balloons?? Come on! It was short lived though because they weren't expecting so many people. The whole event lasted about 5 minutes maybe? hahah but It was fun to splash my friends with water bottles, the old paint water, and sucker them with balloons to the face! It was great!
The Gospel According to WALL-E: SALSU Event
As a former SA officer, I can definitely appreciate the time and effort that goes into planning school wide social events. These events play a very important role in one's school experience because they provide the attendee with many memories, fun times, and they also provide an opportunity to get to know people. This was most definitely the case with the first SALSU event of my LSU experience. I attended the Thursday night Luau or "Welcome Back" bash. This event was filled with good music, good food, and several moments that I won't soon forget. The big slide that required the person who was going down it to get absolutely drenched, provided the most laughs. In addition to the fun water games, the Polynesian Cultural Club was there, telling people about their club and what they were all about. Another aspect that I really liked was how they provided mats for you to sit on, since the event was held on the grass in front of the gym. That way, you didn't have to stand forever if you wanted to carry on a conversation with someone.
It was a very well planned event and really made me excited for the rest of the year, socially. It was also really nice that all the SALSU officers with which I came in contact, all had big smiles plastered across their faces, greeting me and making me feel like I belonged here. :)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
My SALSU experience
Imari Palma
Pastor Sam
UNST-Gospel According to Walle
10/27/09
The only Thursday night SALSU event I have attended was Cosmic Bowling night. It was held about three weeks ago at the Riverside AMF Lanes. I went on a whim and when I got there I was surprised to see all my friends and so many others. We had to wait in line to get in, hoping I was one of the first 100 persons so I could get a free glow stick, but was sadly not. The event was cheap, which is always a good thing for a college student.
I had never been cosmic bowling before. It was dark and light colors were illuminating off of people's clothes. Everything looked neon, it looked pretty cool. It was packed with people. Every lane was full when we got there. Some lanes had only three people other lanes ten to twelve people. It was so loud and crowded. My boyfriend and I would just walk from lane to lane stopping by lanes where our friends were and just talked. I had put on bowling shoes and wanted to engage in a full game but never did. We found a lane and the moment we left to get a bowling ball a whole other group had taken it.
I still had lots of fun mingling with friends, taking pictures and enjoying the atmosphere of it all. I didn't stay till the very end but my $2.00 was well spent and I had a fun time. SALSU does a good job of finding weekly activities for students to do since La Sierra in infamous for being "dead" on weekends, which doesn't bother me at all. The events are cheap and fun and a lot of people attend, more than I anticipated, which makes for more fun! SALSU really enjoys what they do and the PR does a great job of getting the word out and getting students excited for events. I hope to attend many more while here at La Sierra.
Pastor Sam
UNST-Gospel According to Walle
10/27/09
The only Thursday night SALSU event I have attended was Cosmic Bowling night. It was held about three weeks ago at the Riverside AMF Lanes. I went on a whim and when I got there I was surprised to see all my friends and so many others. We had to wait in line to get in, hoping I was one of the first 100 persons so I could get a free glow stick, but was sadly not. The event was cheap, which is always a good thing for a college student.
I had never been cosmic bowling before. It was dark and light colors were illuminating off of people's clothes. Everything looked neon, it looked pretty cool. It was packed with people. Every lane was full when we got there. Some lanes had only three people other lanes ten to twelve people. It was so loud and crowded. My boyfriend and I would just walk from lane to lane stopping by lanes where our friends were and just talked. I had put on bowling shoes and wanted to engage in a full game but never did. We found a lane and the moment we left to get a bowling ball a whole other group had taken it.
I still had lots of fun mingling with friends, taking pictures and enjoying the atmosphere of it all. I didn't stay till the very end but my $2.00 was well spent and I had a fun time. SALSU does a good job of finding weekly activities for students to do since La Sierra in infamous for being "dead" on weekends, which doesn't bother me at all. The events are cheap and fun and a lot of people attend, more than I anticipated, which makes for more fun! SALSU really enjoys what they do and the PR does a great job of getting the word out and getting students excited for events. I hope to attend many more while here at La Sierra.
SALSU Break Out Event!
Monique Gramling
ID #924889
Assignment #5
ID #924889
Assignment #5
SALSU Breakout Bash
I really enjoyed the break out bash that took place last Thursday night. Not only did i fellowship with people that i saw from some of my classes, but i got to meet and greet a ton of new interesting people. As soon as the clock struck eight o'clock i headed out looking for the delicious pies, waiting for me to savor. Once i arrived, i instantly saw a group of my friends standing around the table beginning to choose their favorite flavor of the tasty Marie Calender pies set out on the tables. Slowly i worked my way up to the front of the line where my friends were gathered around. I chose my favorite flavor French apple pie. While eating my pie with my peers, i was introduced to many new people who i found that i had a lot in common with. The whole event ran from 8-10pm in front of the cafe. To top it all off, that same night, i got the call that i had made it into SALSU as a new member of the Judicial Committee , seat number 4. Overall, my experience was amazing, and now that i am a new member of SALSU, i will be attending many more events.
Cosmic Bowling
For my SALSU event, I attended cosmic bowling at the AMFC lanes in Riverside. It was a fun experience and didn’t expect there to be so many people present. When I arrived, the line to enter was out the door and at least four people wide, so my friends and I just placed ourselves at the end and waited for the line to move. Well, the line did move, but it did so very incrementally, but I didn’t mind because I was being entertained by watching my friends do stupid things. As we got closer to the door, I was handed a release waver by some SALSU officer; I reading it and laughing at the fact La Sierra took no responsibility if we harmed ourselves at their event. I signed the release and concluded that since I didn’t have any plans on getting hurt (by a bowling ball?), I would be fine. Upon entering the bowling alley, I was told that I would have to wait for a game to open because the alley was crammed to the limit. Feeling defeated, I resigned to wait indefinitely until a guy from my English 111 class singled me out amidst the crowd and said, “We need two more people to come join our game.” “Great!” I thought, “Now I can actually experience what I came here to try- bowling. Well, bowling turned out to be more difficult that I had perceived; were everyone around me was getting strikes, a had yet to see that giant X flash across the screen. As the night progressed, I was by no means complacent with my mediocre bowling skills; my friends would give me tips and encourage me, but whatever the advice, I continued to suck. Finally, when by turn was up, and after ruminating some on my friends instruction, I prepared to redeem myself. I picked up my blue bowling ball, walked up to the alley, and remembered my friend saying, “Keep your arm straight, if you twist your arm, the ball will turn.” It was over as quickly as it began; the ball glided away from my fingers, slid down the lane with an impeccable trajectory, and hit the leading pin with a joyous crash. I was able to visualize my success just long enough before my friends came crashing down upon me, each shouting “Finally!” After my first and only strike of the night, I was able to enjoy myself. I no longer felt that bowling was a dumb sport reserved for old guys in pleated shirts. I realized that that bowling, like anything, requires practice, and a small dose of luck. So yes, just because of that one strike I can truthfully say that I enjoyed that particular SALSU event greatly.
Michael Aguilar
10-28-09
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
SALSU Event
Michael Aguilar
10-28-09
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
SALSU Event
The Supersized Truth
This movie was directed, written, and performed by Morgan Spurlock. The movie is an exposition of the grotesque truths surrounding the fattening cuisine that McDonalds calls food. Now I understand that some people may indeed like McDonalds, and but I still think their food isn’t that good. Also, some liberal minded individuals might strongly support Spurlock’s assertion that McDonald’s food is bad for you without looking at other variables in the argument. Conservative individuals that don’t like public disclosure might be purposely distorting the facts about McDonalds just to meet their profit motivated needs. The lifestyles of overweight, unscrupulous, and ignorant Americans are portrayed. Conversely, the lifestyles of health conscious, vegan Americans are portrayed. Unfortunately, nowadays many Americans value quick and easy food as opposed to healthy, hearty alimentation. The point of view in the Supersize Me is that of the protagonist, Morgan Spurlock, so whatever prejudices or opinions he may already hold towards the fast food debate somewhat debases his argument. The underlying message being sent in Supersize Me is that the fast food industry needs to have more disclosure and be held responsible for its misleading advertisements. For example, McDonalds needs to better inform it customers to the nutritional content of its food. By doing so customers would have more faith in the fast food industry and could make more informed decisions concerning their food choices. McDonald’s isn’t evil, it just needs some scruples. Supersize Me demonstrated the fact that we are we eat. If God said that our body is a temple, than we should be careful with how we treat ourselves and with what we consume. By showing respect to ourselves, we are showing respect for God. Therefore we should consume only the best for our health, like celery instead of greasy, artery clogging burgers.
Michael Aguilar
10-28-09
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
Supersize Me
Michael Aguilar
10-28-09
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
Supersize Me
SALSU Review - Cosmic Bowling
Sara Martinez
October 25, 2009
UNST SALSU Review
Cosmic Bowling
Cosmic Bowling! It was an amazing and fun event. I did not know if I was going to be able to go because I was studying a lot. I had been cosmic bowling once before, in Thailand. I knew it was fun and it was great to hang out with friends.
I finally decided to go, and I had a great time! Alex and I drove together and when we got there we were one of the first ones there. We paid and got our glow stick and headed of to our lane. Jeselyn and Bryan came and joined us, when the lights went of and the neon lights came on the excitement level seemed to raise a notch. It was funny to observe everyone and how different everyone is when playing. The group on our right was very competitive. And then to our left the group said they had never really bowled and were first timers.
It was an interesting game on our lane. Jeselyn and I teamed up against Alex and Bryan. For a part of the game we thought us girls were going to win, but then the game turned and Alex and Bryan ended up winning. We had a ton of fun and I am really glad that I took the time to go and hang out with friends and meet some people. I thought that the SALSU officers did a great job in making this event really fun. I cant wait until future SALSU events!
Monday, October 26, 2009
SALSU event
I attended the SALSU luau at the beginning of the year. I enjoyed it, i came kind of late so the pizza was gone but it seemed like a fun get together for me (a new freshmen) to get to know people. They had all kinds of fun games to play a water slide it was kind of like one last fun thing before all the seriousness of classes started! I still need to go to a few more of these events but I'm definitely looking forward to the next one! =)
Stephanie Lamp
10-26-2009
Gospel according to wall-e
UNST
Stephanie Lamp
10-26-2009
Gospel according to wall-e
UNST
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Supersize-Me!
Monique Gramling
ID #924889
Assignment # 4
SuperSize-Me
Lloyd and I sis a review on Supersiza Me! here's the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlMDm580XlY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlMDm580XlY
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
SUPER Size Me
In the 2004 film, Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock makes his debut as a director. Spurlock looks at obesity in the US, he zeros in on the cultural and business aspect of the fast-food industry. It is Spurlock's documentary of a month long binge of surviving only on McDonald's food for all three daily meals. I know the film is a documentary but usually directors document the behavior of others. I found it quite intriguing that Spurlock was willing to be the subject of the documentary, the guinea pig, if you will. Of course while watching the film the audience is disturbed by the sickening discoveries, but once the week has pasted by since seeing the film most of the nation's people would forget about the discoveries and fall back into the same old habits. There are those people, however, that completely do a 360 after watching this film and stop eating fast food. Some simply stop eating McDonald's. For me the film made me more aware of the damage I inflict on my body but really made no significant change in my lifestyle. I am an overweight american, but I don't eat McDonald's everyday. It isn't just the fast food that can get you . . . it's also the home cooked meals Abuelita makes with all the lard and salt and all the other things that make it taste so wonderful. In this film the health nut and the over weight couch potato lifestyles are prominent. The message is always the same, "Americans are getting lazy and fat!" So the message is sent because it is true that Americans are predominantly obese and inactive. I think on a spiritual note the film touches on the fact that our bodies are not meant to be in such horrible conditions. We were created as perfect beings. And of course the main idea is that our bodies are a temple in which the holy spirit resides and it should be maintained in a manner which pleases God. Till the next blog . . .
Supersize Me
Imari Palma
UNST
"Gospel According to..."
10/20/09
The director and writer of this documentary, Morgan Spurlock, had a very interesting and intense idea when he came up with this risky experiment of looking at obesity in America. This documentary has been nominated for an Oscar and has won other awards for its portrayal of its message and the emotion in evokes from the viewer.
I have seen this documentary multiple times already, in a health or physical fitness class. It's no wonder why I have though. Obesity is a growing epidemic in our nation. The US, the most lucky nation when it comes to availability of food, is abusing privileges and creating a deathly disaster.
I appreciate this man's courage to take on such a challenge. Every time I watch this film it makes me sick to my stomach and makes me never want to eat fast food again, which is what the film is suppose to do. Most people think, this experiment is unrealistic. Who would eat only fast food for thirty days straight? No one does that. Unfortunately, it is a sad truth that more Americans do it than one would think. I remember a lady saying, in the film, that everything is bigger in America. The size small drink, for example, is a large in France.
You could see the struggle this man was going through and how it was hurting his mind, body, his ability to focus, and even his home life. His girlfriend cared about him so much and wanted him so much to stop his insane experiment and detoxify his body of all the junk he was putting in it by eating McDonald's for every meal.
What is the gospel according to "Supersize Me?" I found a couple ways to tie in Christ, religion and the good news into this documentary. First, the man doing the experiment, represents Americans who overeat bad foods in America. What those people represent are bad choices. Bad choices represent sins in each and every one of our lives. Bad choices can be sex, drugs, you name it. It can also come in the form of food, anything that makes your mind unclear and desecrates the temple of God, our bodies. Everyday Satan tried to fill us with filth through whatever he can. He makes us feel low about ourselves, gives us a short lived high than a long term crash.
Finally, there is good news. The filth, "fatty foods," and sin Satan fills in our lives can be washed away with the blood of Jesus Christ. After the man's thirty days were up, his girlfriend made him a specific health plan to detoxify his body and cleanse him form the inside out. That is exactly what Jesus can do for us, cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Super Size Me?
"Can I have a shake with that?"
This was all in the title. The first thing I think about when I hear this is, food, more specifically, McDonald's!! This movie was a documentary following around one brave fellow on a 40 day quest of just McDonald's fast food! Yum? Morgan Spurlock, who not only starred in the movie, but directed it and wrote it, thought it would be good to test it out if fast food was really bad for you, and how bad could it really be. Before I even watched the movie, I had seen a preview and it really caught my eye. Anything that deals with statistics in America, especially about obesity and our health, so immediately I was hooked. Another thing that got me even before I watched it was that this guy was doing it to himself! He was not just taking a study of random people in america, he was trying it out for himself so we could really connect with it! Thinking about different people watching this movie, I could see many different reactions. The overweight population would probably be a little hungry afterwards (I know I was!) The skinny folk would be all, "I told ya so," and maybe go regurgitate what they had just ate. But overall I thought people would get the point and realize that maybe these big companies aren't trying to help us, maybe they just want to squeeze every dollar out of us, even if all of the world ends up to be 300 pounds. One of the things I thought to be most interesting was his girlfriend! I love how the movie portrayed the two extreme life styles, a strict vegan and a fast food binge eater. It really showed me that the life you lead and the values you have can have a major effect on your well being. Of course they did leave out the middle group, which most of us are, who don't eat fast food everyday, but don't eat like vegans either. So, what I would say to the middle group is moderation, something that I believe could have been stressed more in the movie.
This movie was made to shake up the average American citizen. Us, who get lazy and only want convenience, so we go and pay 6 bucks for food that was cooked in 5 minutes. We need to realize that our health can be a fragile thing and if we treat it disrespectfully, it can and will fail us. Lastly, this film points out that the body is the temple of God, something we have to treat right, to handle with care. God doesn't want us keeling over and dying from all this over processed, unnatural food. He wants us to take care of ourselves and in the end we would be nourishing our relationship with him.
P.S ON A SIDE NOTE...AS A PREVIOUS EMPLOYEE FOR MCDONALDS I MUST SAY THAT EATING THERE WILL DEFINITELY DO SOME HARM TO YOU! :D
"SUPER SIZE ME"
The movie "super size me" is a very moving film directed and written by Morgan Spurlock. It was nominated for Oscar in the category for Best Documentary in 2005 along with five wins and five nominations from various awards. Obesity gradually increased it's percent here in United States and one of the cause was fast food companies. "Super size me" showed the audience to be fully aware of what can fast food do to their own health by making the film as a documentary in able to relate to people how fast food corporations affect the consumers. The movie used real characters, like Spurlock who was also the creator of the film and other real people who plays themselves as real characters. One of my friend told me that after he watched the movie, it made him not eat Mcdonald's food for awhile because he saw the affects of eating unhealthy food. But another friend of mine thought that it gave him the idea to eat more fast food after watching the film just because the movie made him hungry. My two friends understood the movie differently, but from my perspective, it made me realize how dangerous it is to eat fast food every time because it gave malfunctions to body such as mood swings and liver damage. According to the film the experiment of eating only Mcdonald's food as three meals everyday for three months points out how serious the fast food corporations damage consumers health and increase the percent of obesity in the country. "Super size me" sent out a message to everyone who constantly eat at fast food restaurant to be more aware of what it could do to their body, also it was a warning to others as well to be more careful about what to eat. This film is saying that we should take care of our body because it is the temple of God, so we should not abuse our bodies by eating unhealthy food but instead to use a proper diet.
Andriyah Burgos
UNST 101
Pastor Sam
20 October 2009
UNST 101 Class Carolina Rodriguez
Super Size Me, was a 2004 documentary directed and starring independent film maker Morgan Spurlock. Spurlock decided to create the film to bring out the situation with fast food and its diverse effects among the human body; choosing McDonalds as his prime target. The experiment would film and record every important aspect of his 30 day pure McDonald diet. The film documented from Febuary to the beginning of March of 2003, and presented his both his emotional and physical stature after his consumption of junk food. He created the film to bring awareness to this ever growing trend of obesity and poor health among Americans across the nation.
Morgan Spulock filmed his moments on the diet and bluntly illustated his emotions and how he felt at the time. It was an intriguing film that not only caught the viewers attention, but baffled audiences all across when the facts are presented. Spurlock did not attempt to sugar-coat things nor hide any results that may have appeared. Rather harshly, the viewers are disgusted with the results to the point where persuasion is achieved. Morgans message was clearly presented and hammered this documentary with cold hard facts that not talked about in this industry, rather, they are kept secret.
Many different people have many different opinions overall and especially over this particular film. Most would believe this film to be an obscene exaggeration due to Morgan eating McDonald food for all breakfast, lunch and diner. However, the average American does in fact eat out more than recomended which leads our country to be overweight. For some, fast food is a great portion of what is consumed in thier daily diet. People are naive to blunt logic of fast food and its deteriating, adverse health effects on the body.
This film in some ways, when people were interviewed, illustarted how this husstle and bussle of city life has drawn us to consume food on the go at a fast food restaurant. Many people for reasons such as little expendture of money or "because its tastes good, " have succummed to purchasing our food that contains little or no nurishment, also adding on the fact that our society has become lazy and too reliant on machines to do work for them. These two combinations results in our poor health and massive weight gain.
Clearly this message is sent in efforts to change the patterns society has fallen into. The consumption of fast food should be reduced and healthier and wiser food choices must be made. Bad habits are being trust upon the young face of America. Awareness of such poor choices must be widely stated to change Americans diet. Our health is in danger and we must previal at all costs to protect our bodies from our own bad choices.
In this film, our view of God is presented. Our bodies are a symbolic for a temple, a temple in which Jesus is ever present. We must take care and love ourselves, and preserve this temple which we encompass. However, in some situations for a few, fail to take of our bodies, bombarding it with junk food which ruins our health which in turn symbolically also destroys our temple or also in a sense ruins our relationship with God as we fail to appreciate and acknowlege God.
SuperSize me Review
Sara Martinez
October 20, 2009
UNST Class
Super Size Me Review
When I watched supper size me I got several different messages. To me it almost seemed like a desperate attempt to do anything to get people to realize how bad and dangerous fast food can be. Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the movie. Many people wonder why someone would ever want to make this movie. Well, after some research I found that he had gotten the idea for this documentary when he was at his family’s house right after thanksgiving dinner. He was watching television, and he saw the news about the two teenage girls suing McDonald’s for making them obese. He decided to make this movie to try and show people how harmful fast food really was. Not only is fast food bad on its own, but then when you mix it with lack of exercise and other poor life styles, a persons health can deteriorate faster. Tricky as this movie was Spurlock used some comedy, drama, and documentary. Even though this was mainly a documentary, this movie attracted everyone from young teens to adults. Some people who already ate McDonalds did not care to listen and just bypassed the message. While those who do not eat McDonalds are now more sure than ever not to eat there. This movie also may have had an unexpected out come. Six months after the movie was release they took away their supersize option, and have not put in an Active Adults meal.
Many people think that fast food places are to blame for their poor health, but everyone has a choice. This is the same when it comes to our relation with God. God has given us the choice to do or eat whatever we please. Our body is the temple of God so even though we have a choice, we should do the best to take care of ourselves. One other way that you can relate this is in the following way. When I give this example I am not saying that supersizing in a fast food place is good but I thought about it in this way. God is supersized, and if we choose to supersize on God we will receive so much more in our spiritual relationship with him. God is super and if we choose him we SUPERSIZE on our relationship.
Super Size Me Movie Review
Hey Everyone! Wasn't this just a hard movie to watch. Like watching someone else eat was really weird. O well. Here you go! ENJOY!
Super Size Me Review
Super Size Me was written and directed by Morgan Spurlock. It was released through Roadside Attractions in 2004.
Though the film was a documentary, it used humor and mild gross out to keep it interesting. Like some of the statistics and how after two days of the McDiet he throws up. Different audiences would take this in different ways. Some obese and diabetic Americans could have their eyes opened, while others could say he's making fun of fat Americans, though it would make no sense.
The film depicts how an American in perfect health would survive in a lifestyle of a typical American, which consists of eating a LOT of McDonalds, hardly walking, and not exercising, all to see if it could make you sick and even possibly kill you. It was interesting to see how doing that to yourself over time can actually put you in jeopardy. The depression aspect was also quite interesting. Who knew fast food could make you be like that? And all the ways that McDonalds markets to kids and adults alike, its kind of scary. Also, it was really weird how McDonalds would never answer his calls just to have an interview. Probably the scariest was how the kids had no idea who Jesus or the President of the United States were, yet they all knew who Ronald McDonald was, and how the people in D.C. didn't know the Pledge of Allegiance, but they knew the jingle for a Big Mac. Come on America!
This message is being sent because people need to be aware of what they are putting in their bodies. It was amazing what all the food did to him. Depression, weight gain, even the threat of liver failure. And that's the food they are serving to your children and that you're eating yourself.
This film didn't seem to have a big amount to do with God himself, but it did have alot to do with morals and taking care of yourself. For example, McDonalds is producing food that is potentially hazardous, and they're not the only one. And until recently, they would hide or not even have nutritional facts posted anywhere. But its not just the fast food companies. People are taking cabs and driving more, eating crazy amounts of ridiculously unhealthy food, and rarely exercising if at all. If we don't open our eyes, we could become fat slobby people like on Wall-E.
-Andrew Cortez
Though the film was a documentary, it used humor and mild gross out to keep it interesting. Like some of the statistics and how after two days of the McDiet he throws up. Different audiences would take this in different ways. Some obese and diabetic Americans could have their eyes opened, while others could say he's making fun of fat Americans, though it would make no sense.
The film depicts how an American in perfect health would survive in a lifestyle of a typical American, which consists of eating a LOT of McDonalds, hardly walking, and not exercising, all to see if it could make you sick and even possibly kill you. It was interesting to see how doing that to yourself over time can actually put you in jeopardy. The depression aspect was also quite interesting. Who knew fast food could make you be like that? And all the ways that McDonalds markets to kids and adults alike, its kind of scary. Also, it was really weird how McDonalds would never answer his calls just to have an interview. Probably the scariest was how the kids had no idea who Jesus or the President of the United States were, yet they all knew who Ronald McDonald was, and how the people in D.C. didn't know the Pledge of Allegiance, but they knew the jingle for a Big Mac. Come on America!
This message is being sent because people need to be aware of what they are putting in their bodies. It was amazing what all the food did to him. Depression, weight gain, even the threat of liver failure. And that's the food they are serving to your children and that you're eating yourself.
This film didn't seem to have a big amount to do with God himself, but it did have alot to do with morals and taking care of yourself. For example, McDonalds is producing food that is potentially hazardous, and they're not the only one. And until recently, they would hide or not even have nutritional facts posted anywhere. But its not just the fast food companies. People are taking cabs and driving more, eating crazy amounts of ridiculously unhealthy food, and rarely exercising if at all. If we don't open our eyes, we could become fat slobby people like on Wall-E.
-Andrew Cortez
The Gospel According to WALL-E: Super Size Me
Super Size Me is one man's quest to find out and experience the harmful affects of a "McDiet." He vows that in the span of 30 days, he will eat EVERYTHING on McDonald's menu. Before he embarks on this quest, he enlists the help of several people to monitor his health. When Morgan started this experiment, he was in perfect health. All his blood work was perfect and his weight was exactly where it should be for his height. Of course, he was warned about the affects that a "McDiet" would have on his body and what changes he could anticipate based on the high calorie and fat, low nutrient diet he was about to start eating. He went from eating strictly vegan food, which is nutrient rich, to eating strictly processed foods that have very little nutrient content to them. Needless to say after his first couple of meals, his system had slowly become adapt to eating all the junk at McDonalds.
Honestly, during the course of the movie, I was uncomfortable. I try my hardest to stay on top of my nutrition and watch my consumption of food that isn't exactly healthy for me. Watching a completely healthy man, knowingly consume more calories than he needed, just about sent me over the edge. It was also a wake up call as to the sad state of our nation when it comes to our health and nutrition. We all know that we're supposed to eat well and exercise often, but why don't we do it? The answer is quite simple, really. We're lazy. It's so much easier to drive through McDonalds and order something that's been deep fried and battered than it is to actually go to the grocery store and buy things to make at home. Also, a sobering fact is that fast food is actually cheaper than fruits and veggies at the grocery store, so lower income families sometimes can't afford to buy fresh food and must rely on local fast food restaurant's low prices.
Another wake up call that occurred to me during the course of that movie was when Morgan was showing the first graders the pictures of different people and the only person they recognized was Ronald McDonald or Wendy from Wendy's. They didn't even recognize Jesus. That to me was the most sobering out of all the movie. It makes me really sad to know that kids are growing up not knowing who Jesus is. They don't have to be raised Christians, but they should at least recognize Jesus' face, if anything.
This movie was very well made and all the skeletons in the McDonald's closet that Morgan exposed were most definitely true.
Brenda Schaffner
Pastor Sam
UNST-104
The Gospel According to WALL-E
Monday, October 19, 2009
Super Size Me
Super Size Me was written and directed by Morgan Spurlock, released in Canada on May 21st 2004. This was created as a documentary to show the risks that we as Americans take everyday when we step into that fast food restaurant and make the conscience decision to eat the unhealthy food they offer us. The audience of this documentary should be anyone from the age of six to sixty young people and adults eat fast food at least once a week. It was made to show us how damaging the foods in these restaurants are to out bodies, Morgan physically becomes ill after all the McDonalds he eats just within that month period. It was made for money I’m sure but chiefly to try to motivate people to get off their butts and realize that if their life styles are similar to what Morgan’s experiment was that they need to wake up and smell the veggies! Our bodies are the temple of God and if we are shoveling all this horrible food into it we are not treating it the way God intended us to. He wants us to be as healthy as we possibly can and that is definitely not what he wants for us. On just a side not I think it was so sad that some of those kids didn’t even know who Jesus was but they knew right off the bat who Ronald McDonald was, we need to educate these kids better then just sitting them in front of a T.V and having them learn all these commercials and slogans, teach them a bible verse or two.
Stephanie Lamp
UNST-WALL-E
10-19-09
Stephanie Lamp
UNST-WALL-E
10-19-09
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Crash
Monique Gramling
#924889
Assignment #2
Crash
Paul Haggis is a screenwriter and director, who is no stranger to Hollywood. Early in his career he was a writer for such television sitcoms as: Different Strokes and Who's The Boss. Paul Haggis is not only the writer for Million Dollar Baby, but also wrote the screenplay for the 2004 hit Crash.
Crash is a complex movie that contains hurt, coldness, cruelty, and hope. Throughout this movie there is a strong use of violence and extreme cultural stereotypes (i.e. African American, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Caucasian) used to convey the message of hope.
Something I really liked about this film uses an obvious and sometimes comical racial undertone. The film displays just how judgmental people are - but leaves the audience to decide if this attitude is right or wrong - or both - or neither.
This movie was created to bring awareness of the stereotypical conditions of society. Society's view is that everything is equal and fair, and that everyone is treated as such. Crash challenges society's view of what is supposed to be fair. This movie exposes what some of us face on a daily basis. This drama teaches how society categorizes or judges us. It also exploits how we are judges by age, gender, culture, race, and socioeconomic status; whereas God judges on works and faith as a Christian and not by what category we necessarily fall in. "You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone" (James 2:24)
Crash
Paul Haggis, the screen writer of this controversial film, is renowned for his Academy-Award winning film "Million Dollar Baby." He turn the tables as he creates this true, very real, hurtful, frightening and touching movie. Paul Haggis did not cease to use very vivid imagery as he portrayed almost every stereo-type at its worst. This movie sets the up by first letting the viewer know that every character in this film is in some shape or form a bigot, either extreme or not so much. Each racial group has its rivalry, its own identity, its own history, and its own culture, so to speak.
The main message that should come across immediately, if not at the end of the film, is that the world we live in today is just as prejudice and racist as it was in the time of Martin Luther King Jr; just in a more quiet "acceptable" way. This film contains a variety of close-minded characters, who represent a numerous amount of people in society. Why is it and why has it been so difficult to accept one another? There is such a barrier between certain types of people, groups and or ethnicities. The United States of America is one of the most diverse countries in the world, yet, we have the same issues of the world that are not as diverse.
To correlate this film to the Bible; Jesus was in a position almost everyday of His ministry life where He encountered bigots and many close-minded people. His actions of reaching out to the "unclean," the poor, the sinful, the Syropheonicans, the Samaritans, and etc. just implicates how difficult he must had had it and how much ridicule He went through. He identified Himself with every different cultural group.
In the movie, now in days, the separation amongst each other has not changed from back in the Bible times and sadly it is something that will stay with this sinful world and its inhabitants till Jesus comes again, I believe. There are points in the movie where the characters morality shines through. There is a particular scene of great trust where the character, Christine, is in a car accident and needs to be pulled out from underneath the crushed car. The same police officer, who had sexually harassed her in the beginning of the movie, was the one at the site of the accident. He tells her that he needs to get her out and just as soon as she finds out it's him she refuses with all her mite and strength, though battered and bruised, to not be rescued by him. She refused to be touched by him again in any way. The police officer ends up carrying her out the car to save her life. She had put her life and her trust into the hands of someone she hated, which led the softening of hearts.
There is another heart-wrenching scene of the little girl with the "invisible blanket" and her father. I need not say much more, but that scene is so powerful. i think Paul Haggins did an excellent job of pointing at those who are racist or prejudice and saying: this is the pain you are causing the innocent.
What is the good news, the gospel, of "Crash," this collision of different beliefs, customs and cultures? I believe that the gospel is that even in a world of turmoil, destruction, hate, anger and pain, the Holy Spirit is still working hard on each and every one of our hearts. Jesus accepted all different types of people and ideas and we need to do the same.
The main message that should come across immediately, if not at the end of the film, is that the world we live in today is just as prejudice and racist as it was in the time of Martin Luther King Jr; just in a more quiet "acceptable" way. This film contains a variety of close-minded characters, who represent a numerous amount of people in society. Why is it and why has it been so difficult to accept one another? There is such a barrier between certain types of people, groups and or ethnicities. The United States of America is one of the most diverse countries in the world, yet, we have the same issues of the world that are not as diverse.
To correlate this film to the Bible; Jesus was in a position almost everyday of His ministry life where He encountered bigots and many close-minded people. His actions of reaching out to the "unclean," the poor, the sinful, the Syropheonicans, the Samaritans, and etc. just implicates how difficult he must had had it and how much ridicule He went through. He identified Himself with every different cultural group.
In the movie, now in days, the separation amongst each other has not changed from back in the Bible times and sadly it is something that will stay with this sinful world and its inhabitants till Jesus comes again, I believe. There are points in the movie where the characters morality shines through. There is a particular scene of great trust where the character, Christine, is in a car accident and needs to be pulled out from underneath the crushed car. The same police officer, who had sexually harassed her in the beginning of the movie, was the one at the site of the accident. He tells her that he needs to get her out and just as soon as she finds out it's him she refuses with all her mite and strength, though battered and bruised, to not be rescued by him. She refused to be touched by him again in any way. The police officer ends up carrying her out the car to save her life. She had put her life and her trust into the hands of someone she hated, which led the softening of hearts.
There is another heart-wrenching scene of the little girl with the "invisible blanket" and her father. I need not say much more, but that scene is so powerful. i think Paul Haggins did an excellent job of pointing at those who are racist or prejudice and saying: this is the pain you are causing the innocent.
What is the good news, the gospel, of "Crash," this collision of different beliefs, customs and cultures? I believe that the gospel is that even in a world of turmoil, destruction, hate, anger and pain, the Holy Spirit is still working hard on each and every one of our hearts. Jesus accepted all different types of people and ideas and we need to do the same.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The award winning 2004 drama filled film, Crash, was directed, produced and co-produced by Paul Higgins. It brings to the screen the all too real different situations of life that many people go through. It reveals the assumptions made about certian "types" of people and it harshly paints a picture of what the world today has succumbed to. The movie Crash, has many different depictions of racial sterotypes and slurs, as well as many of todays modern social outlooks on different economic class ranks, gender and racial background, through the lives of different people in completely different statuses.
This film is compacted with controversal turmoil and the bitter truth of racial cliches.Creative techniques that were incorporated into this film was the constant feeling of suspense. It kept a rigid edge on the film, that gave off an aura of anxiety towards the characters and their situations. The film was vigilant in portraying high and tense emotions and their decisions and outlooks.
Never a dull or slow moment in Crash, it was persistent on its general message of the harsh realities of life, and the ugly shamful veil of racism. It establishes different economic classes and lower classes along with the sterotypes of each. Different views are being presented and the different routines that people have according to their "rank" in society.
Overall the general message that is clearly portrayed in the film is the rarely talked about, quiet issue of racism in todays society. We must learn as a whole that we have a long way to change and progress in how we percieve people because of the color of ones skins, the amount of money in their bank account, or their beliefs and traditions. We must learn to be able to look past the surface to actually understand one another. Our society has become blind and oblivious when it comes to the matter of people who are different from us. We have become too quick to judge others.
Now, many people judge others at the drop of a hat, and it must not be so. God has taught us to love one another and accept all others as brothers and sisters with open arms. We must community and love and compassion for one another, something that this modern generation greatly lacks. Everyone is equal, no one is above or below each other, regardless of our backrounds or our past decisions.-Carolina Rodriguez
This film is compacted with controversal turmoil and the bitter truth of racial cliches.Creative techniques that were incorporated into this film was the constant feeling of suspense. It kept a rigid edge on the film, that gave off an aura of anxiety towards the characters and their situations. The film was vigilant in portraying high and tense emotions and their decisions and outlooks.
Never a dull or slow moment in Crash, it was persistent on its general message of the harsh realities of life, and the ugly shamful veil of racism. It establishes different economic classes and lower classes along with the sterotypes of each. Different views are being presented and the different routines that people have according to their "rank" in society.
Overall the general message that is clearly portrayed in the film is the rarely talked about, quiet issue of racism in todays society. We must learn as a whole that we have a long way to change and progress in how we percieve people because of the color of ones skins, the amount of money in their bank account, or their beliefs and traditions. We must learn to be able to look past the surface to actually understand one another. Our society has become blind and oblivious when it comes to the matter of people who are different from us. We have become too quick to judge others.
Now, many people judge others at the drop of a hat, and it must not be so. God has taught us to love one another and accept all others as brothers and sisters with open arms. We must community and love and compassion for one another, something that this modern generation greatly lacks. Everyone is equal, no one is above or below each other, regardless of our backrounds or our past decisions.-Carolina Rodriguez
The award winning 2004 drama filled film, Crash, was directed, produced and co-produced by Paul Higgins. It brings to the screen the all too real different situations of life that many people go through. It reveals the assumptions made about certian "types" of people and it harshly paints a picture of what the world today has succumbed to. The movie Crash, has many different depictions of racial sterotypes and slurs, as well as many of todays modern social outlooks on different economic class ranks, gender and racial background, through the lives of different people in completely different statuses.
This film is compacted with controversal turmoil and the bitter truth of racial cliches.Creative techniques that were incorporated into this film was the constant feeling of suspense. It kept a rigid edge on the film, that gave off an aura of anxiety towards the characters and their situations. The film was vigilant in portraying high and tense emotions and their decisions and outlooks.
Never a dull or slow moment in Crash, it was persistent on its general message of the harsh realities of life, and the ugly shamful veil of racism. It establishes different economic classes and lower classes along with the sterotypes of each. Different views are being presented and the different routines that people have according to their "rank" in society.
Overall the general message that is clearly portrayed in the film is the rarely talked about, quiet issue of racism in todays society. We must learn as a whole that we have a long way to change and progress in how we percieve people because of the color of ones skins, the amount of money in their bank account, or their beliefs and traditions. We must learn to be able to look past the surface to actually understand one another. Our society has become blind and oblivious when it comes to the matter of people who are different from us. We have become too quick to judge others.
Now, many people judge others at the drop of a hat, and it must not be so. God has taught us to love one another and accept all others as brothers and sisters with open arms. We must community and love and compassion for one another, something that this modern generation greatly lacks. Everyone is equal, no one is above or below each other, regardless of our backrounds or our past decisions.-Carolina Rodriguez
This film is compacted with controversal turmoil and the bitter truth of racial cliches.Creative techniques that were incorporated into this film was the constant feeling of suspense. It kept a rigid edge on the film, that gave off an aura of anxiety towards the characters and their situations. The film was vigilant in portraying high and tense emotions and their decisions and outlooks.
Never a dull or slow moment in Crash, it was persistent on its general message of the harsh realities of life, and the ugly shamful veil of racism. It establishes different economic classes and lower classes along with the sterotypes of each. Different views are being presented and the different routines that people have according to their "rank" in society.
Overall the general message that is clearly portrayed in the film is the rarely talked about, quiet issue of racism in todays society. We must learn as a whole that we have a long way to change and progress in how we percieve people because of the color of ones skins, the amount of money in their bank account, or their beliefs and traditions. We must learn to be able to look past the surface to actually understand one another. Our society has become blind and oblivious when it comes to the matter of people who are different from us. We have become too quick to judge others.
Now, many people judge others at the drop of a hat, and it must not be so. God has taught us to love one another and accept all others as brothers and sisters with open arms. We must community and love and compassion for one another, something that this modern generation greatly lacks. Everyone is equal, no one is above or below each other, regardless of our backrounds or our past decisions.-Carolina Rodriguez
...Crash...
Crash was a film produced and directed by Paul Haggis. Also Haggis was one of the writers of the movie along with Bobby Moresco. The movie's creative techniques was really captivating because the writers used how the different type of lifestyles in Los Angeles, such as how different race and social status live. Anyone can totally relate to this movie because the movie showed how blacks, latinos, asians, white and other races faced everything in a matter of a day, but not only people can relate just because of their ethnicity background, but also according to their social status, whether they were fortunate or unfortunate, everyone can relate to it. The characters in this movie were well portrayed, I like how they have different characters that conveyed what they really think about others. The movie crash was intense, I like how they showed how the characters are like and how they live and act, but it was so unpredictable how they behave.Like the white police man who molested the black married woman, and later in the movie he didn't give her up and tried to save her from the car accident before the car blew up. Also some of the segments in the movie were not predictable, like the the little girl did not end up dying, at first I really thought she died and it made me cry because she was so innocent but it turned out that she was alive. The purpose of the movie was that, there will always be some kind of goodness in everyone and the characters learned their lessons according to tragedies that happen to them. Also the characters are responsible for whatever action they did and how they respond to it. This film sent out a message that God will always be there for us no matter what happen, whatever trials we face He will always find a way for us to face that challenge and made us realize that we have goodness within ourselves.
Andriyah Burgos
Assignment #2
13 October 2009
UNST 101
CRASH
Crash was released in 2004. It was brought to you by the creative minds of Paul Higgins and Robert Moresco. Since its debut, it has received 3 Oscars, another 41 one wins, and 66 nominations!
When I was watching this film I noticed plenty of things that caught my eye! Immediately you see how stereotypical each race role was played. I really enjoyed the fact that all these people's lives intertwined somehow, and ended up effecting one another's lives. But when I was watching this I was trying to imagine the audience and their reactions. I think alot of people were offended because no one wants to be labeled as a racist or something like that. For me I felt like an alien looking in at how people really act. I actually could not identify with one single person. But all in all I think people will see it as an extreme (but not that extreme) view of everyday people and everyday situations.
This particular was pouring with values and lifestyles portrayed in different ways by the different charcters. You have the, "screw the world," and everything that goes with that, For example, Ludacris who kept saying everyone was against them because they were black, or everyone was afraid of them when they walk down the street, so lets just hold you at gun point! Then you have the hispanic family who the father just gets put into this mold because of what he looks like, when in actualality he is just trying to make an honest living to provide for his family. But the only beef i had with this movie was that there wasn't a good guy! I mean they had all the extremes, but no netrality. Then again that could have been the point they were going for.
This movie seems to be telling people that you don't really know how you are. You may think that you would never do that or have one set way of thinking but then your in a situation where you don't even recognize yourself! I also see it as a reminder of not to judge people because you aren't any better and we never know what really is going on in other people's lives. And lastly, not all black people are scary or will rob you, nor does every Hispanic guy call his friends homies!
Lastly, I want to conclude on this, God has a plan. Things happen for a reason and those things called coincidences were meant to happen. God had a plan for the little girl who jumped in to save her dad, God was with the lady in the car crash when he sent the same cop to molested her to save her. God was with the cleaning lady, who faithfully helped the woman, who ended up being her only real friend. So what I think this film is saying about God is that he is everywhere and he is in everything. Although a lot of bad things happen, they are allowed so we get shaken up and realize our need of him.
Entering the World of Crash!
Crash
The Director of this movie was Paul Haggis. he wrote,produced and did the screenplay for crash. Crash won three Oscar awards,first was for Best Picture, second was for Original Screenplay,and third for Editing. I really enjoyed this movie and the overall message was incredible. The creative techniques that caught my attention were how the movies started half way,and how it slowly came together as one. I really admire how an director can start off from one part of a movie and build up a whole story off of a main point. Another thing i enjoyed from this movie was the cast. I don't think he did a bad job in picking them,they are all talented and really touched me. I also liked how all different stories and situations all connected in the end. I watched this film with family and friends and we each got the same message out of this movie. We each got that you really don’t know when your going to run into the person who did you the worst harm, and actually need them at that moment the most, or how when you least want that person there they are the ones who do everything for you. Its really appreciating what you have and not taking it for granted. If I were to try and probably see how people could see this message different from what I saw I’d say it would have to be if that person were to take the message of this movie negative, offensive and discriminating. In that case people wouldn’t see the real lesson behind it. How even the people who harmed the other person really should realize whats’s deep within them before they lash out at others. To really just learn not to judge people by the color of their skin, or their background. The lifestyles, values, and point of views in this movie start off firstly by Stereotypes, secondly Racism, and thirdly how each person has some kind of issue. Just because a person has an Arabian accent, or tattoos all over their body, or because an African American walks down a street with baggy pants and a shirt doesn’t give anyone the right to judge them. Who am I to tell you what to be, who to dress like and how to act. This movie shows us something very important, its showing us whats around us,that todays society is so focused on everyone else that when it comes to their own issues they don’t deal with it. How race is such a huge deal and how as much as we say we are equal we aren’t how stereotypes keeps us from really getting to know a person because we are so used to expecting an action or a gesture from a certain race or culture that we don’t really see the big picture. God became a huge part in this film to me, it showed me how sinning is our daily struggle, how when we fall get back up again,repent and all of it just keeps repeating like a cycle. But yet god is there to guide us, he uses people in our path to be our angel and protect us he lets lessons in life teach us a lesson and opens our eyes to see just how we should treat others the way they want to be treated. This movie helped me realize just whats around us and to not fall back into this vicious cycle that everyones in, to just be that difference in my own life as well as in others. And that we should always ask for forgiveness.
Bethany Villalobos
UNST Gospel According to Wall-E
14 October 2009
Crash
Crash is a 2004 American drama film, co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles. This movie grabbed my attention because of how real it truly is. All of the action, drama, and suspense had my eyes peeled on the screen. Most of all, the reality and mystery portrayed in this movie had me trying to guess what was going to happen next. The message was very clear to me throughout the movie. The message shown was how racist, and hateful society can be today. It seems in today's world, everyone judges each other by appearance before actually getting to know what they are about inside. God wants everyone to treat everyone the way they would want to be treated. Otherwise, you will begin to fall under the sin of stereotyping as seen in this movie. Being stereotypical, or racist will get you nowhere great in society. This message is being sent to show how ridiculous people, and society can be today. There is more negativity in today's world than there is positivity. As seen in the movie, there no love, respect, or trust present. The movie shows that God loves everyone no matter what age, race, gender, or backround. God wants to help us regardless is things are going rough or not. In the end God will always have our backs.
Lloyd Pressley
923934
Assignment #2
Crash
Lloyd Pressley
923934
Assignment #2
Crash
Crash
The Movie Crash was directed by Paul Higgins. I liked the movie because of the suspense it had. It kept me guessing at what was going to happen next and I was always interested and hooked by each scene.
The Suspense used in the movie is a good technique because it keeps the audience and viewers hooked and at the edge of their seats, in this case, my seat.
There was a very clear lifestyle point of view presented in this movie. I think that Paul Higgins made the movie specificaly like this with different racial standings and all because he wanted to point out in our society that our world needs to get over all of its problems and just be joined as one. Showing the black people and the cops when the caucasian cop searches the girl, it shows distinct racism. Also when Sandra Bullock and her husband are walking and she moves closer to her husband when walking past Ludacris and his friend shows that she isn't comfortable and there is obvious racial slur. Also the car jacking shows a very typical stereotype thought of blacks.
The message being sent by the director is that our world has too many concerns over little things. Like racism which is clearly shown in this movie, the director is pointing out that it is still a problem in our society and that we should change our way of thinking and such. It also says that we should love each other because our world is full of hate.
In the movie, spiritually, the message being sent out is that people in our society are very unloving of each other and in the Bible it says that we should treat others as we wish to be treated. And the message is clearly disrupted in the movie. Also I think that God can be portrayed as the locksmith's daughter who in the end ran out with her dad's protective "invisible cloak" to save him without even thinking of what could happen. This is very much like God who in the end saved us without considering anything, He just saved us because He loved us so much. And the little girl saved her dad because of her love.
Rachel Cho
UNST: Gospel According to Wall-E
Pastor Sam
10-13-09
Crash Review
Sara Martinez
October 12, 2009
UNST
Religion According to WALLE
Crash Review
Crash
Filled with action, tragedy, suspense and much more, this movie was a really hard movie to watch. Even though it was hard watching it, the movie had a really big impact on me. All the things that were said and portrayed are true. They all happen in daily life. When Paul Higgins wrote this movie he had a lesson in mind, and he carried it out very well. When the movie started there were little snip-its here and there and none of them seemed to make sense or connect. But as the movie progressed I saw how they all lead to one another, and in the end it lead to helping one another. Many times the problems people face in our world lead to the same kind of things that happened in the movie. People got upset, and started yelling and cussing, there is stereotypes and racism. But, when the people put all of the bad things that happen behind them and pass one good thing on to another person; like helping them , listening, or just giving them the benefit of the doubt, things begin to change for them. I think that Higgins wanted to portrays this message to as many people as possible. Many times we are so caught up in our own worlds that we do not take the time to realize how bad the situations really are, and sometimes it takes a really tough, hard movie to show people reality. Higgins is trying to encourage, and to me it seemed like he was almost pleading for people to turn, and start doing something now to stop all that is going on.
This movie was filled with racism, and values that were a messed up. Several of the points of view were also very controversial. In the movie several people did things that they thought they would never do, but because of anger and not thinking clearly they did. Higgins is wanting to tell everyone, or help people realize what is the problems and why, before they do anything, or repeating one of the points of view, lifestyles, values etc. Even though this movie was hard, we can take something out of it in reference to God. God loves each and every one of us, and he has made each and everyone o us equal no matter what race they are. Also towards the end of the movie there is a scene towards the end of the movie, where snow is falling down. To me this symbolized how Christ came to give each and every one of us unconditional Grace. This could be represented by the snow that fell. Which represents, God’s Grace that falls and comes down on every one of us not matter what has happened, he still will shower you with grace. In this movie if they had all followed the golden rule they would not have suffered as they did. As I said before this was a very hard movie to watch but it was very thought provoking.
Crash Review
Crash was written and directed by Paul Haggis. The film was released through Lions Gate in 2004 and won an Academy Award for Best Picture.
The creative techniques of this film were that they made it Pulp Fiction style (multiple people in different situations) and the constant foreshadowing and suspense and twists. Both made the film enthralling and kept me interested. For example, when Don Cheadle's mom says to tell the brother to come home, then Cheadle finds a dead black guy and it turns out to be his brother. Or when the black woman is violated by the policeman, and then the policeman gets a call about a car flipped over and leaking gas, and then it turns out to be the same woman and they finally put that behind them and get her out of the car before it explodes.
The audience was meant for adults, what with all the language and brief nudity. But I think it was made to make you think. Especially about what you say and how you perceive things based on race and bias.
Crash was all about racism and stereotypes. It was showing how people of all races treat each other. For example, an Asian woman rear-ends a Latina. When talking to the police, the Latina even says, "could you put in your report how shocked I am at the race of the woman who rear-ended me?" And in another scene, a thief played by Ludacris talks about how even when white people see a black man that doesn't look threatening or like a gang bangers, white people look away and hold tighter to loved ones. Of course, they prove the stereotype true by robbing a white couple for their Lincoln Navigator. Or when a white off-duty cop gives a black guy a ride, and the black guy sees a religious symbol on the dash and the black guy reaches for his pocket and the white man says quite snappy, "what are you reaching for?!" The black guy shouts, "you want to see what's in my pocket?!" and the white guy, freaking out, pulls his gun and fires, only to see that in the black man's dead cold hand was the same religious symbol. It was hard to watch at times to see basically how we are as a sinful people and how we treat people who are different from us.
I personally think the purpose of this message is to show how rampant and ruthless racism is. Though slavery and such has been abolished, there's still hatred among every race towards another. It needs to be addressed or we're going to destroy each other.
God wasn't too big of a part of this film, though the scene where the Persian man comes to shoot the locksmith really caught my eye. Previously, the locksmith had given his five-year-old daughter an imaginary unpenitrable cloak, and when the Persian man pulls a gun on the locksmith, the daughter runs out to her father and leaps into his arms. At that instant, the Persian man pulls the trigger, and the locksmith, thinking his daughter has been shot, screams out in agony. the man with the gun goes into a miniature shock thinking he's killed a little girl. After a few seconds, the daughter says, "It's okay, Daddy. I'm wearing the cloak." Upon hearing that, the locksmith checks the girl for a wound, finding nothing. Neither he nor the man with the gun can believe it. Later on, the man with the gun is sitting in his store when his daughter comes in. He tells her the whole story and claims it to be a miracle. The daughter expresses somewhat happy feelings and takes the gun away and puts it back in the drawer. When doing this, the camera shows the ammunition and reveals that all along she had bought her father blanks. That made me laugh. It was funny how though God didn't directly deflect the bullet, he kind of worked through the daughter to know her father and buy blanks.
Overall, Crash was a very powerful and meaningful movie. I recommend it.
-Andrew Cortez
The creative techniques of this film were that they made it Pulp Fiction style (multiple people in different situations) and the constant foreshadowing and suspense and twists. Both made the film enthralling and kept me interested. For example, when Don Cheadle's mom says to tell the brother to come home, then Cheadle finds a dead black guy and it turns out to be his brother. Or when the black woman is violated by the policeman, and then the policeman gets a call about a car flipped over and leaking gas, and then it turns out to be the same woman and they finally put that behind them and get her out of the car before it explodes.
The audience was meant for adults, what with all the language and brief nudity. But I think it was made to make you think. Especially about what you say and how you perceive things based on race and bias.
Crash was all about racism and stereotypes. It was showing how people of all races treat each other. For example, an Asian woman rear-ends a Latina. When talking to the police, the Latina even says, "could you put in your report how shocked I am at the race of the woman who rear-ended me?" And in another scene, a thief played by Ludacris talks about how even when white people see a black man that doesn't look threatening or like a gang bangers, white people look away and hold tighter to loved ones. Of course, they prove the stereotype true by robbing a white couple for their Lincoln Navigator. Or when a white off-duty cop gives a black guy a ride, and the black guy sees a religious symbol on the dash and the black guy reaches for his pocket and the white man says quite snappy, "what are you reaching for?!" The black guy shouts, "you want to see what's in my pocket?!" and the white guy, freaking out, pulls his gun and fires, only to see that in the black man's dead cold hand was the same religious symbol. It was hard to watch at times to see basically how we are as a sinful people and how we treat people who are different from us.
I personally think the purpose of this message is to show how rampant and ruthless racism is. Though slavery and such has been abolished, there's still hatred among every race towards another. It needs to be addressed or we're going to destroy each other.
God wasn't too big of a part of this film, though the scene where the Persian man comes to shoot the locksmith really caught my eye. Previously, the locksmith had given his five-year-old daughter an imaginary unpenitrable cloak, and when the Persian man pulls a gun on the locksmith, the daughter runs out to her father and leaps into his arms. At that instant, the Persian man pulls the trigger, and the locksmith, thinking his daughter has been shot, screams out in agony. the man with the gun goes into a miniature shock thinking he's killed a little girl. After a few seconds, the daughter says, "It's okay, Daddy. I'm wearing the cloak." Upon hearing that, the locksmith checks the girl for a wound, finding nothing. Neither he nor the man with the gun can believe it. Later on, the man with the gun is sitting in his store when his daughter comes in. He tells her the whole story and claims it to be a miracle. The daughter expresses somewhat happy feelings and takes the gun away and puts it back in the drawer. When doing this, the camera shows the ammunition and reveals that all along she had bought her father blanks. That made me laugh. It was funny how though God didn't directly deflect the bullet, he kind of worked through the daughter to know her father and buy blanks.
Overall, Crash was a very powerful and meaningful movie. I recommend it.
-Andrew Cortez
Crash Overview
Crash was produced and directed by Paul Higgins. The use of suspense in this movie was a very captivating technique. It kept me on the edge of my seat for the duration of the film. Also present was the integration of foreshadowing as means to engage the viewer. The foreshadowing, coupled with suspense, was an extremely successful technique attracting the audience’s attention.
Due to the obvious ethnic diversity manifested in crash, there inevitably exists many different perceptions as to the central meaning of the movie. For example, an Asian might consider the harsh portrayal of illegal Chinese immigrants in the film as offensive; a Hispanic might wonder why they weren’t better represented throughout the film; and an indifferent European might wonder what this movie has to do with him. Also, a person that harbors racial prejudices is probably less likely to accept or understand the key concepts behind Crash. Conversely, if an equal right supporter was to watch Crash, it’s very likely that he would praise Crash’s ideals to the extreme.
Crash is the result of many different values, point of views, and lifestyles colliding and interweaving. Lifestyles distinct to certain races are evident, such as the Caucasians being affluent, and the minorities being less fortunate.
Crash’s message is being sent because many people today fail to realize that racism and ethnic tensions still exist in twenty-first century America. Crash demonstrates the many ways that racial prejudice manifests itself in our times. For example, it portrays the feelings of some American’s animosity towards Arabs in post 9-11 America.
Perhaps Crash shows how everyone is the world is connected by some binding spiritual force, and what we do unto others will determine how they spread that good vibe. Crash demonstrates the futility of going against God’s will and failing to love your neighbor, colored or not.
Michael Aguilar
UNST: The Gospel According to Wall-E
Pastor Sam
Due to the obvious ethnic diversity manifested in crash, there inevitably exists many different perceptions as to the central meaning of the movie. For example, an Asian might consider the harsh portrayal of illegal Chinese immigrants in the film as offensive; a Hispanic might wonder why they weren’t better represented throughout the film; and an indifferent European might wonder what this movie has to do with him. Also, a person that harbors racial prejudices is probably less likely to accept or understand the key concepts behind Crash. Conversely, if an equal right supporter was to watch Crash, it’s very likely that he would praise Crash’s ideals to the extreme.
Crash is the result of many different values, point of views, and lifestyles colliding and interweaving. Lifestyles distinct to certain races are evident, such as the Caucasians being affluent, and the minorities being less fortunate.
Crash’s message is being sent because many people today fail to realize that racism and ethnic tensions still exist in twenty-first century America. Crash demonstrates the many ways that racial prejudice manifests itself in our times. For example, it portrays the feelings of some American’s animosity towards Arabs in post 9-11 America.
Perhaps Crash shows how everyone is the world is connected by some binding spiritual force, and what we do unto others will determine how they spread that good vibe. Crash demonstrates the futility of going against God’s will and failing to love your neighbor, colored or not.
Michael Aguilar
UNST: The Gospel According to Wall-E
Pastor Sam
Monday, October 12, 2009
The movie Crash was produced by Lions Gate and also produced by Paul Haggis. This movie was definitely not your regular run of the mill story with the happily ever after ending. I’m not sure what category to but this film under because it fits so many different ones. It shows family loyalty, crime, racism, theft, all the things people usually don’t consider to be good things. It also hits home with a lot of people, the things in this movie are real and true and sometimes hard to watch. This is certainly not a children’s movie, it is directed I think to relay a message to us as Americans how horrible our lives are today and how much little things that impact us can change our lives forever. This movie shows in numerous ways how racism is portrayed in
Stephanie Lamp
October 12th 2009
UNST WALL-E
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Gospel According to WALL-E: Crash
"It's the sense of touch. In any real city, you walk, you know? You brush past people and people bump into you. In LA, nobody touches you. We're always behind this metal and glass. I think that we miss this touch so much, that we crash into each other, just so we can feel something."--Det. Graham Waters.
Crash is, quite possibly, one of the most powerful movies I've ever seen. Paul Haggis is the screenwriting mastermind behind this film. He successfully managed to have one main story, and at the same time, integrate several other stories into the main one. The whole context of Crash is the theme of racial intolerance between different racial groups/ethnicities.
While the movie itself has very little "comedy," the irony of the movie is what provides some random chuckles. The most ironic part to me was, in the beginning of the movie, when Ludacris' character and his friend are walking down the street, and he's grumbling and complaining about having to wait over an hour for a plate of spaghetti and even gets offended when Sandra Bullock's character cuddles closer to her husband when she's walking past them. Then what does he do? He goes and car jacks them, fitting into the "African-American male" stereotype.
This movie's purpose is quite clear. Paul Haggis, writing mastermind, wanted to send a message to today's society, informing us about how intolerant we are of each other culturally and ethnically. His other message is that, not only are we intolerant of each other's backgrounds, but we also often judge other people before really getting to know them. We only see people and judge them on their outward appearance, instead of taking the time to really get to know and understand them for the people that they are.
Spirituality plays a subtle role in this film. At first glance, the spiritual implications seem to be the Golden Rule; treat others as you want to be treated. Don't stereotype people, otherwise you, yourself, will become a victim of stereotyping. But upon further review, the spiritual message is that sometimes the person that you hate the most, is the person that saves you. God/Jesus are often viewed in ways that are less than positive, but when it all comes down to it, they're the ones that are going to sacrifice themselves and cut our seatbelt so that we don't get blown up after our accidents in life. Jesus can also be represented by the little girl who ran out to protect her Daddy from the possibility of him getting shot. She was scared because her Daddy didn't have the "invisibility cloak" to keep him from getting shot. Without hesitation, she bolted out into the street to save him, just like Jesus bolts out of no where to shield us.
Watching this movie really opened my eyes and gave me a greater appreciation for the little things in life and reminded me that everyone deserves a chance to prove themselves.
Brenda Schaffner
Pastor Sam
UNST 101: The Gospel According to WALL-E: Crash
14 October 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Shiva and Danielle's Review on Wall-E
So the video won't load onto here, so here's the link to the one on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybd9w1r0cPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybd9w1r0cPw
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Lloyd Pressley
923934
Assignment #1
Wall-E Review
Andrew Stanton is the director of the movie Wall-E. Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton are the writers of the film. The creative techniques that are used to attract my attention were the way that the directors did not use speaking until later in movie, how trash and pollution was all over the Earth,and how the universe is really ridiculed. Different people might understand this movie differently from me because before actually watching the movie I prepared myself to take notes on relating it to the gospel. Most other people see it as a childrens movie, or a movie that sends a message that technology can take over, and make people lose sight in the beauty of nature. All in all I saw the message clearly and am now applying it to my everyday life. It really opens your vision to reality. The lifestyles presented in this movie were that there was a technological environment that was polluted along with the population of fat, lazy people. There was also no care in the society from any human being. This message is being sent to show us the importance of nature and it’s true beauty. It also showed how technology shouldn’t always be the main focus in todays world. The world and it’s nature will make a drastic change over the advancement in technology. After watching Wall-E what came to my mind is the levels of magnitude between God and Satan. In a world there will always be the positives and negatives but with hope and faith God will help you get through it.
923934
Assignment #1
Wall-E Review
Andrew Stanton is the director of the movie Wall-E. Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton are the writers of the film. The creative techniques that are used to attract my attention were the way that the directors did not use speaking until later in movie, how trash and pollution was all over the Earth,and how the universe is really ridiculed. Different people might understand this movie differently from me because before actually watching the movie I prepared myself to take notes on relating it to the gospel. Most other people see it as a childrens movie, or a movie that sends a message that technology can take over, and make people lose sight in the beauty of nature. All in all I saw the message clearly and am now applying it to my everyday life. It really opens your vision to reality. The lifestyles presented in this movie were that there was a technological environment that was polluted along with the population of fat, lazy people. There was also no care in the society from any human being. This message is being sent to show us the importance of nature and it’s true beauty. It also showed how technology shouldn’t always be the main focus in todays world. The world and it’s nature will make a drastic change over the advancement in technology. After watching Wall-E what came to my mind is the levels of magnitude between God and Satan. In a world there will always be the positives and negatives but with hope and faith God will help you get through it.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wall-E
Adriana Noland
922726
Assignment #1
Wall-E Review
Wall-E was directed by Andrew Stanton and produced by Jim Morris. The actual plot and story was written by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Jim Reardon.
When I first saw the preview for this movie, right off the back I was drawn in by the cute and funny things that happened to Wall-E. I also was drawn in by the potential romantic relationship between two robots! That seemed very amusing. Pixar has evolved and even their little short movies in the beginning have just gotten better and funnier. Some creative techniques they used was definetly the awesome animation that automatically attracts kids and families. For me personally, if a preview can make me laugh and want more, they have done their job correctly!
People could take this movie a few different ways. I took it as kinda like a kiddie but also fun for older people kind of film, didn't really think to deep about it. Christian people could always take it and try and find God in it somehow. In a way this film made me think of God as Wall-E the robot and how he saved human kind from themselves and the evil controlling robots that represented us. What I thought was really funny, was how they portrayed the humans, I mean that IS us in 30 years! Who knows? But it felt like it was pointing out our flaws about how easily manipulated we are, and how selfish and conceited we are.
Although, this movie was made to make us laugh, I really think that it was also made to make us feel uncomfortable. Uncomfortable with the way we live our lives, are we even doing anything with these 'so called' lives? This film does say something about God, It actually points out (at least to me) how much we need him to help us out of the hole we dug for ourselves!
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