Movie Review

The movie I’ll be reviewing for you is Disney’s Prince of Persia. This movie is based off a very popular video game. This movie is of the action/suspense genre. But this movie has a hint of fantasy in it. The Prince of Persia shares the same characteristics of other movies of this genre. It has the hero not knowing his destiny to the end of the movie. It has the damsel that helps the hero become the savior of the day. The hero and the damsel share a mutual attraction to each other, but not at first it grows through the movie. It also has the villain that is in a position of power. Some characteristics of the plot line that are common in this genre are the hero having to fight at pretty much every turn of the story. The hero trying to figure out who the villain is while trying not to get hurt or get the damsel hurt in the process. Also the hero is trying to find himself and the hero that is within. In every movie of this genre it has a twist that you really didn’t see coming. In this movie the hero would be Prince Danstan. He is reluctant to face the truth and become a hero. The Princess of Almut would be the damsel that gives the Prince grief at first but quickly realizes his destiny. Now she kind of has to push him in the right direction in order for him to save the world. The villain is the Prince’s uncle, who wants to be king and turns everyone against Danstan. The twist in this movie comes when the Prince has to prove everything to his brother.

                In conjunction with the story line this movie uses modern technology to assist in the action sequences. It uses digital graphics for back ground, landscapes and key elements pertinent to the story line. These graphics were used to make the Persian and Almut kingdoms. Also they are used for when the Prince reverses time which is quite interesting. In comparison to other movies of this genre, it competes very well. Take the movie Troy it uses the graphics for the landscapes and key action scenes. The story lines aren’t exact but they have the same base root for the plot. Both have a lot of action and suspense, the hero/damsel relationship, and the villain in high power. In Troy Achillies is the hero who is finding himself. The priestess is the damsel who pushes him to do the right thing. The villain would be King Agamemom who is trying to take over Troy. The big difference is at the end of Troy Achillies dies saving the woman he loves.

                I thought this was a very good movie. It didn’t follow the story line of the game exactly. But I felt it was a well developed movie all around. It had a complete story line but I felt it could have been a little more defined. It had plenty of action for the action lovers. It had just enough suspense to present a hint of mystique. It has the graphics and digital enhancing to make the landscapes more believable. These graphics also made the action scenes more suspenseful. These action scenes show some amazing acrobatics where Prince Danstan is jumping and doing death defying leaps. The Prince of Persia might not be for everyone because it does use the element of fantasy. But this is a movie I would recommend for people to watch. If you are an avid movie collector, this would make an excellent contribution to your collection.

Many Faces

Does anyone ever feel like you have a split personality? Not the mental illness, but divide in your mind to kind of keep things in perspective. Think about it, do you speak or act the same way to your co-workers as you do to your brother or sister. When we move to and from the different parts of our lives we change our proverbial faces and attitudes. When you go to work, you put your work face and attitude on. This face is all business. You speak to your fellow employees and boss a certain way. When you talk with family, friends, or significant other you wear different types of faces. You speak and act totally different with each one of these groups of people. With your girlfriend you speak and act a little more gentile than you do with your best friend. I believe we all for the most part do this to keep the different parts of our lives from intertwining. For instance we all try to keep the stress from work from leaking into our personal life. I know there are some people who let different areas of there lives flow together. These people don’t know how to check personal at the door when they come to work and vise verse when they go home. They take their personal lives out on people at work and work out on their loved ones. You have to consciously shift your different faces. I’m constantly juggling my shifts between work, school and girlfriend. Sometimes by doing this I feel like I am going to go crazy. But by doing this it keeps people around you content with your attitude. But sometimes and we all have done it, we slip up and allow the stress from one part of our lives affect another part. I guess it’s kind of human nature sometimes to do this. For the most part we chuck it all up as venting. Personally I wish we didn’t change our faces, to be one person all through the day.

Lost Fatherhood

I was 21 when my son was born on February 23, 2004. I was in Seychelles (little island down by the horn of Africa) when I got the message through Red Cross. I spent three more months at sea before meeting my son for the first time. I'm 27 and my son is 6 and I haven't seen him in five years. My ex-wife disappeared over state lines with him just to hurt me. After searching for her for the past five years she has now came out of hiding to try to collect child support. The courts told me I have to pay all the back due money owed. I don’t feel justice was served here, but I’ll pay rather than lose my freedom. I have been researching child custody and child abduction laws with little success. I had to research laws from three different states, each which says they don't have jurisdiction over the case. Which is kind of confusing that no state has direct reign over the case? I have learned that this exact thing happened to a Michigan Representative. His back due is obviously quite a bit more than mine. He is trying to get some of the state and federal laws changed on support and child custody. Hopefully, he makes some major progress. There are many groups that are activists for fathers who have had this happen to them. They work tirelessly to help the men robbed of their rights to be a father. They help with paying for lawyers and getting visitation for the father. Anyone that this has happened to don’t really get have the joys of fatherhood. They don’t get to hear their child say play with me daddy. It’s a quite painful experience for any man or woman to endure. In personal opinion there should have already been laws in place incase of something like this. I am going to fight for some sort of custody. At the end no matter how it ends I will say Que Sera Sera (what will be will be).