What i think of America?

Well! When someone says "America" - i am at once thinking of the US and their flag and eagle dominating the world allthough they have a lots of different land shapes and most of the country is a beautiful place as the Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon. But the US citizens love their country, but hate their politicians. Its a weird place and sometimes they believe that United States of America is an own planet.

So what is so very wrong with this amazing country? Here is some of my reasons

1 - The 2. amendment in their constitution says that everyone is allowed to wear arms, and even after all the tragedies like school shootings etc.

2 - They reelected the most retarded president twice Mr. now expresident George Bush. About they stupidest bastard ever to take charge of a country! This is what happens if you give democracy to idiots! In my opinion Nicki Minaj could have done a better job. 

3 - They believe that they are the police of the world

4 - They know nothing of a world outside their own borders. 90% can’t find Iraq on a World Map. Even whole Southerners who are supporting the war against Iraq are just som redneck who only care about guns, power and Nascar. 

5 - Their intelligence is very discussable 

6 - They claim to have "saved our ass" in two World Wars. Before anyone tries to claim this:

World War 1: they gave us almost no help, and only joined when the Germans sank many of their ships and tried to make the Mexicans to invade Texas

World War 2: they refused to join, left us to deal with Hitler and his army of "übermensch", and gave us no help. They sold us help though, but that wrecked our economy after the war, which is why we’re no longer a superpower. Then they joined the war because Japan attacked Hawaii and Germany declared war on them.

7 - Today they produce a lots of movies that makes no sense at all, but there is some exceptions.

8 - American beer tastes like sawdust infected by hermits and you have to be 21 to by that shit anyway.

9 - Considering they’re the richest country in the world, 1/3 of the US citizens are living under what the UN call the "poverty line" what is 1 dollar a day. 

10 -  They killed the only good president they ever had - JFK.

But "Why so serious?" (Quoting the Joker from Cristopher Nolan's masterpeace The Batman Trilogy) 

                           

                                The Joker played by Heath Ledger

Let's not forget that there is a lot of great things that had come out of the US:

We hafe some great musicians like The Doors, Nivana, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam and so on. And after that we've got movies we have some great movie directors like George Lucas, Christoffer Nolan, Steven Spielberg, J.J Abrams - the creator of Star Wars, Batman and Transformers, ET and the beloved Star Trek. And after all these we have another great director: 

Well, now it's hard to pull out good things about the US when I am so critical to the whole US. But I hate that they refers them self as "Americans" and then refering to Mexican citizens as as "Mexicans" - why so? They are also living on the American continent, so why aren't they called americans? 

I want to visit the US, but only for tour with my band, or to costumize a guitar. 

Hope you enjoy this, if not. Get lost!

May the force be with you! 

-Spock-

Source: 

- http://www.jerkmagazine.net/columns/web-exclusives/why-the-rest-of-the-world-hates-america.html

- www.starwars.com 

Movie analysis of 8 mile

Introduction 

The title of the movie is "8 mile" and it's made in 2002 in Detroit in USA. The name of the editor is Curtis Hanson and he is also known for "Wonder Boys" (2000) and "In her shoes" (2005). I belive this movies genre is Drama and Music. In the movie we find much drama around the main character Eminem or "B'rabbit". He is fighting, and having complicated relationships with different women.

Plot

The movie "8 mile" is about the lower class in Detroit and all the scenes are filmed in and around the great industrial city.And if we put this move in a timeline we look back to the late 90's while the Hip-Hop environments was in a early phase and still was a part of the gang and gangster environments. 

The plot of the movie: In the movie we learn to know the hip-hop artist Eminem and what he did in he's early young-adult life. When i worked at a factory while he was struggling with his old girlfriend, he's mom and sister and he's economics. He's street name then was B'rabbit and he was part of a litle group called "three-o-three". B'rabbit is a most skilled rapper and a good batlerapper. Encouraged by he's friend who makes him go batlerapping after he had lost a couple of battles at the end he wins. And that's the start of Eminems career. 

The movie is chronological and we don't find any flashback to the past. Eminem is refers to the past at some point when he broke up with his last girlfriend, but that is all. The action of the movie is just in and around B'rabbit. With that I mean that there is no parallel actions trough the movie, but only around Jimmy and he's little part of the world.

In the movie we don't fin any special symbols, only symbols made by the different gangs in the lower-class part of Detroit. Like the little rabbit sign Eminem does with his hand over his head etc.

Characters 

Well! First of course we got the main person Jimmy "B'rabbit" Smith or as we know him today Marshall Mathers or Eminem is the main character in this film about Eminem before he "broke the ice" and became famous for his singing or rapping to be more precise. Next important person is David "Future" Porter (Mekhi Pihfer) who was an important supporter and friend of B'rabbit. He encouraged Eminem to preform in battle and helped him getting into a recording studio so he could record his songs. And then we have "Alex" (Brithany Myrphy)who met B'rabbit outside the car bodywork factory, and after started a mixed feelings relationship with Eminem. And so we had "Cheddar Bob" (Evan Jones) who is and person who stands close to Eminem and is very effected by earlier and still going drug abuse. Eminems mother "Sthepanie Smith" (Kim Basinger) is living in a trailer in a trailer park with Jimmy's youngest sister "Lily" played by Chole Greenfield.
The relationship between these persons are very strong, but as all other friends and families they have their problems and their argues, but in the movie we can see how attached they are to each other. And trough the movie we can see how friends and family effects Jimmy to get back on his feet so he can start doing what he's good at: singing. 

Act

First act

The first view of our main character B'rabbit it's on a public toilet where he is standing in the mirror and preparing himself to the battle, we see a closeup of his face in the mirror when he is trowing water in it and look into his own eyes. And suddenly her turns around and vomit in the toilet.

The mood of this act is telling the viewers that the confidence is not where Jimmy wants it to be,  because he is more nervous than self confident. And the tension rises in anticipation of the next act. 

The conflict here is in B'rabbits head when he is preparing mentally for the battle rap. So we learn to know Eminem in the first start of the movie, and so on we say "hello" to "Future" who is a great friend of B'rabbit and the leader of the battle competitions in the battle rap environment .

Second act

In the next act we find Eminem at stage battling someone from the free world. And when it's he's turn to start he "chokes" and runs of stage while he is being laugh of. This is when a chain-reaction starts. He is now known as the man who choked and the word is on the street. And he's ex-girlfriend is laughing of him, and "the free world" is doing what they can to pull him down mentally, but Future and "three-o-three" is doing what they can to pull him to the top. And in all this B'rabbit is having his own problems at home with his mother and sister, and all this becomes an internal conflict. 

At one point in the movie there is a moment where it seems like there is no point of return, when Jimmy is at the bottom and argues with "Future" and ask him leave and never talk to him again.

It is at the end before the final battle the tension is at the top because we all want B'rabbit to win, but know that the competition is hard, but as in almost every other movie we know that there is always a happy ending...

Third act

At the end we find our main character on stage facing "Lil Tic'" (Proof) i the final battle. It's here we find the turn point of the movie when instead of only rapping shit to Lil Tic' he is using almost every fact about him selves that Lil Tic' can use to develop lines to use against B'rabbit. So he chokes, and leaves the stage i frustration of his gang "The Free World". 

This is the end, and the rest of the story i believe everyone who is born between 1994 and 2000 should know that Eminen is world famous by his music, so i believe everyone knows the rest of the story after his victory over Lil Tic'.

Editing

The entire film is shot in a normal perspective or seen from the eyes of the main character so they can reach the viewers without saying anything, because just by using the angles we know what the main characters opinion of the actions. So there is many closeups and focusing on the eyes etc.  
The handling of the cameras i basic. The camera is most of the time standing on a rail for smother motions. The movie is cut between the different actions of Eminem, for almost in every scene we see Eminem and trough the movie there is alternating between long and short scenes and there is no use at all of slow motion pictures. The editor gives us an basic outside view without any "fuzz". Just a basic angle, but enough for the viewer to get close to the main character.

The use of colors and staging

The movie is in standard colors, but the colors that are used for the most in the movie is dark and cold colors. The dark and cold colors i believe shows us the depression and frustration seen trough Marshall Mathers eyes. An example is that it's almost dark and gray, and no shadows from daylight, only at night when the streetlights are on. And where it is lights it's reflected by dark walls or small hall's that makes the lights dim.

So the use of colors has an immersive effect on people who has watched or are watching this movie. ¨
And their clothes are old, and not very fashion conscious, or as I would call it "hip-hop" or "gangster" fashion. But also the clothes they are wearing is maybe all they got of clothes, because their living and economic conditions does effect what they need to prioritize.
And we definitely understands what age Jimmy lived in when he is driving around in a car from the late 70's full of rust.  

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Sound and music

The music used in this movie is most of Eminems music and his main song "Lose Yourself", and there is also used many hip-hop beats trough out the movie. There is used little of sound effects in the movie, because we are trying to get to how it is being B'rabbit. So in the movie we find much talking between the different individuals in the movie. 

Conclusion

The title: 8 mile is a road that separates the middle class from the lower class in Detroit. And B'rabbit is effected by how hard it is to make it over 8 mile from the lower class to the middle class, because it's a hard competition. And i believe it is this challenge the editor wants to show us, but at the same just shows us Jimmy's first step over the road.

The cinematic means i find most based on mental power. It's a lots of things going on at the same time and trough the movie we find a lots of fighting and threats. And with that the movie is full of conflicts between for an example "The Free World" and "Three-O-Three", or between B'rabbit and his mothers boyfriend Greg (Michael Shannon). In between all this we find a lots of psychological factors that reach the viewers, so i believe that the movie is achieving the point.

And i like the movie, just because it's simple, strait forward, no special effects or film tricks. Just a depiction of a small part of a great artist's life. Iv'e seen the movie a couple of times and i feel like i know Eminen/Jimmy/B'rabbit for every time i see the movie. There is always something new to find about the little great man with dirty tattered sweater and a great anger or mental problem, but this is just how he is. 

5/6

Lizard

The Midwest

The Midwest is one of four geografic parts of US and the region consists of 12 different states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. 

In the Midwest we can find big mountains and great canyons and citys with millions of people. The Midwest has much great fishing and hunting sites. 

US - wars - Star Wars

Hello!

We are all on a rock floating throught space; and we are not allowed to drink whatever we want.

United States of America or the USA is a great country on the other side of the Atlantic ocian. And we could not have been any more thankful for that. Almost every naightbour of the US har been involved in wars with the US. And almost every other country who has not been a "suporter" of the united states.

Some positive things about the US are hard to find, but here is one. The people who created LucasArts is in some way engineers, and in someone who has just one thing on their mind; money. The people who created the movies we all love, promised the world seven movie of the Star Wars saga, but when George Lucas stated that he will not make more movies, the hope disappeared for all the fans all over the world...



But not any more! Lucas sold he's artwork to Disney, and we are promised more movies in the year of 2015!

May your trip on this rock we all share be as comfortable as the love for a passion!

MTFBWY