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i enjoyed this course a lot, the movies were interested.  I favored some rather than others and connected with many of them on some level.  It was nice learning new terms regarding film and noticing that Directors have a hard and challenging job in getting their point across when it comes to political influential films.  It must be hard not to be repetitive when films before them have covered the same points and objectives.  I appreciated the comments and view points each student had and the light debates regarding gender, sexuality or parental responsibility regarding the films.

This was my favorite movie of the whole class, i loved every part of it.  one of the funniest parts in my opinion was when Shaun and his mother went to the store to by him a new shoe.  They were waiting for the lady to return with his size and she was  apparently taking a long time, he said something like “why is she taking so long” and when she came out he said to his mother “oh, there she is, that was quick, not bad timing at all” or something of that nature.  It was hilarious, he was just so excited to get those boots.  the one thing that made my stomach turn was the relationship between Shaun and Smiley it was absolutely disturbing and disgusting.

I absolutely loved this movie, i laughed, i cried and at times was very angry.  The relationship between Billy and his grandmother was a relate able one and this made the fathers sternness not as horrible.  I loved how she would stand up for Billy when he was having the argument of dancing with his father in the beginning of the movie.  concerning his preference in a love, I do believe he was straight and not gay at all.  this is the horrible perception that many get when they see and guys perusing careers that may be more feminine to society such as a nurse or hey, a dancer.

This movie was very sad with a bit of hope in it.  All the characters at one point i must say made me laugh.  the part of the movie that was puzzling to me was when the girls baby died, it seemed as though there were no consequences to her actions at all.  they never really spoke of it.  At certain parts of the movie i loved Begbie for his straight out honesty and crazy lifestyle, but when he blew the smoke in Rents face I wanted him dead. I was so happy that he took the money and then left some to Spud.  I like the way the movie ended, just wished that Tommy didn’t have to die.

I had a different outlook to this movie than others in the class.  The first thing that I noticed is that the part of the film where the chase is happening everyone thought that Jody said “you wouldn’t shoot your brother in the back” but in actuality he said “you wouldn’t shoot a brother in the back”  and this takes the statement into a whole other direction that was pointed out in class.  In my opinion it was not a statement showing the brotherly bond between the two(countries) rather it was a simply racial advantage statement Jody used in order to escape.