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Date: 2005-11-27 12:39:43

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Ok, I was unfortunate enough to get a viewing of thise 35 car socio-emotional pileup on the highway of hopelesness last week on DVD. Though not even paying full on attention to it I spotted several unique things. For purposes of entertainment I will review this movie from two distinctlydifferent stand points.

First from that of a right thinking human being:

This movie is dangerous. Actually the movie isnt, the concepts depicted in it are. Its living proof that several things are happening. First off, our generation (im 25), is being slowly discovered as a mindless, easily manipulated gaggle of sheep, in desparate search of real meaning that they essentially painted a huge target on themselves. Targets for people like the producers of this movie to fire salvos of brain mending new age drivel at. Why? Because hey, even if i dont understand it, or agree with it, I can really get into it cuz' its trendy and it will make me so unique, just like everyone else. It also goes to show how many members of said generation are turning into mental and emotional accident scenes. The idea of creating ones own reality and much of the other stuff they preach in this Info-Propaganda-Mercial is litereally insane. But since the clever venue of "indie" film was selected to display it..they know damn well many will not question it cuz of the trendyness of it all. And they also know that since they picked an artistic venue such as indie films..that anyone that does question it will be labeled as a closed minded conformist. How convienient. Looking at life according to them will in fact lead you to living in a basment apartment in a low income neighiborhood because youre so called progressive ideas fit in as well with normal society (and i use normal sparingly here), about as well as an elephant through the cat door. Though as long as there are incense burning, yoga doing, tatoo getting, super spiritual head cases floating around amongst us, this WILL have an audience. Its also a great microchasam of how both religion and sicligion (science/relgigion hybrid) work. Be it conventional religion, or this crap, someone is getting wealthy off it. Regardless of its the billions a year bigger organized religions take in, or the few million this takes in..someone is getting rich. Religion is not started or created if there is no financial benifit or geographic benifit in the way of land or SOME benifit to the person who starts it. I dare anyone to dispute that. Religion is the ultimate as far as packaging, marketing, and selling NOTHING!. There is no overhead, there is no cost...its just sold processed prefabricated bullshit to control minds and wallets. This is no different. It just happens to be new and trendy. If i really sat down and put my mind to it I could start a cult in about 20 minutes. Demographic? Just get mailing lists from yoga studios, holistic care centers, hiking clubs, womens groups, male group therapy centers, and throw in the list of people on wellfare too. Make up a bunch of shit they dont understand and couldnt comprehend on their best day, and then offer hope by telling them they can create their own happiness. Ill even toss in a trip to the burning man crap out in the desert. Presto. Instant cult. These are all people desparate for hope and meaning and who are generally unhappy and are either too lazy, or too guilty to do anything that they would profit from. But...they will gladly throw what little money they have at an abstract idea that just might pay off. Wow..what a novel idea. Cuz you know this has never been done before.

Now then, from a business standpoint..its absoloutly brilliant.

Who wouldnt have guessed that by knitting togother a bunch of loosley concocted scientific facts, along with some really new age trendy drivel you couldnt scorew a few bucks out of the weak minded. Bank rolled by a cult leader who has apparently become the incarnation of a 35000 year old creation? BRILLIANT. Lets just market stuff that we cant disprove to an audience that is desparate for stuff that cant be disproved. Sold!

For those of you that do like this movie I thank you...you are proof that there will always be an ass for every seat and will make people like me a ton of money by opening your minds just far enough to get robbed and smile about it...