Goodbye Lenin

This is a rather personal post for me. The Foreign Films Club watched this film last year and I just finished watching it again in my International Films class. This time it was a little more poignant for me. It was the first time I've ever broken down and cried in class. Luckily the room was dark and I'm quiet. When I watched it this time it just hit me. The guy is desperately trying to keep his mother alive, not only because he loves her, but because he feels responsible for her condition. I can relate to that.
I also knew that it was coming at the begining of the movie and was able to appreciate their relationship more.

Strange Planet and ...ummm....the other one

The '70s music was much better than the '80s music.
There was an incredible amount of boobage in these two films. It was completely gratuitous too. I don't think that these films were really intended for children. They both had their really funny moments though and I think that they had some really interesting and beautiful scenes.
Strange Planet brings up a really interesting question though. Are humans clever because we are raised to be clever or because we are genetically predisposed to be clever? Actually a more interesting question is whether or not we are treating some intellegent species the way that the Oms were treated in the film.