considered Keanu Reeves a gifted and talented person. He revealed in an interview with Details Magazine that not only has he read all of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, but a litany of other works including The Count of Monte Christo, The Lord of the Rings, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Idiot, Notes from Underground, The Brothers Karamazov, and In Search of Lost Time by Proust. One of the characteristic of gifted and talented students is the special skill to dominated musical instruments (Cross, 1993). Keanu is a musician. He plays bass in the alternative rock band Dogstar, which was mostly active between the mid 1990's and early 2000's. Then, he felt an identity crisis when he turned 40 after all the things…
Somehow I find pure joy in watching two men or women display their superior ass kicking skills on one another. So much so that I endure movies with painfully corny and cliché story lines, all to watch Keanu Reeves in a well tailored suit show off his impressive mixed martial art abilities and military grade handling of assault rifles (John Wick). What the movie lacks in its plot more than graciously substitutes in for its incredibly stylish persona of John Wick, as well as a more than healthy…
something seems right doesn’t mean it is. A technical genius is expected to turn up to an interview in a suit, but real technical geniuses turn up looking like overworked hobos or World Of Warcraft veteran players. Is turning up in a $2000 suit going to get you a management job? Is turning up in a suit going to help you get a job as a wildlife vet? There are no right or wrong answers to these questions, but have you considered going against your intuitive answers? What about your attitude? The…
1. What is the name of the movie? To the Bone is a somewhat recent Netflix drama, written and directed by Marti Noxon, tells a tale about a 20 year-old girl named Ellen who is battling a chronic case of anorexia. Ellen has been in and out of hospital treatments and in-patient facilities, but still struggles with her obsession of staying thin. This is all of course before Ellen is admitted into a world-renowned doctor’s group home, where Ellen is joined by six other individuals battling…
The Matrix, on the other hand, is more than just a thought experiment. It is a narrative that is judged aesthetically, and as such its success requires that its creators produce something that will captivate and engage an audience. Carroll has asserted that, narratives, far from being complete, have gaps which need to be filled by the audience. That is, creators of narratives do not spell-out every detail of the narrative, instead, narratives rely on the elicitation of moral emotions from an…
On The 30th of November in 2013, Paul Walker’s publicist Ann Van Iden, confirmed his fast and fiery death. Paul Walker was well known on the big screens. He was a Hollywood actor from 1986 to 2013. Walker started out his acting career by debuting in Monster in Your Closet. He also starred appeared on The Young and the Restless, Who’s the Boss and Charles in Charge. Walker had appearances in teen movies, but he would eventually move on to The Fast and the Furious movie series with actor Vin…
Christopher Reeve, Superman, once said “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” This shows that anyone who keeps going can be a hero, not just the people with the title and the cape. Reeve is saying that in order to be a hero all you have to do is persevere and endure overwhelming obstacles and do your best to reach the top. Reeve may have been a hero playing Superman in the movies, but in real life became a hero after…
When we think about a hero we picture a person with superhuman qualities. A male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities. In reality a hero is someone who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements. How about someone who’s been paralyzed for 18 years and in constant pain everyday reason why this person had to take painkillers high doses to numb his pain. Not exactly what we picture as a hero but that person was my hero and his name…
What is a hero? There are many people that are worthy of the title of a hero, both ordinary and extraordinary. They are noble, courageous, and go out of their way to do good for others. Malala Yousafzai is a women’s rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner that stood up for young Pakistani girls’ right to receive an education. Malala is a selfless leader who stood up for what she believed in and accomplished remarkable things to help others, which makes her a true hero. There are many…
When someone thinks of a “hero”, many different attributes may come to mind. For example, some might think of a parent or a mentor, someone they look up to. While others think of someone who risked their life for their country. Both of these are examples of true heros. Someone who is a true hero is selfless, sharp, caring, and ready for whatever may happen to them. In the story, “A Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane, Fred Collins, the main character, decides to go straight into the…