“There’s everything in this movie, / Everything that fits. / From the Meaning of Life in the universe, / To girls with great big tits. / We’ve got movie stars and foreign cars, / Explosions and the lot / Filmed as only we know how, / On the budget that we’ve got. / We spent… Continue reading Movie Monday: The Meaning of Life
Category: Film Friday
Film Friday: Wanderlust and Fairhope, AL
This week we picked up on a whim from our local Redbox, without really knowing very much about it. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that it focused heavily on intentional communities, something that’s been coming up in conversation frequently lately. After losing his job when his company is shut down, George and his wife… Continue reading Film Friday: Wanderlust and Fairhope, AL
Film Friday: The Campaign
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you do not want plot details revealed. This week, I took some time out to actually go to the theater and see two of my favorites, Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, in The Campaign. The thing that really stood out to me in this film was the way that… Continue reading Film Friday: The Campaign
Film Friday: Waking Life
Wiley visits Eamonn Healy, Chemistry professor at Austin. Healy discusses human evolution and the values that are associated with it: parasitism, dominance, morality, war, predation. In this scheme “the individual is at the whim of the collective.” He then states that we are beginning a new kind of evolution, which involves bio-technology (artificial intelligence, neuro-biology),… Continue reading Film Friday: Waking Life
Film Friday: My Big Fat Greek Wedding – The Opa Lifestyle
“My people were writing philosophy when your people were still swinging in trees.” JJ: One of things that really stood out in this movie, and about Greek culture in general, is the Opa lifestyle, or attitude. The Greeks have a long and proud history of asking questions abou the good life and how we can… Continue reading Film Friday: My Big Fat Greek Wedding – The Opa Lifestyle
Film Friday: Man on the Moon – Madness, Illness, and Genius
“There is no great genius without a mixture of madness” – Aristotle JJ: This week, we watched , which featured Jim Carey’s portrayal of Andy Kaufman. I’m an Andy Kaufman fanatic, and I was so happy to get to share this with someone who wasn’t familiar with Kaufman. From the outside, Andy Kaufman can seem… Continue reading Film Friday: Man on the Moon – Madness, Illness, and Genius
Film Friday: When Harry Met Sally – Why Women Fake Orgasms
Today I’m happy to announce a new regular posting on Philosophy Matters: Film Friday (yes, I like alliteration!). Each week at Philosophy Matters, we will be watching a movie and thinking about it philosophically. This week, LKAwesome selected “When Harry Met Sally,” which I had surprisingly never seen before! The following entry is a collaboration… Continue reading Film Friday: When Harry Met Sally – Why Women Fake Orgasms