MY DATE WITH DREW

Last September 19, we watched a documentary film entitled My Date with Drew. Basically, the story is about a guy named Brian Herzlinger who had a huge crush with none other than the famous Hollywood star Drew Barrymore since he was six years old.  Just to give a little overview about Brian, he is a 27 year old aspiring film maker who lives in New Jersey and he has a lifelong dream that he wants to achieve and that is to have a date with Drew but he had a huge problem because it seems that his dream was kind of impossible because Drew Barrymore is Drew Barrymore and he was just an ordinary guy.  He was not even rich or something to finance all the things needed in his journey to convince Drew to go out with him. The only money that he will use or spent for the journey was the prize he won in a game show that costs $1,100 and what’s funny about the game show was the answer in the final question was also Drew Barrymore.  They documented all the things happened to his journey and he was only given 1 month to accomplish everything because he has to surrender or return the camera he just borrowed from Circuit City. He experience a lot of problems through the entire journey but he never lose hope until the very end and then one day everything fall to its places and his lifelong dream eventually happened.

In the documentary we’ve watched we saw that Brian went through some make-over like his hair was cut, he shove off his beard,  he also went to Drew’s derma to remove blackheads, he even hired a personal trainer to lose some fats etc. He did all these things simply because he wanted to look good when he face Drew in person, these are some of the ideologies or the way of thinking of some because for them this is what a clean and handsome man should look. Others might think that this guy was crazy because others might think of Brian as an ambitious man, like what I’ve mentioned above Drew is Drew and he was just an ordinary guy. They are from 2 different worlds but in reality, this can possibly happen.

While watching the documentary I realized how determined Brian was and I admire him for showing his determination just for his lifelong dream come to reality. He still pushed through the journey even if there are many misfortunes he encountered. He did not think what other people might think of him like he is insane or crazy because why would Drew Barrymore be convince to date him, she’s such a busy person but she was kind enough to say yes to Brian. The situation happened only proves that if we really want something then do it, make it fight for it. Don’t lose hope, never lose heart, just do your best to reach for your dream. Be aggressive but also keep in mind that there are still limitations, certain rules to follow and you should know where and when to stop.

  

Control Room

Control Room

Control Room was released during the year 2004 and it is a video documentary about  the war between the United States of America and Iraq and how Al Jazeera  the leading and the largest news network in Middle East reported and covered the conflict between the two countries. These two countries were in conflict because of unresolved issues between the two parties.  Media plays a big role in a war, it is their responsibility to present both sides of the story in order to avoid biases and that was Al jazeera did. They exposed the real thing happened during the war that made the American government mad at them. They showed how the military of America bombed Iraq and killed thousands of innocent people. One Iraqi that was interviewed by Aljazeera talked about what Mr. George Bush said about peace. He said What about peace if America will bombed Iraq and the innocent ones will suffer where is peace in that?!  Mr. Bush warned Saddam Hussain and its people to leave Iraq within 48 hours and a refusal to do so means military conflict. Is this how Mr. Bush defines peace by killing innocent people.He also mentioned in his speech and assured that America will helped Iraq and turned it into a prosperous and free country when their leader would go down in his thrown.

 Al Jazeera only proves that no one can take control over them even if that means someone's reputation might be put at risk. They just did their job to deliver to their audiences the right  information. I admire them for being brave and fair and I hope that all news network will follow what they did so that transparency and accountability will be in practice in news networks.

America in our image is the most powerful country in the world that they have all the access in everything if they want to but if we will just follow what is right and that is to say no to them then we can say the we are practicing what freedom is all about. 

Sicko :D

SICKO

Micheal Moore’s documentary film entitled Sicko won during the 2007 Cannes Film festival. It tackles about the  lack of support and initiative of the insurance company and the government  in helping the citizens of America to receive a quality service or health insurance because they are after the profit they will earn from them. A lot of American people suffer because they do not have money to support the finances in paying for the hospital bills and as a result they die because they did not receive the right treatment or medication. In addition to that, their loved-ones left bankrupt because of high hospital bills that they can’t afford to pay.  According to the film I’ve watched, 18,000 people have died simply because they were denied to receive a treatment from the hospitals. I was shocked to know that these things actually happened in America. I grew up having in mind that America is the greatest country in the whole wide world, that they are the strongest and most powerful country ever, that they are the heroes that will save ones country from the attacks of the colonizers  but the revelations in the documentary made me realized that this country isn’t really the best instead it's the other way around. They are after the money of the people and they are not really concerned with their citizens. I was really disappointed to know the truth and the image now of America for me is totally different from the image I used to believe in.

Another thing that struck me while watching the film was when Michael Moore brought the victims/volunteers of the 9/11 attack to Cuba a not well- known and poor country in the world. But even if it is a third world country still they give free treatment and medication. I was surprised to know that this country offers and give free care to the people since we have this stereotype that an African country like Cuba is poor and they do not have the capacity to give free medication the people who are in need.

Sad to say that what we believe from the very beginning isn't really the truth instead we were manipulated and controlled by the people above us. We were blind not to see the real intention of the Americans, we should keep in mind that no one or no body will save us not even Americans but we Filipinos our very own race will help each other to stand and fight for our rights.