The Korax...

Yes, it's another movie review and yes it may contain some 'spoilers', but "Banks says it's cool..." [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116000/] I think you'll read :P It's up to me to actually finish and 'post this one' though as I've noticed how many unfinished entries I have recently and maybe I ought to 'shorten' some of the chapters in my book writing just so I can get some motivation by feeling how many chapters I've actually completed... LOL, afterall, even Rick Warren had a book with well over 30 chapters... I'm sitting at around a total of maybe 14 right now including an appendix I want to start to give non-Christians an overview about what Christianity is all about... Anyhow maybe a short 'commercial break' from 'movie reviews':

It's been a while since I last 'left the car at home' to get out there and watch a movie and I wonder if that makes me enjoy the experience more because maybe, similar to living at home, my car is also an environment that can bring 'baggage' from my past. I admit having recently addressing my issues with baggage, I am 'tempted' to try that exercise with carrying written 'baggage' on large stones which a 'leader' recently told me about.... From what I can remember, it's been well over a year since I've last made a trip like this without my car, well maybe I did once in the fall, but still it HAS been a while.

But ON to the movie review! This movie review can 'go far'... there's a lot of 'good elements' and aside from being entertaining, this movie really brings out a lot and maybe you could say I enjoy it a lot more because I am unemployed and 'on the other side' so to speak, but I don't think this would be the 'first' film to remind us that 'money ISN'T everything...' I think right now I am trying to formulate in my mind how I can review it without giving away the 'major plot twist' but nonetheless, I should 'finish' what I started.

So the main theme in the twist is that we should give more consideration to others in terms of the potential impact of our actions rather than just focus on what is best for us, it is almost like a rewrite of Paul's verse in 1 Corinthians 10:23 (and see also verse 24, refer to the 1984 NIV version), 'Everything (can be) is profitable...but not everything is beneficial...' The movie also did a good job of how we should not put profit above everything else in life and I really pray that people will take the movie's message of how the environment should not always be getting the 'back seat' or least priority to heart.  Recently I've been working hard at doing my part in this to avoid driving whenever possible and utilizing other forms of emission free transportation such as biking and walking even if it is 'not as convenient'.  The other day I saw someone had hooked up or was riding a skateboard run by a motor.  Though it may still run on gasoline, like a motorbike, it may not require as much gas as a car. 

Though it is likely also Dr. Seuss at work and being honest, I like how the movie also put a balance on those at the top producing products that will be used by consumers have just as much responsibility on the environment impact of such decisions as the end consumers.  Take the skateboard I just mentioned previously as an example.  Yes, it may not have a catalytic converter and produce more emissions per liter burned than a car, but on the other hand, sometimes have we forgotten all the energy used and other by-products produced when refining gas in the first place?  So anything that can save less can sometimes also 'do more'.  In a sense, I would also argue that aside from those consumers who purposely ignore maintaining their cars and the addition emissions that sometimes results, emission testing typically does not benefit the environment as some might think.  Heed my point for a bit, those who have not maintained their car, already have 'done their damage' to the environment and what might end up happening is that consumer simply buys another car which in itself takes resources to produce in the first place and then he/she might sell the first car which another consumer picks up and just ends up finding a way to bribe/by-pass their way to a pass situation with emissions anyway.  Though it does serve it's purpose to pressure customers not to neglect their necessary maintenance and impact on the environment, it also takes up a lot of energy and other commitments in the first place; plus it also simply takes more $ out of the consumer's pocket which in turn is less $ he/she has available to spend on repairs. 

A lot can be said about and for this movie, but I figure I should post it 'for now' so at least you can have something to read.  As a side note, I wish Taylor Swift had done more singing in this movie :P