Existentialism

The idea of existentialism that was brought up many times during the class was very thought provoking and I enjoyed looking at life through the existentialist viewpoint as stated on one of the sheets that was given to us in class. After reading these points, I was reminded of a movie that I have recently watched called The Grey that in my opinion, had an existentialist viewpoint implemented in it. The movie in short was about a few men who had survived a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness and are desperately fighting to survive. It was an intense movie that captured the viewer by forcing them to view the film through the eyes of the main character and imagine what it would be like for one of them to be in this horror because all of the events were very possible and that's what get's the viewer scared. It was a great movie and the ending (not to spoil it) really got me thinking. I believe that anyone who watched AQoWF would enjoy this movie and I strongly recommend it.

All are quiet Indeed

This film showed much about the true identity of war and not what it's portrayed as publicly. It brings out the realism in the war, the death that is all around, the intense rush to be alive, and truly lets the viewer know that it is anti war. It shows the horrors that the men face throughout the story, and the amount of lives that are needlessly thrown away towards a cause that the soldiers themselves pointedly say that they are against.