Once in a great while..

After viewing Once, I felt oddly jealous. The film, while a little slow compared to Hollywood films, was actually quite moving. I felt like I could have been the main character through his journey of a small period in his life. There are times where I feel that I need to get out more and just be in touch with the world because I am missing out on the people that could indeed change my life. The film was very good in the way it presented itself to be a true to life story about a man and his trials. Spanning a short while in his life, the main character manages to find what seems to be love in an unusual place, to later find that he really loves his ex girlfriend. I loved it and the music was, while not my everyday thing, quite good.

I find that the use of films in class is a very useful tool. It helps to see them to gain a better perspective on what it is we are supposed to write about in our paper. They provide good examples of what is looked for. I found them helpful when writing my papers because I was able to reflect back upon the film, which, pertained to a particular paper and use the style and information to apply it to my work.(awkward sentence..) Last night I even was able to point out an episode of the Simpson's that would have worked well in out advertisement portion of class. It reminded me of the Office and I think that since I can compare these I found I was better able to remember more from the films to apply to my writing.