Enron.

Most entertaining documentary i have seen in this class so far. Not only was this film informative but the way in which it was put together and directed really held your attention. This movie has helped me in other classes because Enron has been a topic of discussion so many times. In my public relations classes we talk about ethics and what goes on in the workplace. Watching this film helped me participate in expressing my views towards the whole situation and helped show me what working in a business like that would really be like. It’s a tough call with all this Enron stuff. I really don’t understand all the trails that are going on now (Kenneth Lay etc.)….i guess for me its just like, watch the documentary and look at the evidence because its all there and these guys should be in jail. Too bad life’s not that simple. I brought up this topic in class and I think you liked it….I didn’t understand when the company started getting crazy and firing many of its loyal employees, why none of these employees spoke up or went to other companies and told them the truth. We asked the question “can there truly be morality in the work place”. Truth is there should be but isn’t. People are looking out for themselves and only themselves these days. You have to play hardball to get what you want, but that doesn’t mean that you should forget what you really believe in. I think that the employees of Enron could have made a difference if they got together and tried to do something. Its very sad what happened to everyone that worked there but I cant help but believe that some of it could have been prevented.

I recommend this movie to everyone. I think it was very informative and educational. It teaches you some of the realities of the real world and really makes you think.

March of the Penguins.

.Disappointed.

Aside from the fact that this film didn’t show half of the realities in “the march”, I just didn’t find it to be as satisfying as people said it would be. This movie won an Academy Award? That’s kind of annoying considering Joaquin Phoenix of “Walk the Line” worked his ass off to really get into his role - Johnny Cash, and literally became him off screen while direction was still in process and walked away with nothing. Anyways, my best friend at UMASS said that she loved this movie and it made her cry and it was in her top favorite movies picks, so I was pretty excited to watch it in class but it was different from what I though. I guess not every movie can satisfy everyone! I think the documentary would have been more interesting if it showed some of the people filming, and what they went through with the smell, and the thousands of more dead baby penguins. I would like to see the documentary on the documentary. One more thing- even though documentaries show realities, it was so sad that the people who were filming watched baby penguins being eaten by larger birds and didn’t help =(. I give this movie 2 stars.

Spinal Tap.

2nd time seeing this-and just as enjoyable as the first. It was nice to see a movie that was funny because there havent been too many of those this semester. The approach the director took on this film was different from most that we have seen- it seems like this documentary was more narrative and obviously staged (which you told us). I think you said most of the documentaries are staged but because they are such realistic and serious issues it doesnt seem like it. I heard most of this "mockumentary" was ad-libbed which made it more funny. One of the best scenes was when they were on stage performing and the stonehenge dropped down and it was tiny. Great stuff haha. All in all Spinal Tap was a very entertaining and funny. I would recommend it to everyone that likes comedies and music.