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A Midnight Clear (1992)
An excellent look at humanity among madness
This movie has easily become one of my favorites. It deals with the idea that a group of American soldiers, ordinary men, come across a group of German soldiers that are just like them. They end up becoming friends in a way, and want to keep the peace until the war is over. This film deals with the inner insanity of war, and why people do this to each other, even though they know it is wrong.
This movie touched me in a certain way. I had a father who was in the German Wermacht during the second world war, and he told me before he passed on that he had some experiences of peace with enemy soldiers. Although nothing like in this movie, he told me that sometimes they saw each other, but passed each other by. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it draws similarities to this movie and it's depiction of humanity found.
For anyone who says there are heros in war, this is dead wrong. There is no right side and wrong side, and there are no heros and John Wayne's. Everyone was scared, wanting it to be over. This film left me saddened feeling sorry for all of them. This film made me think on why we must continue doing this. I know that once people found out what the enemy was really like, instead of the propaganda, they don't want to fight eachother.
I've never met a WWII veteran who was proud of what they did, they are all emotionally scarred in some way. If the say the are proud, it is just a facade to hide the anguish they experienced. This is a film for all to see, a true masterpiece on an intellectual level.
The Simpsons (1989)
Was a unique television show...
The Simpsons, at first, started out quite well. It was enjoyable to watch, and added some clever humor at times. It also had characters that had distinct personalities that you could get to know. Now, it is time for The Simpsons to be put to rest. The first couple of seasons were good, then it started to degrade into cheap slapstick humor, and totally impossible situations. The characters have all changed too, and are not as good as they used to be. It seemed before, that the episodes had some sort of resolve to them. Now, it had sunken to the phase of random insanity, where the episodes make little or no sense. It is truly time, for this show to die, and for the developers to move on to better things.