last friday in class we watched some of a very disturbing movie. owever at the same time i found it quite educational. i think it to be very important that we be exposed to visual education like that movie. as we discussed in class today somtimes the shock of being visually exposed to such things is much more effective than reading about somthing. a perfect example being the anti smoking commercial that has been on tv about how smoking is bad for children which shows small kids with smoke coming out of their noses and mouths. the commercial is especially effective because we can picture our younger siblings, cousins, etc as the child in the commercial. i totally understand the negative reaction that many of my classmates had to some parts of the movie. it relates back to the commercial. we all sat there imagining the horro of our cats and dogs being treated as those in the movie were. that is called shock value and it is somtimes the most effective way to get information across.
personally i would be interested in seeing the rest of the movie. i think it is quite well done withthe intent of educating people about what is going on in the world. it is most definatly disturbing at parts but as i've said perhaps that is what it takes to get through to people the horrific things that humans do to animals all over the world in the name of sport, religion, and tradition.
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As you know, I completely agree. I think we missed out on a possibly great conversation in class by not watching the last half of the movie. We were all impacted so deeply by the first, I know that it would have been the same for the second part. I don't think Professor Johnson had us watch it because it was gory and disgusting, but instead, because it was real, and the truth. We can't hide from the truth... well, I guess we can.
Yes, my preference would have been to look beyond, behind, as well as directly at the disturbing aspects of this documentary. Perhaps next time I will prepare the class more thoroughly for what they are about to see.
Anyone may borrow my copy at any time.
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