I really want to go and witness this in my lifetime. And the northern lights. Both on my list. I’ve looked into buying some online, or maybe making some, and flying them myself at home, but (a) doesn’t look as cool and (b) it’s probably some kind of fire hazard. I actually have wanted to do something like this for a great part of my life, as I read about something similar in my childhood in the “The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists’ Club (Mad Scientist Club)”. Or maybe it was the original “The Mad Scientists’ Club (Mad Scientist Club)”. Whatevs. There was something like this in one of those books. And the in the Leo DiCaprio movie The Beach [DVD]. Anyways, want to see with my own eyes. Or at least my own eyes, my Flip Video Ultra, or maybe my (soon hopefully) Canon EOS 5D Mark II (or whatever camera I have with me at the time).

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[DVD]

This certainly wasn’t Super Size Me [DVD]. It was definitely Spurlock’s kind of humorous, straightforward style. I find his style of filmmaking isn’t as baiting and edit based as Michael Moore. The movie was interesting. And I think Spurlock really covered a lot of ground and viewpoints.

However, the movie seemed sort of inert. It’s not like I expected Spurlock to FIND Bin Laden. And he did a lot of traveling and interviews with all kinds of people. But it just went nowhere. Did it reveal something about the Muslim world that wasn’t known? I don’t think so. And if it did, it was directed to a less educated audience. Though I think a less educated audience wouldn’t even watch this movie and thus would miss out on the lessons in it.

The movie was entertaining though. Not quite up to Super Size Me, but that’s a high bar.

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