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I am not very good at this

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seeing the sea

Finally I escaped the group that is more stress then I ever wanted to be a part of I had to see the ocean. The place I feel at most peace.  I was already disappointed we hadn’t been able to explore the campground at all this was my only chance and I had to run. I couldn’t find a path that led to the sea so I just went through the bushes and trees down the hill and when I finally got to the ocean I felt instantly relaxed the salt air the weedy grounds it felt just so  peaceful really just making me feel so good I even went and stepped in the water letting the salt on my foot  remembering how nothing can compare to the sea. 

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Discombobulated

The ciff film series trip could have been super fun but the constant feel of total disorganization throughout the weakened just made it stressful and tiring. Not to mention my bag got left behind even though it was put in the oac when the time I was told to but because I didn’t directly hand it to the person in charge whom I had never met it was my fault.  There were several little things that just were impossibly frustrating and just made me wish I was back home instead of at the film series. The movies were great the trip not so much I would of rather gone with just myself and some friends.

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Home of the wild who?

9) Wild home

Wild home was a very moving and amazing story. It is about a wildlife park in Maine and the daily inner working of the park. The main focus though didn’t seem to be the park itself as much as about the couple who run it. The directors used a lot of different angles and seasons filming for several years on this park. And now I really would like to visit this park and go see it for myself.  If I was the director I probably would of had more on the animals in the park but at the same time I think of would change the story and the only reason I would focus more on the animals is because I am an animal lover so that was wild home.

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Underwater exhaustion

8) Walking under water

This movie was very well done the only problem was me as a watcher was very tired. I was enjoying the underwater camera work and the view of the little boy and his uncle but to be honest I accidentally fell asleep the watching of so many films and back to back no less and the late nights and early mornings took its toll and I fell asleep. But the parts I did see were really just amazing cinematography so many different angles. The underwater scenes were by far my favorites. If I was the director I think I would have explained more how the kid got the job at the resort and was it just like a try out or do they just let kids work whenever.

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An Indian Tale

7) Tomorrow we disappear

This movie brought me back to India. It was filled with the sights of the India I visited bring back the smells and memories that I have of India. But even for those who haven’t been to India it is a very moving story. Bringing you back to the lives of these Indians who just love their community and don’t want it to die. They are all very unique all part of a form of art.  From puppeteers to magicians and painters. They were a group of tightly knit family’s, who unfortunately were going to have their home taken away to build a mall.  It showed the viewer’s just how this family was losing their home and how they were brought together buy this tragedy to fight back and show everyone their talents. The film used many different stories of the people in this village which combined at the end with the family setting and how each of them dealed with their home being sold. If I was the director I would have included more on the after effect and what happened in the end like he said in the interview I would have really enjoyed seeing that.

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A Tale of chicken?

6) The search for general Tso

When I first went into this movie I was actually not excited at all, I thought it was going to be super boring. But boy was I surprised it was very interesting and kept everyone’s attention and made me laugh. You connected with the people who made this chicken and how it came to be and how our American version of general Tso is actually a plagiarized chicken. Stolen from one man and brought to America.  And with it coming to America it changed to better connect with Americans food pallet. The film used not only animations and a time line but had a narrator and interviews to bring it along. If I was the director this movie would have sucked because I would have never of been so imaginative with how to bring chicken into such a great story.

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The Big Adventure

5) Point and shoot

Point and shoot was a very excitable movie.  Not only was there tons of action and just the story a very interesting subject but it was also filmed in not only an interview  but narrated and films done by the person it was based on.  It seemed to scream get out there and fight for what you believe in whether it starts out as just a fun vacation to fighting against the government.  I liked the use of the animation during the capture. It was very well portrayed as what it would have been like.  If I was the director I most likely would of cute out the girlfriend and mom they were just extras this story would have done great without their input.

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Don't Judge a Book By its Title

4) The overnighters

This movie I originally thought was going to be about fracking but instead it was about a preacher bringing in people looking for work in the fracking industry. It was a very emotional film and the message I got from it is several one would be don’t judge a book by its cover.  How the people the pastor took in and in the end who the pastor was also.  It came in a sort of narration from the pastor and interviews also. If I was the director I would have tried to include more about the overnighters and the betrayal some of them did. 

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Train Train and more Train

3) The iron ministry

This was somewhat interesting it was a view of a different culture of china and the way train life is there. It was kind of spooky at times and very, very crowded.  It shows no problem that I was aware of maybe overpopulation? It was more showing a different culture and how train life is unfortunately the sound of the train the whole movie and showing people sleeping also made me extremely tired making it hard to not want to nod off.  If I was the director I think it would be better as a shorter film like only an hr. or so instead of 83 min. also adding some different music and not having the train being the constant white noise

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The Boring Desert

2) Desert haze

This movie was so boring it was lacking in entertainment. It was all very artsy shots down low and from different angles  but it felt as if the plot was missing from the movie altogether. It was just random desert scenes and random people. Like a guy who collects barbed wire and a lady at the begging and the archeological digs that are never explained why they are digging and what for. If I was the director I would of probably focused on one person or two and make it a lot shorter or have narration to explain the scenes.

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The city of crazies

1) Bugarach

This in general was a weird film it was more theatrical Hollywood then a documentary. Sure it was very entertaining but overall it did not seem to have an overall message or even a real plot.  It seemed very strange the way people met it was very much reenacted during the movie.  It uses many effects of lighting and lacks a narrator and uses instead interviews.  If I was the director I would of liked a more authentic story and have it more about the people coming into the town and how it affected the lives of the people living there.