Mongolian Ping Pong

Mongolian Ping Pong the movie is a movie about a young Mongolian boy would finds a ping pong by a small water source and goes on a search to discover what it is, and why he has it. The boy and his family lives on a large grassland far away from the city. He finds the ball and later finds out that the ball is the national ball of China. The movie itself gives and shows us background about the Mongolian people. We see the family structure of the Mongolians, with three generations alive and healthy living in the same hut. There living situation is humbling compared to where I live. However we see that the family enjoys life and our happy with what they have. We also see western influences upon the lives of the family members with the father acquiring a television and coffee to drink in the mornings. The family also builds a new more western abode at the end of the movie, to the displeasure of the grandmother, who was used to the former living situation of her family and culture. Overall I wasn't a fan of the movie, because it really didn't appeal to me, also it was very slow and lacked a true plot. It was just a story of a boy finding a ball and essentially doing nothing with it but calling it a shining pearl to the amazement of his friends. However through it all I guess I did get to see how some Mongolians live, or at least how they are portrait. The people in the movie rarely showed any emotions, I don't understand why, maybe its the Mongolian culture or maybe its just how the actors act.
I guess I'm not a fan of Mongolian films, but like with anything in life, its great to get different perspective and see different cultures.

Flirting

The movie FLIRTING was a movie that I really found amusing. The movie was surprisingly good. The relationship between Thadie Newton and the other main character was pretty cool. The two were instantly attracted to each other and weren't embarrassed although it was a biracial relationship. Nicole Kidman played her role very well, as the popular girl in the school full of rich kids. The daring relationship between Thandie Newton and Noah Taylor flourished even among the restriction of having both boys and girls being separated. I also found that the side story of Thandie Newton's father interesing because the producers were able to incorporate factual events (Idi Amin's regime and reign in Uganda) into a fictual story. The story itself is different from my life because the kids in the movie went to a boarding school and were rich. However there were also some similarities. Such similarities include being in a highschool and being teenagers.

The movie The Story of the Weeping Camel is an intersting film that occurs in modern day Mongolia. The story documents a young camel and its mother and the Mongolian culture and way of life. The movie focuses on a white bactrian camel that was born and then consequently rejected by its mother. A nomadic family in the Gobi desert then tries and save the camels life. With the mother of the rare camel refusing to feed it milk after her remarkably difficult labor, the nomadic family tries and gets the help of lamas to perform a ritual with bread. However the ritual performed by the lamas does not fulfill its purpose, which was to rekindle peace between the rejected camel and its mother. The natives then send two young boys to go and locate a indeginous violinist to come and reconcile the relationship between the mother and her baby, which the violinist was successful at doing. The movie showed me that no matter how different the culture I or anyone else lives in, love is always an international language. Although we may bicker and fight, love can still exist through reconciliation. The people in the movie were indeginous Mongolians, however that didn't stop them from showing their emotions, so we should never stop ourselves from showing emotions either, especially when they are good emotions such as love

Rabbit Proof Fence

The Rabbit Proof Fence movie is a movie made in Australia in 2002, based on the novel Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Garimara. It is a movie based on the true story of aboriginal girls who ran away from their native settlement. The film essentially follows the two girls 9 week journey as walk 1500 miles along the Australian Rabbit Proof Fence to their native settlement at a town called Jigalong. The girls escape from servitude is an inspirational story we could all learn from. Australia itself is a country found in the southern hemisphere right by the country of New Zealand. It is a prosperous country with many different cultures, and many different animals that only exist in that area.
Response: After waatching the movie, rabbit proof fence, I must say that the movie actually was much better than I thought. The story was very intringing. I was touched that the two sisters along with their cousin were able to escape the westernize settlement to be able to go back to their native settlement. Although their cousin was caught, the three girls showed tremendous courage and strength, along with determination because they wanted to go back home.