Fall 2007 classes…FEAST!
October 17, 2007Not a lot to report on these days.
I’ve been taking a Film class and a Philosophy class over at DVC. They have been interesting, and somewhat more challenging than last semester as I’ve had to write a bit more than I did last semester.
I was afraid the Philosophy class was going to be very dry, I’ve been pleasantly surprised and find myself looking forward to going to class. I’ve been considering taking some additional philosophy classes, and will probably take the philosophy version of a critical thinking class that’s a requirement for IGETC.
I wrote a paper for the Philosophy class that I might post here when the semester is over, or perhaps just utilize the format to write something similar. I don’t want to post anything I’m writing for classes while I’m taking them though, I think that could get a little difficult. In fact, perhaps the idea of posting papers is a bad idea when I’m done, I donno, I’ll have to think about that some more.
The film class has been good, not what I was expecting, but I’ve been learning things. I have seen quite a few films that I would never have seen otherwise so that’s good. I finally saw the original King-Kong and learned something about myself, I’m not a big monster movie kind of person. I like horror films that have monsters (Alien/s, Feast) but giant (monkey/dinosaur/etc) films don’t do a lot for me (although I thought Lake Placid was hysterical).
Speaking of Feast, I watched that this last weekend, that’s a pretty funny film, the writing is a bit corny, but the director’s abilities saved that film from being a total load of crap. There’s some really, really, spooky parts, some gross parts, some funny parts. It was good film, and the shots were brilliant. The director knows his stuff. It’s not a terribly deep movie, but if you’re looking for something different it’s worth a watch.
