December 19, 2011 • 6:06 am 0
Exploited, Abused, and Overlooked
Many roads that led to nowhere. Now Lord, will you hear the cries of the oppressed.
Neglected, Sorrowed, and Mournful
Many nations have talked about hope that has led to nowhere. Now Lord, will you hear the cries of the oppressed.
You are the God of the weak, the God of the marginalized, and the God of all.
May you bring peace to the land of North Korea.
Amen.
Filed under: Uncategorized
November 7, 2011 • 7:25 pm 2
Day 7 of Mustachio
I didn’t shave for the first week of November as I was lamenting the loss of the NBA. I hoped that my wife wouldn’t notice but after 5 days, she started complaining that I’ve turned into a scruffy Asian Jake Gyllenhaal. While I was contemplating whether that was a good omen of signs for me, I realized it wasn’t because my wife refused to kiss me with my scruff. What woman would say no to a scruffy Asian Jake Gyllenhaal?! Then I came to another conclusion, that he’s no Ryan Gosling and that I needed to shave.
I wanted to play a joke on her so I went and shaved everything except a traditional 70′s mustache that you would find on a man who was in a low budget film involving two individuals. I said “Suprise”, she looked confused and then replied, “Guys at my work are doing this Movember thing too and it’s to raise awareness for prostate cancer.” This wasn’t the reply I was looking for, I had hoped that she would scream in horror or reply that I looked like an individual who works in low budget films that involve two people from the 1970′s.
I was flabbergasted for a few reasons; 1, my wife hates it when I have hair on my face. When I was dating her I would shave my face every day to impress her in how hairless my face is. 2, my wife was supporting me in participating in Movember. She said it’s for the promotion of men’s health and that it was a good way to raise awareness for prostate cancer. 3, she told me that I should make a super-hero nickname for my mustache and we decided on “Mustachio”.
Her one condition of me keeping my mustache was that I needed to wash my face every night and put on a face cream with her once a week. She said that it would help keep my face clean even with an oily mustache on my face. I don’t think that this is true but that she’s living out her Korean-Drama fantasy with me. In all Korean-Dramas, the male actor somehow always puts on some kind of face cream with their female counterpart.
After realizing that I was going to become the new “Jun-Pyo”, my wife started giggling and took a picture of me with a hairband on, circa Sasha Vujcic 2010, with white cream face mask. The hairband reminded me of the Dark Days with the Lakers when Kobe at the prime of his career was surrounded by Smush “I don’t care if you’re Kobe, I’m not passing you the ball” Parker, Luke “Can’t Shoot” Walton, and Kwame “Stone Hands” Brown. With that “talent” around Kobe, he still willed them to a playoff birth and almost single-handily destroyed the Phoenix Suns. He NEVER and I mean NEVER gets enough credit for this dark 2 year period. How was Steve Nash the MVP of the league TWICE? He didn’t do anything exceptionally well besides passing the ball and hitting an open 3 pointer.
Now that we’re at the twilight of Kobe’s career, we are now stuck with a blasphemous labor negotiations where we might lose another year of Kobe’s greatness because Derek Fisher and David Stern can’t shake hands and make a deal. It’s the start of the 2nd week of November and I’m stuck with the LA Galaxy and the LA Kings.
With no basketball websites to look at, I decided to google Movember and saw that it’s a real society of men who don’t shave in the month of November. My wife wasn’t trying to trick me and men participate in it to raise awareness about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer has been a “popular” research topic in the digi-world lately because of the passing of Steve Jobs last month. RIP Steve Jobs. He was a visionary and a brilliant “do’er” of ideas that he had. Unfortunately, he passed because of prostate cancer, along with other medical complications.
Steve Jobs, while highly influential in my life as far as gadgets go, didn’t mean much to me in a humanistic sense. I never met him, spoke to him, or knew much about him besides that he liked wearing black turtle necks and gave killer Apple keynotes. While I don’t know him, that doesn’t mean his legacy is short. He’ll be remembered far longer than I and his work far more appreciated than anything I could ever write or speak about.
That’s how legacy is remembered these days. It’s not so much about your personal interactions with someone, but how your work has influenced someone in a positive way. To me that’s both positive and negative. We live in a society that loves to immortalize people and to give them traits/talents that they might not have had. We imagine things and hope for things that are more or less, not true. It’s because we want to believe in the best of people. This isn’t wrong or a critique of culture, it’s an observation.
We’ve become people who like to be disciplined/mentored/influenced by people who don’t know us, by people who can’t see the bones in our closet, by people who can’t speak truth to the darkness that is in our souls. We love the joys of being “mentored” by afar, where the voice only speaks into the wants of our greed. The economy of self does not, can not, will not, allow somebody to mentor us who does not speak about only the goodness of us.
I was like this too before a man I met at a church I went to in high school started speaking to me about the truths of life. That my “name” is only as good as my word and that true belief is seen through actions, not words. He taught me by showing me how he lived, how he laughed, and how he loved. A ravaging prostate cancer took him away from me to early. The cancer took him away from his family to early, from his children to early. While his legacy might not be remembered by many, his life left a positive male imprint on mine.
I write this because I don’t want to participate in Movember because it’s a fun thing to do. I want my participation in Movember to mean more than a mustache. It has to be in remembrance of that man who spoke light into my darkness. On my profile page of the Movember website, I posted this as my reason for growing a mustache.
Doing this in honor of the man who taught me lessons about what it means to be human.
He showed me the steps that I needed to take in becoming human. The idea that we’re all broken and splintered, the idea that we need a God who can comfort and love us. In honor of that legacy, I want to ask you in joining me to give to Movember.
Receiving and Giving is a hard concept to live by. We’re by nature great receivers, by nature we’re also un-willing givers. It’s un-natural for me to say that instead of a gift or warm wishes on my birthday, that you would instead give a little to Movember. Ask my wife and she will tell you how foreign this is to come out of my lips. I love gifts, I love the idea of receiving gifts, I love how gifts make me feel loved. However, I realize that if we had the technology and medicine to “cure” prostate cancer, that I would still have the gift of a mentor that was taken away from me. A gift that I can never have back, a gift that I can’t buy, a gift that made me understand what love is.
So join me in giving so that we can keep receiving the gifts of love from healthy men. From men who have battled with prostate cancer and have “won.”
I’m going to do my best with my mustache and my super-hero nickname, Mustachio.
Filed under: Uncategorized , Movember, prostate cancer
October 21, 2011 • 6:39 pm 1
I got an email forwarded to me by my wife this week. It was a Groupon for a LA Kings hockey game that included a hot dog, 5 dollar credit voucher, and a soda. If I’d gotten this, oh let’s say a year go, I would’ve trashed that email and put her on a list of people whose emails I don’t open. Unfortunately, it’s not a year ago, it’s Oct. 21st 2011 and we have no NBA.
The NBA for me symbolizes a lot of things. It’s the first sporting event I went to with a pastor when my father had left my house, it’s the first sport that I thought I could be half-decent at, it’s the sport that I fell in love with. How can you not fall in love with the NBA?! The last second shot for the win, the personalities of its superstars. No other professional sports can give you this! Well, maybe wrestling but my wife doesn’t let me watch wrestling anymore.
And like my wife, the NBA players and NBA owners have taken basketball away from me. Not because basketball is “violent, sexually demeaning, or fake” but because of greed. In the words of the poets the Wu Tang Clan, the NBA has fallen under the chant of “Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M., get the money, dollar, dollar, bill ya’ll.” While the NBA players and its owners throw out complicated words like “B.R.I”, revenue sharing, Amnesty Clause, and Mid-Level Exception – it all comes down to “C.R.E.A.M.” The players want more money and the owners want to keep more money. So what the hell am I supposed do with this type of dilemma? I’ve tried earnestly to pray to grown up Jesus, when that didn’t seem to work but make it worse, I’ve turned to praying to baby Jesus. Who can say no to a baby?! The images that baby Jesus bring up: warm, Christmas lights, presents, and happiness. Shouldn’t that been enough to get a deal done? Is baby Jesus not enough to get Derek Fisher and David Stern to hug one another and say “truce.”
The idea of calling peace however is tough when millionaires and billionaires are fighting over whether they have enough money to put “food on their tables.” I’m not even going to start talking about whether I have enough money to put food on my table. I just make soup out of fermented vegetables, throw some pork slices in there and bam, there’s dinner. It’s called being creative and I think that’s the one key that’s missing out of these NBA labor negotiations.
Creativity can take people a long way, especially in dealing with splitting up profits. Take for example my man, Jason Biggs from American Pie. He see’s a dilemma, he doesn’t do what traditionalist would do, he does something creative. Now I’m not saying that David Stern and Derek Fisher should start getting warm apple pies and fooling around in it; I’m saying that the apple pie is warm enough for both of them and that they need to start eating it before it’s gone.
Does no one in the NBA, both players and owners not understand? We, the fans, our money, our discretionary income, the apple pie; we will leave their asses if they don’t get it together!!! Especially people in la la land. We want winners, if you don’t win, we forget about you. Don’t believe me, check out the stats for how many people went to Dodger games this past season. And no, the majority of people not going has nothing to do with security or Frank McCourt. It had to do with their record. Win big in LA and LA will support and love you like you’re Megan Fox from the first 2 Transformer movies. Start complaining about how many lines you have and we’ll dump you for that British chick in that new Transformers movie.
Billy Hunter, the executive director of the players union said, “If somebody wants to point a gun at my head, I’m going to point one back at him.” He’s clearly missing the point, (pun intended). The point is not to see who has the bigger gun, missile, bazooka, or hand grenades and see who calls chicken first. The point is to realize that they are crushing the greatest movement of momentum that the NBA has had since Jordan’s last ring. We were captivated last year with the “Dream Team” of the Miami Heat, Phil Jackson’s “Last Stand”, and the great German, “Dirk Nowitzki” ,winning his first ring. These types of momentum doesn’t last long, just look at any baseball stadium that starts out doing the “wave.” After a few rounds the wave just dies and it looks like that’s what’s going to happen to the wave of the NBA.
I am in no mood to not have the NBA. Los Angeles doesn’t even have football to look forward to! This leaves me then with one choice, hockey. From the little amounts of research I’ve done I have come to a conclusion that the LA Kings fit my criteria of why I would support them. 1) They are primed to have a great run at the Stanley Cup. 2) They fulfill the ‘gang’ culture of Los Angeles with their team colors of black and silver. Lastly, 3), I can enjoy watching them ‘alive’ or at home. Don’t believe me, last night I stopped watching the World Series so I could see if the LA Kings would pull out a win against the Phoenix Coyotes. They did and after watching that game, I care more about the goalie of the Kings then I do about, “Who will be the starting point guard for the LA Lakers?”
See that’s where the NBA is in trouble. A diehard NBA fan like me is starting to not care about who will start at one of the most pivotal positions for my local NBA team. I care more now whether the goalie whose last name is “Quick” can pull out a shutout against the Anaheim Ducks.
This all leads back now to the Groupon email that my wife sent me. I replied back happily “Yes go get it” and guess what, it sold out. No joke. It sold out in a matter of 20 minutes.
Nice knowing you NBA.
August 26, 2011 • 9:50 pm 0
Dear Jim,
You’ve entered the stage of your life now where you should be basking in the glory of your hey-day. The idea of relaxing and sipping on a martini, that is how I would imagine you right now. I mean, you were one of the biggest comedians and bona-fide movie stars of the 90′s. You were Will Ferrel before Will Ferrel was Will Ferrel. Does that make sense?
You made top dollar productions. C.G.I technology can thank you for being The Mask. Now, I wish you would just put on a mask to cover that creepy smile of yours.
Why would you make a creepy video to Emma Stone? I watched it and couldn’t help feeling dirty. That video felt like you were representing all of man-kind. What’s crazy is that as creepy as that video is, you were telling the truth. You spoke from the inner space of how men view life.
Sex and Power.
Let’s be real. As a man I can honestly say that while I never took a class on “How to be a man”, I was keenly aware of how I viewed being a successful male. That’s to have a lot of sex and to have a lot of power. Your video Jim is a testament to those yearnings. You want to be young again, maybe 20 years ago, to a time when you had a lot of power in Hollywood. You want to have power again so that you can have “lots of sex” with Emma Stone.
Your video sums up man. Sex and Power.
While I find your video disturbing, I can’t help myself feeling like I’ve learned a few lessons from you Jim. And no, it’s not the lesson of how to creep people out.
You’re showing us that mankind hasn’t evolved emotionally or sociologically within the last million years. We still have this perspective that being a successful male means that we must have sex and power.
Now, how do I, as a Christian male deal with this perspective that has been handed down through time. If we look at the Bible, we’ll see that even males who are filled with the Spirit of God have a hard time dealing with this problem. The most notable “heros” from the Bible who have fallen prey to the yearnings of sex and power: Samson and King David. They are both chosen from God; Samson as a Nazarite warrior and King David as God’s own vessel to bring salvation on earth.
So how are we regular Christian men supposed to deal with this issue?
1. Speak: I think the first way of addressing any issue that we have in our lives (both males or females) is to acknowledge that it exists. Speak it out of our lips. When we speak about it and address it, we are being honest with ourselves about the issue that is at hand. When we try to ignore it and sweep it under the rug, then all we are doing is keeping the issue in the dark. Acknowledging the problem with how males seek Sex and Power will not take the issue away. However, it opens the door to restoration and healing.
2. Listen: As males there is an underlying “male privilege” that we have lived our entire lives out of. After speaking about the male issue of Sex and Power, we’re allowing ourselves to now be able to listen to the voices who have been victims. These victims are not all females either. It’s all of us. We’ve all been hurt by this underlying “male privilege” of Sex and Power. The reason why listening is key is because we’re listening to something other than the “male voice”. How can one become whole if all that they have ever listened to is the voice of one gender? We can’t.
3. Act: As a Christian male, we cannot stand still. We must act to bring restoration and healing to our lives. Restoration and being whole doesn’t stop when the Spirit fills you or enters you or whatever you believe about the Spirit. It starts with making decisions to honor women by choosing to treat them as equals and not subordinantes. Holistic change doesn’t happen to men because of belief, it happens because of action. Stop with the beliefs and start with the actions. Your beliefs will show through the actions that we take in our lives.
Jim, thanks for showing us males how vulnerable we are to the manipulating male culture of Sex and Power.
From,
Dan
Here’s the video for anyone who hasn’t yet watched it…
Filed under: Uncategorized , male privilege, power, sex
August 11, 2011 • 2:03 am 0
The hype is over. The album has come. Hype, meet your brother, Fulfillment. Watch The Throne was one of the most highly anticipated rap albums in the last 10 years. I don’t remember waiting for an album from a hip-hop artist in this manner since Dr Dre’s “Chronic 2001″. Jay-Z and Kanye West have delivered, not on name alone. Their content, layered beats, and chemistry all add up to what I consider the best rap album in the last decade.
The content varies in Watch the Throne and it’s a reflection of their thoughts as young black men with money, but still struggle with identity in white America. Is there songs that are all about money and partying, yes, but that’s an honest reflection of the lives that they live. That doesn’t make the album’s content weak. They are merely expressing the life that they live.
The beats are layered, skillfully mastered by Kanye and there are multiple sounds going on at the same time. It’s ear candy to say the least. While some may have a problem with this, I find it beautiful, the rhythms and grooves, all adding up to a beautifully mastered track.
So with that said, here’s my top 3 songs off the album, in no particular order.
1. illest mother*ucker alive: The first two minutes of the song are black and I first thought that I had a bad copy of the song. I was wrong. The song starts around the 2 minute mark and they come in strong.
2. New Day: a track produced by RZA and Kanye. One of the more soulful songs that Kanye has produced since his first album. Kanye’s verse gives us a glimpse into his soul and shows us what he considers his biggest regrets.
3. Why I love you: a great track. Enough said.
Filed under: Music
July 30, 2011 • 7:16 am 0
Daniel Craig doing what I would do to an alien, beating the hell out of it.
I’m a “scardy cat” when it comes to movies. I don’t like ghosts, vampires, zombies, or serial killers. The reason why are that I can’t defend myself against these type of creatures. This sounds crazy, but do you see yourself beating down a zombie! No, zombies beat you down and then take a bite for dinner. What about a killer from Texas that’s coming after you with a chainsaw?!?!?! Hell NO! I can’t run fast enough away from him.
One thing that I can beat down though. Aliens.
Why? Because I can take down an alien and put him in his place. I’ve watched enough alien movies to know exactly what to do. I have to get over their gross “gooey” skin and shoot them. Then, when I’ve got a rocket of some sorts, I shoot for the “core” of their mother ship.
Dan 1. Aliens 0.
Anyways, that’s not what this blog post is for. I watched Cowboys vs Aliens today and its lead me to list my top 5 Baddest Aliens. Here’s the list, counting down from 5 to 1. Enjoy this silly post.
5. Battle of LA: This alien was scary. It came to take the water from the planet and guns were attached to its body. Did I mention they were ugly too? These aliens did not come to play. The only way they were defeated was by a rocket that hit their “core”.
4. Decepticons: This is a high tech alien. Megatron is one of the baddest out there. He’s even got a whole gang of followers! He’s the leader of the Decepticons. This alien is bad because he can fly, he’s got guns on his body, and he carries a shotgun! What alien carries an alien sized shot-gun? Megatron. Now, while he is pretty strong. He’s pretty easy to beat down. You just call on Optimus Prime. Done and Done.
3. Independence Day: This alien had no pity. It destroyed the White House, Los Angeles, and almost every major city in the world. This alien was hideous looking, tentacles and gooey stuff all over his body. Now, why am I not scared. One; Will Smith took it down with a single punch. Two; I can input a virus into it’s core and that will transmit it to all the other ships which will allow me to take down the rest of them.
2. Alien: Need I say more. This dude was vicious! Just look at his teeth! Alien was no joke, one of the scariest aliens of all time. Alien could even go inside a human body and pop out! Why this doesn’t scare me you ask?
Sigourney Weaver. If Sigourney Weaver can take down this alien while holding a cat in her hands, I know that I can take this alien down! Have you ever tried to even hold a cat? A cat will jump out of your hands at the slightest sound or movement. She held a cat while battling Alien!! I got mad respect for Sigourney Weaver. I’m taking notes on what she did.
1. Predator: What do you get when you mix an alien that’s got braids and a red light tracking system? Predator. He’s highly trained in martial arts and guns. Dude can blow you up and set up traps for you to fall into. He took down a whole commando team. One thing he forgot, you got to take down Arnold too! Good thing for Arnold that he got his training in Terminator. If not, who knows what would of happened to him. How do you take down a predator? You drop a tree on it. Guess what state I live in? California, son!!! I got Palm trees, Redwood trees, you name it, this state has every type of tree that I would ever need to drop a Predator and teach it a lesson.
Filed under: Uncategorized , aliens
July 27, 2011 • 6:22 pm 3
I took a vacation for 9 days in Puerta Vallarta with my wife, her sister, and her husband. We stayed at the beautiful Dream’s Resort on the North side. My wife and I particularly like beach vacations for a few reasons; we like the sun, beach naps are the best, and most of all, I love volleyball.
My natural inclination is to play as much beach volleyball as I can. In all honesty, I’m not the best player, but I’m also not the worst player. I played a few years in high school and I have good technical skills that translate well into beach volleyball. Throughout the 9 days I had a great time playing with different groups of people.
For some reason though, one white male, tried to tell me what team to play for on my last day at the resort. He wanted me to play for his team. I didn’t want to. It had nothing to do with his skill level. It had everything to do with his character and personality. He was abrasive, loud, and told everybody what to do.
After I said no to his request, he lost his cool. He called me a “loser”, a “sissy”. He then started comparing me to him. He said that while he didn’t care for who he played with, I did. That I needed my “posse” to play volleyball. As I was listening to all of this, I couldn’t help but think about his twisted perspective.
He thought he owned me. I was a “free agent”, I could choose to play or not play, I could choose even if I wanted to play. He couldn’t handle this. And this is the reason why.
The White Male Privilege. He had a sense of ownership and he didn’t even know it. The privilege is a subconscious of his that he acts out of. That he speaks out of. That he thinks out of.
I wonder how many of us act out in a certain “privilege”. We feel that we deserve certain things because that’s “just the way it is”. We are caught in an ideology of privilege.
I write this not to blast the White Man. I write this because we should all think about the different “privileges” that we are living our lives out of. This is a time of reflection, to think. How are we living?
It’s time to put away the privileges that we act out of and take steps to honor the other.
peace and love,
dan
Filed under: Race
July 11, 2011 • 4:34 pm 0
From: http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/urth-cafe-so-good.jpeg
We’re continuing our Theo-Pub/Cafe discussion groups this Wednesday, July 13, 7pm, at Urth Cafe in Little Tokyo. This time we’ll be conversing on the topic of Music and Theology. As many of you know, I love music, (especially rap and Coldplay). I am excited to say the least to hear your thoughts on music and theology.
My friend Joe Chai will help introduce the topic and the conversation will go from there. Again, there’s no right or wrong, no judgement, and no hate! It’s a gathering of people who want to talk and listen to each other while enjoying a nice latte.
Hope to see you there. All are invited.
Peace and Mercies,
Dan
Filed under: Theology and Pub
July 8, 2011 • 7:20 am 2
Last year on July 7th, 2010 Lebron James gave us his decision. He went in front of the cameras, 9 million of us watched it, and he told us that he was “taking his talents to South Beach”. His decision was one of the most criticized decisions in the history of basketball. Lebron was called a punk, sellout, and a player with no heart.
I was no different from the majority of public opinion. I thought that Lebron was heartless and a loser. He had sold out on his city and his teammates.
We’re 1 year removed from The Decision and in hindsight now, I know that my opinion on Lebron has changed dramatically. Let me tell you why.
Imagine that you’re forced to work in a city for 7 years. For 7 years you brought out the best in yourself and others. You were the funny guy, the nice guy, the leader. Your shoulders are falling apart trying to carry your co-workers.
That is what Lebron went through. He didn’t get to choose where he got to work in when he declared for the draft out of high school. A random selection of ping-pong balls did. He didn’t get to choose what type of boss he got to work for, NBA Commissioner David Stern choose it for him. He didn’t get to negotiate his own wages for the first 4 years of his contract, it was already set. Lebron, was a pawn to the system. He didn’t have any choices.
What would we do in this type of situation? Yes, there is millions of dollars and instant fame. But, he didn’t have freedom of choice. He didn’t get to choose his co-workers, his boss, or the city that he gets to live in. It was all chosen for him. How would we feel in this circumstance?
Lebron, gave the Cleveland Cavaliers 7 years to bring a side-kick in. Their best option was Mo Williams…. Let me write that again, Mo Williams. They could have gotten Amare Stoudemire for 1 of their rookies in a trade a few years ago; they declined, citing the overall potential of that rookie. They just traded him to the Sacramento Kings for Omar Casspi. Yup, Omar Casspi.
The one aspect of Lebron leaving that we forget to acknowledge is that he had a choice. He gets to choose. We don’t. We’re not his owners. We’re not his bosses. We’re not his managers. We don’t own his choice.
As human beings, I think that we need to remember that. We don’t own anyones choices. They can choose for themselves freely, what they think is best for them.
We don’t own him. Cleveland doesn’t own him. Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers doesn’t own him.
That’s why I cringe now when we talk about athletes as if they work for us.
This isn’t right.
So here’s my public apology to Mr. Lebron James. You choose where you want to work. You choose how much you want to get paid. You choose who you want your co-workers to be.
From,
A recovering fan
Filed under: Sports , lebron james, the decision
July 3, 2011 • 12:45 am 0
My review of Transformers 3 without bursting the plot for those of you haven’t watched it yet.
I’ve been reading a lot of mixed/bad reviews on Transformers 3 so I was a little hesitant about what to expect when I went to go watch it this past Friday night. All in all, I can say that it was a good movie and that I’m sad to see it go, as Michael Bay (director), has said that it would be the last Transformers film.
I will admit, I’m not a big movie-goer nor am I a film critic in any means. I’ll post more of my thoughts on a good film later, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have an opinion on why Transformers 3 was a good movie. So here it goes:
The action scenes for Transformers 3 were great. Who doesn’t like watching Bumble Bee and Optimus Prime kick Decepticon ass?! There were several jaw-opening, OMG, I can’t believe, this is happening action scenes throughout the movie. I love great action scenes and Transformers 3 has more than enough to fill the quota on a good movie.
Every good movie needs to have romance in it. Yes, Transformers 3 has romance. It’s not just Rosie Huntington-Whiteley modeling around while things are blowing up by her. There is an actual romantic story between the two. It doesn’t need have great depth. I’m a dude. I don’t need to see great lengths in story-telling to see that there is romance between two characters. Shia and Rosie had a great chemistry between them and it added to the greatness of the film.
I’m not writing about the struggle between the Auto-Bots and the Decepticons. I’m writing about the inner struggle of “mattering” that Shia’s character goes through in the movie. He wants to matter in the world. How many of us have felt this way? He doesn’t want to accept the low level status that the others in the film give him. He wants to mean something. I love that.
Sam Witwicky (Shia’s character) feels what we’ve all felt in our lives at one moment or another. He wants to belong. That’s the beautiful part of this movie. That even though he’s helped save the earth twice from the Decepticons, that he doesn’t yet understand where he belongs in the narrative of the story. It’s through this inner struggle that he goes through that I found joy in watching Transformers 3. He grows up finally. He understands where he belongs.
Filed under: movie reviews , transformers 3
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