Cinema

                   INCEPTION (click here)

A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

The best two camera shots are in the rotating hallway and during the epic snow mobile chase, the use of long, medium and close shots where key to making Nolan's (Producer) inception movie a visual thriller.  He also uses bridging and lighting in the tilting bar scene. But the hallway scene has to be one of my favorite camera shot along with the bursting environment and slow down of time affect.

Despite unprecedented use of computer-generated special effects in this film, virtually every scene was either a real place, or based on a real place.

I personally enjoyed the movie because it was so multi-dimensional. The movie really made you think, and it kept building. Also, it was very suspenseful and action filled with a grandiose film score.

Below I have copied an original size screen shot of a virtual world that was created by one of the architect students in the movie which allowed the architect to manipulate the environment in any fashion. Here she is taught to fold a city street on top of the street she is standing on, causing a mirrored affect above them. 

Highly recommended movie  

The Iliad 

The story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the Iliad mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about the siege; the earlier events, such as the gathering of warriors for the siege, the cause of the war, and related concerns tend to appear near the beginning. Then the epic narrative takes up events prophesied for the future, such as Achilles' looming death and the sack of Troy, prefigured and alluded to more and more vividly, so that when it reaches an end, the poem has told a more or less complete tale of the Trojan War

In Book I

It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband, Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer's "The Iliad."

Music

OUTKAST

Arguably growing from an increased impatience with progress toward equality among black Americans in the 1990's and a resulting militancy and rage, rap music focused on ideas of violence, anger, and aggression and featured half-spoken lyrics and strong, complex rhythms.

MS. JACKSON (click link)

B.O.B. (click link)

HEY YA! (Click link)

Outkast is an American hip hop duo formed in 1992, in East Point, Atlanta, Georgia, composed of Atlanta-based rappers André "André 3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton.

Sound, Pitch Dynamics, Tone color, Beat, Rhythm and Harmony are just the beginning of what makes Outkast music popular and influential.  In the early 90's Outkast influenced music in a unique way. Although rap was looked at as violent and aggressive in the late 80's early 90's, Outkast took their aggression and turned it into a funky, pop, genre that touched all age groups and demographics.  

As OutKast deepened the sophistication of its frequently life-affirming lyrics and broadened its musical eclecticism, it never lost its unique sense of humour. The group’s image also became a signature, especially the increasingly flamboyant wardrobe of Dré (renamed André 3000), and their theatricality and stylish music videos became OutKast hallmarks.

In short... Outkast was music I grew up with and continue to listen to because of their wide range.