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Surprisingly this was my first time seeing Precious, for me this movie was pretty hard to watch. I don't know what got me more sad/upset, seeing Precious have to go through all of this when all she wants is a better life for herself or that her mother is a two faced bitch that could turn it on and off when they were around people. I don't think a movie ever pissed me off so much, but that's how you know they're doing their jobs right! I think it's amazing that even though we know these movies are fake that it can evoke such emotions in us, even the deep emotions it evokes in the actors as well! The complexity of abuse that this movie brought was truly amazing. I haven't seen any movie that has been able to bring the tragedy of abuse while stilling being able to portray the victim as broken but still strong and willing to fight for a future.
Right from the beginning we see Precious's mom as being abusive and vindictive towards Precious to the point where it is impossible not to be angry and hating her. But towards the end when they meet again after Precious left we see the true complexity of her character and begin to feel for her in some way. This is the part that shows the complexity and cycle that abuse and being put down has on people.

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On Thursday that was the second time that I saw Anthony's movie, and I was surprised at some things that I didn't notice before. One example being when the two boys were watching They Shoot Horses Don't They as the women get shot the boy that ends up taking his own life at the end has the blood splatter fade out on his head. The foreshadowing for that part was nicely done and reminds me of the short clip of that movie we saw in AP when the man face gets superimposed with that of his mother's skull. To me the only down fall of the movie was the shaky camera angles but I know that it has to do with the setting in Final Cut and that he was quickly trying to clean up the footage so the editor tends to do that to your footage if you set it too high. But since most people don't know about film editing like that i'm pretty sure no one caught it much, and if anything that sort of shaky and in and out it does actually added to some parts of the film. Overall I was well put together and Anthony did a wonderful job!

I don'y even know where to begin with Monty Python, I was completely lost since I have never seen the movie and I had missed Friday. Other than that It was pretty good, I felt a super deep connection with The Knights of Ni. As I was taking notes during the movie it reminded me of three things, an SNL skit, Robin Hood Men in Tights and Sponge Bob. Sometimes in Sponge Bob they would cut to live scenes like those in Monty Python which I wouldn't be surprised now if they have been ripped from movies like this. It seems like the connection to Robin Hood was pretty obvious since they are both ridiculous movies. And when it came to the SNL it reminded me of some of the skits or movies that the past crew members have made such as Coneheads, Wayne's Worlds, Superstar or Night at the Roxbury. It made me really miss the old SNL :(