Movies

I've been watching a lot of movies lately and wanted to take some time to reflect upon them. Watching a lot of movies however makes it harder to remember specific details of some movies. I most recently watched The Departed. An overall good movie. I had no clue what was going to happen in the ending, which always keep a viewer intrigued. The rapid die off of all the character towards the end of the movie was my favorite aspect of the plot. It was interesting to see the head guy to die first and than everyone underneath him after. On a completely different genre of movie i watched Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story. This film was very insightful in the history and recent struggles with our economy. The movie in a nut shell revolves around the history and idea of a middle class. Starting out with the creation of the middle class after the second world war when the first unions were formed after long strikes. These unions caused the government to instill vast regulation in order for the middle class to have a right to a good life. Once Ronald Reagan became president the business sector was deregulated and the middle class was back were it started in before WW2. The Movie than continues to show various past administrations focusing mainly on Bush and Clinton about how the financial and treasury sectors were being run by wall street. Both Bush's and Clinton treasurer were business men right off wall street and most of the people work in the treasury were future CEO's/employees of Goldman Sachs. The movie basically ends with the crash of the stock market and the election of Obama. Obama is exactly what wall street didn't want to happen. A man who promotes change and represents middle class america. Although wall street donated considerably to Obama's campaign in hope that future regulation may not hurt so bad. We will see.