Catching up on films...

Hey guys,

Sorry, has been a few busy days watching films. Heres what I've seen so far and a bit of what I thought about it:

Thursday 27th:
Election 2 - Fairly brutal Hong Kong gangster film. Was quite well done, for a change. I have seen the original one, and actually prefer this one. The first film focused more on the aftermath of the election, where are this one focuses more on the "campaigning" for an election. It also hints to an interesting (and quite scary) connection between the Chinese government and the triads. Now I have no doubt that they have an influence in parts, but if its along the lines of this film, it would have quite an impact.

This film is not yet rated - This is a documentary on the MPAA. Basically, noone knows who rates the films you see, at least not in the US. Ratings, a voluntary system in the US, were brought about by a desire to keep the US government out of it. The result is, of course, a system designed to keep everyone from being able to put any measure of accountability to it. This film attempted to locate and identify exactly what goes on, who makes the decisions and how those decisions are made. The result essentially proves that whilst not outrightly defined as censorship, its sufficiently similar to have the same effect.