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Tempbot (2006)
An Interesting Look at Alienation in the Workplace
The short film "Tempbot" by Neill Blomkamp is an interesting examination of the alienation experienced by temporary workers at office places across America. The film follows a 'tempbot', a robot assigned for a short period of time at an ordinary office, and his romantic endeavours with the Human Resources manager. The interesting thing about the film is that the fact that the main character is a robot is of the least importance in the film, because it shows that workers in offices treat temps as less-than-human. The film just takes the analogy literally and makes the character a robot to further illustrate the point. The best part of the film is the special effects which are flawlessly incorporated with the real images. Blomkamp has a special talent for weaving the CGI into realistic settings and making the viewer comfortable with the idea of these fantastical creations (in this case robots) thus it doesn't detract from the film. The film doesn't necessarily have any weaknesses, it just doesn't amaze. Overall it is worth the fifteen minutes it takes to watch and is another visually remarkable film from Neill Blomkamp.
Munich (2005)
Spielberg's Tale of Vengeance
Munich is the kind of film that few directors dare to make. It is the true kind of controversial film unlike those that claim to be controversial to attract attention. It tells the tale of 5 Israelis that were chosen by the government of Israel to hunt down those who were responsible for the Black September massacre of 11 Israeli atheletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
The film version of Vengeance, the nonfiction novel telling the tale of this assassination group from the point of view of "Avner" the leader of the group written by George Jonas, has been regarded as either "Pro-Israel" or "Anti-Israel". I would consider it neither, contrary to its source material Vengeance. Spielberg is obviously Pro-Israel in real life but in the film I believe he states that Israel accomplished nothing by sending out the assassination squad headed by Avner except to show the point that Israel is not weak. Though did this symbol stop terrorist violence in the 1970s? No, it merely slowed down a few operations because as Avner stated when one head of Ephraim's monster was cut off, many others struck up in its place. Steven Spielberg's film shows how it is futile to fight fire with fire because all that results is more bloodshed. Or as Avner states in his foreward to the 2005 version of Vengeance "'An eye for an eye' may seem an appropriate response, but it is not a solution." The film tried to put out the message that violence cannot solve these kinds of things and that people do not realize the extents a human being will go to to protect his/her country. Munich is a masterpiece and I feel it was not appreciated enough in the year of 2005 and deserved to win the Oscar for best picture. Hopefully Munich will be remembered in the future for all that it tried to accomplish and the change that it made in me.
Also, just so you know I am a 15-year old and I have seen Munich and read the book Vengeance.