Monday, January 31, 2011
Second Skin
I actually liked this movie. Even though it was kind of long, it did grab my attention. My favorite part was in Part 8 at 0:45 when Dan from Philadelphia, Pa talks about how people shouldn't be addicted to games just because they are there. He then says something that made me think deeper into this whole "game addiction." Dan said: "... crack is there on the street, we mind as well go smoke that. Okay that would take actually moving and socializing with somebody. Maybe a fucking crack-head is more of a fucking person than an actual fucking video game player." This made me think about how each person with an addiction is just the same way. No matter what we do, we wont be able to get over it unless we come to a conclusion and see what we are actually against. It took Dan a while, but he finally realized (as did most of the characters in the movie) that they can't be gamers for the rest of their lives. Things change, life changes and change is the inevitable.
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I agree with that quote from the movie. People are loosing themselves in these games. His quote is a little intense when he is comparing a crackhead to a game addict but really it is the same thing. I couldn't believe that they had a half way house but it really is what they need to realize what true reality is.
ReplyDeleteI liked the comment from the documentary too. I think it was a good comparison between crack and video games since both trigger physical reactions. People that are addicted to video games should be able to get the same type of assistance that any recovering drug addict can.
ReplyDeleteThat quote from the movie is so true, those people that are addicted to online gaming don't socialize with people face to face and they lose thier people skills.
ReplyDeleteI agree. That quote hits it right on the head. Addictions are all very closely related it's just the actual thing we're addicted to that has changed. I like though when he said that he had realized how pointless the addiction had been and what it had turned him into. I was really glad that he was able to move past that even though his nefew wasn't.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this was intentional or not, but I LOVE how you refer to the people in the documentary as "characters." The wording speaks for itself. They've slipped so far from reality that we can only see them as removed characters.
ReplyDeleteYeah, i agree with Olivia on that one... They really have fallen into some type of virtual world that their mind has convinced them is real. It's pretty weird. haha
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