My morals have been thrown into question the past couple of months. I have a pretty good set of morals, or I like to think so. I don’t swear, I’m not a violent person and try to be as polite as Professor Layton expects me to be. And then there are morals that I don’t even think about, by are obviously there. Like how it’s wrong to kill people and blackmail. Well, I don’t know whats right and what’s wrong anymore and I blame Dexter and Chris Colfer.
So, my new years resolution is to read a book a week. 52 books in a year. I’ll give up in a couple of weeks but so far, I’m doing so good. I’ve finished my first book of the year already, Chris Colfer’s Struck by Lightning novel. I don’t know if the book was based on the film, (see this blog post, there is a film) or the other way around. And I haven’t even seen the film yet, but I will say the book’s great. I enjoyed it a lot more than his first novel.
It’s all about a guy who blackmails people at his high school to write for the school paper. And this is were my morals come into question. Is it really OK to be blackmailing people? Maybe. But then if we throw Dexter into the mix, I’m reading those books as well, and that’s about a guy who kills bad people. Is that right or wrong? I don’t even know anymore.
Couldn’t agree more. I don’t like how the main character of this book/film is based on the writer, and the character blatantly bullies people and has no respect for others. It’s very worrying. It’s not a terrible movie, but I really hope younger viewers don’t take Carson seriously or find him inspirational. Then all hope is lost for the next generation.
Hey moviefan (or should I say Kerrie the troll) The character of Carson is NOT based on the writer. I do not know how many times you have to be told/shown this. Also, the film is very inspirational. Yes blackmail is dubious, but it is used every day all over the world in different forms and different levels. Governments use blackmail consistently. The film is about much more than the ‘blackmail’ that the main protagonist uses and as such it is why the ‘morality’ of blackmail falls into question. Fantastic film. Really gets to examine every aspect of the human condition; the good as well as the bad and gives an in-depth look at human nature, humanity and the struggle against being ‘boxed’ or made to fit to a stereotype. It is a film about ‘choices.’
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Firstly, I truly liked exactly what Aaron Manley and Chloe Moretz bought thus to their roles as Kick Ass and Struck Girl respectively, but much of other film ended up being forgettable