{"id":18,"date":"2007-07-10T11:19:41","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T17:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/2007\/07\/10\/midnight-musings\/"},"modified":"2007-07-10T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T17:19:41","slug":"midnight-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/2007\/07\/10\/midnight-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, I had to stay in a hotel last night with my two year old nephew.  As we were sharing a room we had to go to bed early and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly fall asleep at 8pm.  As I was trying to sleep I found myself pondering over our lively and interesting class discussions yesterday (I had a great time, thanks to all who assisted Sarah and I by joining the discussions).  Here are a few of my musings:<\/p>\n<p>I feel really torn when we start discussing gender roles and the negatives (or positives) that go along with those roles.  As I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said more than once, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t claim to be a feminist and I truly feel that I have every opportunity open to me.  With that being said, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not blind to the fact that there is a way in which men and women are presented in films and people are not only used to those norms they expect them.  I think of what Kate said in class when she said that women like to see those types of movies (romantic comedies\/men pursuing women). That has to be true.  If it weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t true they wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make money and studios would stop making them.  Last time I checked, there were more than enough romantic comedies being released.  And I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t lie, I like them.  I like them a lot.  I love getting together with girlfriends or my sisters and watching a good romantic comedy.  Also, I tend to find myself agreeing with Charlie on his post <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/dasbolt\/2007\/07\/09\/women-and-film\/\">Women and Film<\/a>.  This begs the question; If women like to be pursued, how are we oppressed at the same time?  I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t begin to pretend that I have the answer for that.  I think there are only two options for the future of women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s roles: either the majority is perfectly fine with the way things are and we change nothing, or those few who are brave enough to be outspoken really know what is best for everybody and they continue their mission to bring understanding to whomever they can.  Who knows, they just might succeed. <\/p>\n<p>On a side note, book adaptations are always interesting.  I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know that there are any book-to-movie adaptations (that I have read\/seen) where I actually think the movie is just as good or better than the book.  However, there a few books that I loved where I actually thought the movies were decent. Here are a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p>Pride and Prejudice (\u00e2\u20ac\u212296 and \u00e2\u20ac\u212205)<br \/>\nEmma (\u00e2\u20ac\u212296)<br \/>\nSense and Sensibility (\u00e2\u20ac\u212295)<br \/>\nMuch Ado about Nothing<br \/>\nHarry Potter 3and 4<br \/>\nGone with the Wind<br \/>\nFlags of our Fathers<br \/>\nCount of Monte Cristo <\/p>\n<p>(For the last two, I sincerely believe the books are must reads.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Count of Monte Cristo\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is by far the most gripping story I have ever read. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Flags of our Fathers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is simply incredible. Seriously, a must read)<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/files\/2007\/07\/monte.jpg' title='monte.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/files\/2007\/07\/monte.thumbnail.jpg' alt='monte.jpg' \/><\/a>              <\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/files\/2007\/07\/iwo.jpg' title='iwo.jpg'><img src='http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/kcannon\/files\/2007\/07\/iwo.thumbnail.jpg' alt='iwo.jpg' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short, I had to stay in a hotel last night with my two year old nephew. As we were sharing a room we had to go to bed early and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exactly fall asleep at 8pm. 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