Nathan Davis Monsters Inc.

Monsters Inc. is a movie that deals with characteristics of monsters that differ greatly from common perceptions of scary monsters. The film is based on myths of monsters coming out of the closet or hiding under the bed to scare little kids. The monsters however, are using the childrens screams to power thier city with electricity. the main character Sully, is the leading scream getter and finds himself on a journey to say the little human girl Boo. during his journey he encounters a number of obstacles such as competing monsters trying to further scare Boo, secret agents who are terrified at the notion of a human being in the underworld, or monster realm. There is a great deal of mysticism involved in the movie, a few examples would be the doors serving as a passageway for both humans and monsters to go through. the sheer concept of monsters coming through the closet is mysterious and the fact that screams can serve as a power source for a whole city is a crazy thought. Although the movie is for little kids and its animated it shows a ton of examples of mystery.

Nathan Davis Boondock Saints

BoonDock Saints is a movie about two brothers who find themselves as missionaries of God sent to kill evil or bad people. They begin a journey to rid the world of evil. There is a number of symbols and rituals involved in this movie such as the crosses they wear and their ritual prayer they recite before killing their victims. they are viewed as saints because they are killing only bad people who are terrorizing the community. i draw a strong comparison to that of a super hero who saves the day by doing away with the bad guys. although they are supposed to be people of God the moral question comes into play in this movie of how can they be saints when they are killing the creations of God whether the bad guys are commiting sins or not maybe they should be thrown in jail as opposed to being murdered. this movie was very interesting and showed the journey of two brothers and incorperated religious elements and a huge amount of ritual.

Nathan Davis Hail Mary

As a college football player i have always noticed the impact that religion has on sports. I realized a long time ago that the game of football has a special play called the Hail Mary Pass. Throughout my expierences with football i have never knew the origins of the play. I always noticed that the play was ran out of desperation at the end of a half or end of the game. my understanding was that the play was designed as a last prayer for victory and i always thought that it was just a term meaning to pray for a miricle. Upon further review i came to the conclusion that the term was coined by The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame football team. Being that Notre Dame is a very religious university the football team coined the term after a desperation heave to the endzone to win the game. The coach was also religious and required players to pray before during and after the game.

Nathan Davis Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day was an interesting film that introduced the life of a television reporter, who was stuck living the same day over and over again. I believe that i would have felt the same way as he did, enjoying the fact that he gets to make his mistakes right, but after a while of the same process i think i too would have been frustrated and angry. He did a number of crazy things througout the film to take advantage of his situation, such as trying to gain the trust and love of his boss. The problem was that he has not changed and was still trying to get over on people and as much as he tried to cheat to gain her love he continued to fail. It was only towards the end of the film that he gained her love after he replaced all his negatives with positives and began to lead a better life.
I made a number of references with this film from a religious aspect. I noticed that the the reliving of groundhog day could possibly symbolize the idea of reincarnation, eternal life, or cyclical form of life. i also noticed how he began to try to play the role of god by saving peoples lives just as he did with the little boy falling out of the tree. My idea of the movie was positive and i believe that he needed to repeat the same day in order to realize that he needed a change of life.

Nathan Davis The Jacket

The film The Jacket was very strange but interesting. While watching the film i noticed a lot of symbols and characteristics such as, crosses and graveyards, and toombstones arranged as a cross in the snow. The idea of a Gulf War veteran being shot in the head in the beginning was hard to handle, and then when he got framed for murder, then put into a mental institution was also crazy. He has been through a number of hard times such as the war but none was as hard as being sentenced to a mental institution. While in the mental place he was put through a number of expierements, but none as straining as the jacket and being enclosed into a tiny box, which was like where they place dead people in at the morge. It is through the box and the jacket that he reaches a totally different spirtiual realm, and is even able to see and live in the future. It is in the future where he begins to help out others with very unselfish acts and try to prove that he is not totally crazy or insane. The purpose of him being placed into the box was to create a womb like environment that would hopefully give rebirth to the person placed there. In his case it was a place of horrible memories and adventures into the future. He helped the doctor with Bebeck to cure him of his problems and gained a friend who was willing to listen to him so he can go and save the lives of the initial family he helped on the side of the road when their car was broken down.
His real body died in the drawer, but it was through his expierences that he in the jacket that he was able to help others. I had a mixed reaction to this film and personally believe that the drawer can symbolize a number of places that people can try to go in harsh times to escape reality, although he was forced into the drawer and jacket. overall i believe this was an excellent film and really showed how motivated individuals can make enormous changes in the world.

Nathan Davis The Jacket

The film The Jacket was very strange but interesting. While watching the film i noticed a lot of symbols and characteristics such as, crosses and graveyards, and toombstones arranged as a cross in the snow. The idea of a Gulf War veteran being shot in the head in the beginning was hard to handle, and then when he got framed for murder, then put into a mental institution was also crazy. He has been through a number of hard times such as the war but none was as hard as being sentenced to a mental institution. While in the mental place he was put through a number of expierements, but none as straining as the jacket and being enclosed into a tiny box, which was like where they place dead people in at the morge. It is through the box and the jacket that he reaches a totally different spirtiual realm, and is even able to see and live in the future. It is in the future where he begins to help out others with very unselfish acts and try to prove that he is not totally crazy or insane. The purpose of him being placed into the box was to create a womb like environment that would hopefully give rebirth to the person placed there. In his case it was a place of horrible memories and adventures into the future. He helped the doctor with Bebeck to cure him of his problems and gained a friend who was willing to listen to him so he can go and save the lives of the initial family he helped on the side of the road when their car was broken down.
His real body died in the drawer, but it was through his expierences that he in the jacket that he was able to help others. I had a mixed reaction to this film and personally believe that the drawer can symbolize a number of places that people can try to go in harsh times to escape reality, although he was forced into the drawer and jacket. overall i believe this was an excellent film and really showed how motivated individuals can make enormous changes in the world.

Nathan Davis The Jacket

The film The Jacket was very strange but interesting. While watching the film i noticed a lot of symbols and characteristics such as, crosses and graveyards, and toombstones arranged as a cross in the snow. The idea of a Gulf War veteran being shot in the head in the beginning was hard to handle, and then when he got framed for murder, then put into a mental institution was also crazy. He has been through a number of hard times such as the war but none was as hard as being sentenced to a mental institution. While in the mental place he was put through a number of expierements, but none as straining as the jacket and being enclosed into a tiny box, which was like where they place dead people in at the morge. It is through the box and the jacket that he reaches a totally different spirtiual realm, and is even able to see and live in the future. It is in the future where he begins to help out others with very unselfish acts and try to prove that he is not totally crazy or insane. The purpose of him being placed into the box was to create a womb like environment that would hopefully give rebirth to the person placed there. In his case it was a place of horrible memories and adventures into the future. He helped the doctor with Bebeck to cure him of his problems and gained a friend who was willing to listen to him so he can go and save the lives of the initial family he helped on the side of the road when their car was broken down.
His real body died in the drawer, but it was through his expierences that he in the jacket that he was able to help others. I had a mixed reaction to this film and personally believe that the drawer can symbolize a number of places that people can try to go in harsh times to escape reality, although he was forced into the drawer and jacket. overall i believe this was an excellent film and really showed how motivated individuals can make enormous changes in the world.