greetings.

i love watching movies. they’re my utopian escape route to a surreal world that pits me as the watcher, the observer kinda role. i think alot about movies too, not to the extent of idolising heroes (although, i dont mind doing it to the ladies :P), with the exception of star wars. themes, at times, are rather disturbing. and one such movie was JFK, a masterpiece by oliver stone.

well, the movie is rather simple, its about a real guy. JFK. dont know him? its either you failed your history test, dont read enough, dont give a damn, or just well, dont know. well, i didnt, know him until i watched the movie a few years back. with a little research, idid find out who he was. but more importantly, whats the hoo hah is all about.

the movie depicts the assasination of JFK, John F Kennedy in short. well, he’s the normal ivy league guy who became the president of the country that brought to you the cowboy, baked beans, ford cards, atomic bomb and the gatling gun to name some of its famous inventions that helped shape the world we know it to be today. but its not the direct theme that disturbs, but the plot that got him killed in the first place that startles. and the CIA. Black ops. sigh….

i’m no conspiracy theorist alright, but doing research and thinking about the movie makes my heart sink. war and peace will never cease to exist without each other. you want peace, then wage a war. you want peace, fill the coffers of the war mongers first. you want war, the create peace first. its a bloody closely knitted sort of relationship thats even more slapstick than abbot and costello.

so, whats with war and peace and JFK?

think about this. lets take a little step back to the years when the world was at war. its WW2… the world’s at war. countries that were directly involved were also churning out two things that are neeeded to run the war. soldiers, and weapons. soldiers are the human components of the war machine, while the weapons were catalyst to many things. better weapons means more in depth scientific research. that means more money churned. that means more jobs for people. it also means that the owner of a factory that produces bullets, for example, a really rich dude. simply put it, there is no other bigger and more efficient economic component of a developed country than the war mongering and war support industries. and its not only restricted to weapons dear friends. science, the encapsulation of our intellect to make our lives richer is used here to make war a more efficient effort. look at the money spent by countries to build armies, to research for more weapons, and to build new ones. its our money. our hard earned money.

but, without them, the sancity and the peace that we are so accustomed to will cease to exist. so, without armies, there’s no guarantee of peace. it was never said that peace can only be achieved by firing a round at those who fails to respect it. we created it. war, and peace.

so, whats JFK gotta do with it? i leave it to you. there can be many catalysts that spurs the mind to think. a falling apple insipred a certain someone to understand further God’s mechanics, and we’re learning about it in school. i’ll not elaborate further. go get the dvd/tape. get the original. or watch it over cable. and think.

think…………..