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Challenging Impossibility
Challenging Impossibility (2011)
9/10
Wow
10 March 2013
Quick! Name 5 activities you would consider are proper to a spiritual master living in today's world: Meditation... check, Chanting... check, Exercise... check, Devotional service.... check... weight lifting.... really?

After watching this film, your idea of what "spirituality" and "devotional work" is will have to be rewritten. Sri Chinmoy shows that being a spiritual master is not about sitting down and contemplating all day long, or being hidden in a cave somewhere in the Himalayas, but it's actually a modern day to day reality; and just how spiritual would you consider weight lifters to be? Aren't they the most superficial of beings? Well... some of them are the opposite.

This movie changed my perception and impressed me out of bounds.
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Ocean Monk
Ocean Monk (2010)
9/10
Amazing
10 March 2013
Blew me away, and I'm not really a surf fan! But the spiritual intensity of something like surf cannot be denied after watching this short film. Very compelling and intense in the feeling of "something" inside us that drives us to the ocean, in a search for identity, for understanding, and for creating a inner connection with everything that surrounds us.

Ocean Monk talks about the modern monks of today's world, who no longer dwell in caves or monasteries living harsh and secluded lives, but rather live in cities like New York, and have regular jobs and homes, whilst mastering the art of self-knowing and self-transendence in activities such as surfing. A piece of art for the enthusiasts of surfing...(and not)
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The Space Shuttle's Last Flight
The Space Shuttle's Last Flight (2011 TV Movie)
6/10
Emotional but well pictured
10 March 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I felt that this movie made a big emphasis on the emotional cost of the shuttle program to the US, like they were apologizing for not going to the moon again or investing in missions outside the Earth's orbit.

The US decided to spend everything they had in developing the shuttle program in order to build the ISS, and they ended up having two major incidents where men and women died, so this film pays tribute to them and shows veterans of NASA talking about people they knew personally going up to space and not coming back, so it gets emotional for some parts.

I think I would've liked more of a technical story where they speak about the design origins, the first tests, and all the missions that flew well, did their job and returned. I would've liked more exposition on the amazing characteristics of the shuttle, and they rather showed lots of their very embarrassing design issues like the foam that crashes the heat shields on every takeoff and that was responsible for the Columbia tragedy... but the visuals and the narrative are very well done, a nice tribute to the last shuttle mission and a good overall introduction to the shuttle legacy.
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Wonders of the Universe
Wonders of the Universe (I) (2011)
8/10
Loved it
10 March 2013
I loved this series, being a big fan of the Cosmos series my feeling is that Brian Cox has the best of Sagan's ability to explain and transmit the excitement and joy of astronomy and physics, he keeps it interesting, exciting and simple to us all non-scholars of complicated astrophysics.

I found very interesting that he made huge references to the Cosmos series, he sure is a big fan of Sagan's work and he passes that with a more modern twist and the use of nice CGI.

Overall a great documentary and a nice addition to other Universe related films, the locations filmed are amazing and Professor Cox's way of talking is mesmerizing.
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