TV's Movies

Get Rich, or Die Tryin'

2007-12-31T13:17:00.000-08:00

50 Cent, gets to tell his tale in this movie. I remember hearing him and Lil' Kim singing Magic Stick and jsut being totally entranced. He has such a powerful sound the way he strings words together.

When this movie came out a bunch of people were upset, saying it glorified violence. people who think this clearly didn't see the movie. It is a movie about a hood trying to find a way to live in a world of violence and crime.

So while violence and crime are a part of the movie, they are not the point of the movie.

Best line:

50 Cent: "I'm going to kill him"
[waves off a gun that is offered to him]
"not that way...I am going to humiliate him"

Aeon Flux

2007-12-30T20:58:00.000-08:00

In contrast to Ultraviolet, Aeon Flux is a really good example of a sexy acrobatic warrior dancer woman kicking but movie. The difference is that between all the flashy eye catching graphics and over the top stunts there lies a mysterious plot.

What happens to people who have disappeared in the Utopian city of Aeon's existance? What happened to her memories? Why does she remember flashes of being a lover to the man she was sent to kill?

Ship of Theseus

In many ways it is like Ghost in the Shell. It explores the notion of identity, and changing identity. I think this is a very popular theme in Science Fiction now, I call it Ship of Theseus theme. At what point do we change so much that we are no longer the same? How can technology preserve the essence of what we are beyound our normal years, and what will we become when it can do this?

Ultraviolet

2007-12-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

How could a movie with a hot babe twisting around in acrobatic martial arts moves fail so badly? Oddly enough utltraviolet and Aeon Flux are both on right now and I diecided to compare them. My DVR cut off Ultraviolet right in the middle of the fiftieth scene of her killing 400 men.

These video game special effects are only interrupted by the cheesiest dialogeu ever written.

Bad Guy: "I have 400 men around me, what are you gonna do about it?"
Hot Chick: "Kill them!"

Do yourself a favor, when you see the one star on this film...don't believe it...its much worse.

Gothika

2007-12-27T18:36:00.000-08:00

I screamed like a girl when the ghost appeared in the pool! Halle Berry is so hot in this movie. Going from sexy psychiatrist to vulnerable victom.

It has every element of a good psychological gothic thriller. Set in an old castle like mental institution where Berry flees psychotic inmates, people with odd motivations, and of course, a ghost.

Well worth the watch, but a real screamer.

Benders Big Score

2007-12-25T12:37:00.000-08:00

This movie is insane! If I tried to explain the convuluted time travel-nudist beach-spammers reposses the world-Leela the Narwhale plot it would only confuse you. But somehow the writers of Futurama manage to bring all this together in a nice little bow tied by mass murdering Santa Clause and the Kawanzabot.

But who am I kidding, I didn't watch it for the plot....that Leela WHAT A HOTTIE!

Mississippi Burning - A movie about Whites

2007-12-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

I first watched this movie when I was about 16 with my grandparents. It is a powerful movie based on the true story of two FBI agents who are investigating the murder of three civil rights workers.

This movie set a lot of my mindset on where I stood for race relations. As I rewatched it I realized just how much my values were aligned with the producers.

The first thing that struck me was how the movie was all about white people. There were no significant parts by black people. The heroes of the movie were two white men all of the villians are white. Black people (in this movie) are caught in the middle of a struggle between the FBI and a bunch of local Klansmen.

From my perspective I came to admire the idea of being like those FBI agents. They were strong and powerful men going up against a bunch of bullies. There is an underlying struggle between the two heroes. One is a cool by the book Northeasterner (William Dafoe)who plays it by the book. He is outraged at the oppression he sees, and the sheer brutality of violence. But he is somewhat inneffective at getting an arrest. Everything he tries just invites more retribution on the black people. If he asks a black man a question the Klan grabs the black man and beats him senseless.

Hackman plays a former Tennessee sherriff who left Mississippi to join the FBI. He thinks like these people, but is also outraged at the injustice he sees. His approach is far funner to watch in the movies. In one scene he walks into the KKK headquarters, grabs a thug by the balls and twists until the guy collapses.

The tension between these two good men is probably the best thing about this movie. They both believe in the same thing, but their disagreement over how to take down the Klan causes frequent arguments; in fact, at one point Defoe almost shoots Hackman.

In the end it is a very rewarding movie. You see these people who have been oppressive of blacks, spreading fear and hatred get their just deserts...outsmarted by two shrewd FBI agents. It is also kind of bittersweet when you see a bunch of murderers getting convicted for violation of civil rights (7 years); but in context, this case truly began to change the way people thought

As I said, the movie is about white people. Blacks in the movie are largely potrayed as victoms...often bravely standing up, but still unable to stop the oppression of the system.

Black people often speak with pride of their achievements in overcoming this oppression. This pride is well deserved. But for the white man in America it is more complex. I have ancestors that fought for the South, the Confederacy, and relatives today who never miss a chance to say the "N" word.

But I also take a great deal of pride in the way we fought, even within our own race, to ensure liberty and justice for all.

This movie truly captures my way of thinking and gives two strong role models for anyone who wants to be on the side of equality and freedom.

The Secret

2007-04-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

I think the Secret is pretty fascinating. I noticed from the start that it was very well done. It artfully combines computer graphics with narration to make it's point.

I also am really impressed by the viral marketing techniques they used. I heard about this movie from about 6 people in three different circles. I have never seen an advertisement, ad or even gotten an e-mail. Just pure word of mouth, telling me to view it on-line. This is a new and very good way to promote a documentary.

Now as to the point. The movie makes the claim that you have caused drawn everything you experience into your life. It then goes on to tell you how to think positive thoughts about what you want in your life. The makers then GUARANTEE, you will get it.

Think of $100,000 dollars and it will come to you.

So the secret is to ask the universe and you will recieve. They then go through how to apply the Secret to your money, life, job, relationships and health.

I like the idea. I may not believe that you are 100% in charge of all you experience and that you could visualize anything and have it come your way. But I do believe there is a great deal of power in picturing what you want and moving towards it.

There is one point where they compare moving through life like having your headlights on at night. You may only see a few hundred feet ahead but you can drive hundreds of miles seeing only 200 feet at a time. I truly agree with this concept. When you are trying to reach a goal, go for it. Don't worry about how you will get there, just focus with single minded attention. You will reach it.

Another point I agree with is the idea that you should focus on what you want, and try not to focus on what you don't want. I realized that I think frequently about my "lifelong struggle with weight". What am I bringing on myself? How am I seeing myself?

A better way to think of it is "I am heading towards a healthy, slim and fit body" and better yet "I AM healthy, fit and strong" Out of this belief I will eat better, exercise more and avoid unhealthy habbits that are adopted only by people who struggle with weight issues. That's not me anymore. I am healthy fit and strong.

I also decided to focus on a goal of $500,000 in funding for the Zero Waste Network. So watch here and see if it happens.

My only complaint is the sloppy science. For instance, one person says "It has been scientifically proven that positive thoughts radiate 10 times stronger than negative thoughts"....RUBBISH. The movie is not, and should never be seen as a scientific movie. But as a philosophical and inpirational framework it is quite good.

Borat

2007-04-09T21:24:00.000-07:00

I had the fun of watching this on a zebra skin bedsheet at the Kimpton Hotel in D.C. I almost hurt myself laughing so hard. This movie is F U N N Y!

A Scanner Darkly

2007-01-08T15:40:00.000-08:00

A very original movie, not suprised it wasn't a big hit. It uses an advanced form of rotoscopins which allowed a creative range of subtle effects in shading, coloration and changes to the actors. This film gets into one of my favorite themes of late...what is real and what is unreal, and is there really a difference. It also addresses the idea of identity. The primary character is an agent of the government whose job is to spy on his undercover self and the drugged out underground of L.A.

Such a strange movie, hard to describe, but well worth a watch.

Ghost in the Shell Part 2

2006-12-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

I am a huge fan of all things Ghost in the Shell. The series, the movie, I even have the haunting opening theme to Stand Alone Complex. I added a Wikipedia reference to Ship of Theseus as an external link...Wikipedia is a kind of Stand Alone Complex in of itself.

Well, the sequal seems to be the flip side of the first movie. The first movie a cyborg police agent begins to wonder how many more artificial implants she can take before she essentially is no longer human. We are entering an age where man and machine are starting to meld. It won't be long before we can add significant artificial parts to our bodies, and even tie our brains to the Internet. At the end of the first movie the heroin, "The Major", ties into the futuristic version of the Internet and disapears. Only her disembodied consciousness remains.

In the second movie Bato, her partner, caries on his life in Section 9, a special police unit comprised of cyber specialists.

Like the movies and the TV show it starts off with a good dose of action and gratuitous violence. It is missing the sexy Major, but other than that it is good old fashioned Japanamation.

As the story progresses we start to see the man behind the tough exterior. One minute he is taking out dozens of bad guys, fighting a monstorous blade armed beast. Next he is gently pulling the ears of his fat dog out of the dog food.

These anime's are amazing. You forget you are watching a drawn image....you tend to think things like "what a great acting job". The Boto character reminds me of Edward James Olmos. He is very reserved. He doesn't emote, but underneath those still waters you can tell he is a very passionate person. Kind of an Elephant lost in the woods.

And he misses the major deeply.

Like the other shows it then takes an even deeper twist. Boto is working on a case involving "sexdroids" (kind of like Austin Powers fembots only more geisha). He discovers that the droids have human like qualities. In fact, in the end he discovers that peoples essence, their "ghost" was imprinted on the robot.

The story then starts delving into issues similar to those Kubrik explores in AI. Namely, if we make a machine with consciousness, are we responsible for it. Even Botto's dog, a genetically modified breed, is part of this underlying philosophical question.

Why do we make dolls?
Why do they sometimes creep us out?

One of the characters postulates that dolls scare us because they are simulations of people. We are creeped out by them because we see that if a doll was made well enough it could become us. Which leads to the conclusion that we are nothing but a bunch of parts. This line of reasoning is an exact mirror of the first movie.

One comes from the angle of making a human into a machine. Part 2 explores a machine becomeing human.

A beautiful pair of movies. I want to see them back to back some time.

Memoirs of A Geisha

2005-12-29T16:59:00.000-08:00

Pretty stereotypical in every way. Beautifully filmed. It seems like they used Chinese style of imagery.

Of course, I would go see it no matter what as it has three of the most beautiful Asian actresses of all time. Zhang Ziyi can't act worth a flip though...she is really a model posing in every film she does. She is always rushing up with an expectant look in her eyes, hoping to see the man of her dreams...that is her whole movie career. She just strikes different poses.

Not so with Gong Li. Ms. Li can play a wicked vindictive Geisha, a mafia whore, an opium addicted princes, a caring mother. She is flexible. Even in her forties she outshines the younger Ziyi in her beauty.

Michelle Yeoh once again plays the role of mentor to Ziyi. She has such a calm and kind presence on screen. There is a scene where she trains Ziyi, and it reminds me of those Kung Fu movies where they train the guy to fight. It even had the test and the tired line "now you are ready"

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005-12-29T16:50:00.000-08:00

I watched this twice in one day. I think...I can't remember. THis movie brings to mind a number of questions. If you loved someone and then had every memory of them erased, could you just start over again? And if you broke up, then had every memory erased would you just kind of keep repeating the same foul ups over and over.

And if you knew you had lost all your memories because you had chosen to erase them after a break up, would you then decide to do it all over again anyway?

At one point the guy losing his memories realizes that he is going to finally lose the memory of her love. He looks at the shadow of the woman and decides to just live the memory while it lasts.

Love will always end, and we will always lose those we love. We will a break-up, or move, or die. One way or the other it will end. So we just have to live that love, and enjoy it while we can.

Another thing it made me think about was the memories of love, expecially the painful ones. Would we erase them if we could? And if we could, would we be the same person.

In the movie he associates her name with huckleberry hound. after he erased her, he couldn't remember Huckleberry Hound. The association with a loved one is so deep you can't think about some things without thinking of them.

Lord of the Rings.

2005-11-21T15:08:00.000-08:00

The first time I read Lord of the Rings I stayed up late into the night, reading this world that unfolded before me in Tolkeins words. When I fell asleep with the book in hand, my dreams were about Middle Earth, but what was really weird was that I would also dream about laying there reading the book. I enjoyed these books so much that just reading them was a joy.

So this weekend I considered it a quest of honor to watch them all three back to back. Not quite as good as reading, but only 13 hours of film watching....guess I better go for a run now.

Lenny Bruce

2005-11-21T13:52:00.000-08:00

I had always heard about Lenny Bruce, but didn't know much more than an REM lyric about him not being afraid. So when I was looking for stuff to Tivo I caught this Dustin Hoffman film where he shows Lenny from his beginnings as a Las Vegas Schtick comedian, and finally making fun of anti obscenity laws by getting arrested, then mocking his trial...it is hilarious...he turns the whole obscenity issue on it's head. He was a genius with an ironic end....Hoffman once again plays another character who is indistinguishable from Captain Hook, the Graduate, Raymond or Kramer....what a range...love this guy.

The Good Earth

2005-07-11T19:44:00.000-07:00

Most movies from the fifties about Chinese are really wierd. They have these antiquated stereotypes about Chinese. This movie has a lot of those, including a bunch of anglos in bad makeup trying to pass themselves off as Chinese...and those accents...ugh...guess they never met anyone Chinese in those days.

But get past that and this is a really good movie by one of the great writers of the 20th century. It had some profound things to say about marriage, work, honor, fortune (and how e deal with it) and our connection to nature. It covers a long time period, showing a man grow, age and eventually here his children start their days as men.

Perl S. Buck, the writer, lived in Asia, and clearly draws on ancient Chinese stories to build this plot. I also recomend one of her books, All Men Are Brothers, for anyone who likes martial arts.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2005-07-11T19:38:00.000-07:00

This is one of the weirdest movies you will ever see. Chuck Barris, the creator fo such inane TV shows as the Gong Show and the Dating Game, was actually a spy during the Cold War. It juxtaposes people singing If I had a hammer off key whith seens of him stalking killers in East Berlin....truly bizzare. It's like a cross between the Godfather, Dodgeball and Being John Malkovich.

Batman Begins

2005-06-25T16:36:00.000-07:00

My favorite of all the batman movies. Best Bruce Wayne/Batman ever!

I am a big fan of Batman, both on screen, and even more so in the Comics. I love the way Miller chronicles the beginning and end of the Batman's career. This movie deals with an era that is kind of vague in the comic books. How did the Batman get those almost supernatural fighting abilities?

The Comics always showed him as getting good training, and having a lot of talent, drive and courage. But none of that explained why he was so indominatable in hand to hand combat.

Ras Al Gul as a mentor explains a lot. Ras is almost imortal, and has skills honed over thousands of years. In the books he has always liked the Batman, and despite having several opportunities, has never killed him. He believes the Batman/Bruce Wayne, will one day become Ras Al Gul...that they are no different.

This movie shows the subtle difference, and gives us all a lesson. The Batman cares and protects those who cannot protect themselves. Ras Al Gul also craves justice, but thinks those who are weak will hinder justice. In fact, in the comics, he sees mankind as a problem. So it is the Batman's compassion that keeps him from losing his mind, and becoming a bad guy.

Those of us who are powerful should remember this.

A few Good Men

2005-06-25T16:27:00.000-07:00

As I watch this movie, about Marines at Guantanomo Bay I am struck by so many parrellels to Bush's War, and the people at Gitmo that are being held without trial. It also has a lot to say about how situations like the Abu Graid tortures happened.

In a Few Good Men the case becomes clear. A commander is ultimately responsible if he gives an illegal order. It is highly unlikely that highly disciplined soldiers would behave so horribly if it wasn't given the blessing of the commander.

In the movie Jack Nicholson is perfectly convinced that the ends justify the means, and that he and he alone is the law in Gitmo. In the movie, the law prevails. Now we have torture scandals where soldiers are being convicted, as they were in the movie, for doing illegal acts. They were convicted even though they were obeying orders.

But this movie shows how hard it is in a military court to question those who give the orders. How unlikely it is that those who are ultimately responsible will come to justice.

Is this the case in real life? Do we want to know? Or as Jack Nicholson says maybe "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!"

Cain Mutiny

2005-06-25T16:21:00.000-07:00

This weekend I watched two movies about military justice- A Few Good Men and the Caine Mutiny. In Cain mutiny a group of officers struggles with how to confront an officer who is obviously short a few marbles...except for the ones in his hands. Bogart was at his very best, and the parrellels between him and Nicholson are unavoidable. Both films featured a handsom young officer who must make a hard choice. Do you let bad command slip, or stand up and risk everything to do what is right.

Unlike A Few Good Men, the ending is bittersweet. You wonder whether they should have supported their commander or not. Also, in a few good men the commander is crazy...but not a Few Good Men...in a Few Good Men the commander is just overconfident, and got the impression he was above the law.

Japanese Story

2005-06-03T22:35:00.000-07:00

One of the few movies I have seen with an Asian man/White Woman mix. It starts off stereotypically making fun of a Japanese business man in Austriala on business whith a "bossy" blonde Australian woman who reluctantly becomes his guide. If someone figure out what happened at the lake let me know.

This movie has a couple of strange twists in it that make it fairly good. Pacing is a little slow.

Crash

2005-05-29T13:47:00.000-07:00

Like Canyon with a triple shot of espresso, Crash pulls together the lives of over a dozen people from about ten different races, economic and social backgrounds and ties them all together against the backdrop of Los Angeles.

When you think you know where Crash is headed, it turns around 360 degrees. As one character says "we don't ever touch each other in this city. Sometimes I think we just crash into each other just so we can touch."

Matt Dillon's character die this with perfection. You initially think of him as a racist LA cop, but come to see it isn't that simple. Nor is the "good cop" quite so perfect. Luda Chris complaining about the stereotypes of black men, even as he emulates every last one of them.

Unlike most race relation movies it doesn't just look at black and white, and it doesn't make all black people poor, nor all whites rich. It shows an Iranian family dealing with violence and vandalism, a latino father comforting his five year old daughter, and a television director wondering if he is an an Uncle Tom.

I give it a thumbs up, but think it probably won't translate well outside the white cappucino drinking crowd that surrounded me as I watched this movie.

Mulan

2005-05-28T20:08:00.000-07:00

THis is one good movie. I love the animation which includes a sequence of Hun Horseman that remains one of the best animated sequences of all time. THe story, based on an old Chinese legend, survives disnification and is still pretty compelling. The characters are so well animated that I tended to think of them as actors doing a good job. Their faces convey subtle emotions, like a Chinese Captain learning his father is dead, and charging into a hopeless battle.

Mulan is full of simple laughs, and is a good story for any age.

American Me

2005-05-28T19:59:00.000-07:00

Starring and directed by one of my favorite actors, Edward James Olmos, this film is not for the faint hearted. It is about the Mexican Mafia operating in and out of the California prison system. Olmos plays the leader of a band that runs the entire prison through terror and violence.

However, this is not some gore filled meaningless prison horror story because of an odd twist. You see the movie through Olmos's eyes and you kind of understand why he is so brutal. You see him get worse and worse, but for the world he lives in this is the right thing to do. He protects his people, and he does that by ensuring people in his gang are respected.

Towards the middle of the movie his views of himself are challenged, and he is forced to live in the world he helped create, but no longer believes.

THis is a very disturbing movie with a lot of violent scenes, but worthwhile nonetheless.

Sex Lies and Videotape

2005-05-22T22:27:00.000-07:00

Much more interesting title than plot. BORING! Very 80's.

Star Wars III - Revenge of the Sith

2005-05-22T21:07:00.000-07:00

It started out as the sorriest of all Star Wars. I was watching it and thinking that we need a break from these movies. Like Episodes I and II the first part relied on big special effects budgets to overcome no story and no acting. But, by the end of the film I had to say it was one of the best. Definitely better than I and II.

What changed was that the plot evolved, and particularly the fall of young Anikan Skywalker. Also watching Democracy fall, and the Empire rise had scary overtones in post September 11 USA. Suddenly friends become enemies, and the bad guys use the symbols of freedom to take over. Kind of like quoting the founding fathers while you restrict civil liberties?

Watching the big showdown between Obi Wan and Lord Vader was classic Star Wars, but rather tame compared to the battles with the Lord Sidius...especially against Yoda.

Sin City

2005-05-19T14:09:00.000-07:00

Very creative, but sickeningly violent. I watch films like this and think of the creative talent that designed it. Using filming techniques that closely emulate black and white ink drawings was a work of genius. I read a couple of the Sin City illustrated novels, and the movie does a good job of following the story, but more remarkable, it follows the layout, the atmosphere, even the "feeling" of these works of art.

I have been a big fan of Frank Miller every since I read The Dark Night Returns. This is one of the best (maybe THE BEST) comic books of all time.

Yet the story of Sin City, for all of it's talent, is sick. What a waste of talent to dwell on cheap used plots of gore and violence, mass murderers and violence against women. There is no real point to the movie, just a well done piece of entertainment for people who get their thrills watching violence and mayham. Quiet frankly I think we have too many of these movies.

Kung Fu Hustle

2005-05-19T14:07:00.000-07:00

Unbelievably Good! I cannot tell you how original this movie is. Every shot is like an experiment in creative filmaking. It is also the funniest Chinese movie I have ever seen. In fact, I laughed so hard that my ribs hurt.

Pinky

2005-01-16T21:14:00.000-08:00

A 1949 Movie about a "black" woman who appears white. She is returning after getting educated as a nurse. Suprising in that it deals with some racial issues way ahead of the time it was popular. Having a woman who is only distinguishable as white by what people think is a work of genius. Many scenes where policeman, "gentlemen", store merchants and judges treat her with kindness, then change as they realize she is "black".

The main character must also deal with her personal struggles, and desires to go back east where people don't know she is black, and treat her "as a human being".

Life

2005-01-03T01:35:00.000-08:00

Two men (Murphy and Lawrence) are wrongly convicted of murder. Funny and touching. Covers decades of American history, all from a prison work camp. Some great scenes with Murphy describing his nightclub, and the prisoners all imagining what they would be doing in it. Another one shows the passage of WWII, the fifties and the sixties passing by as the two guys get older and older. Murphy's jive talk is in high form.

Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

2005-01-01T20:43:00.000-08:00

Hush hush Sweet Charlotte. An old psychological thriller. Very creepy and dark. You can tell hitchcock was popular when it came out...lot's of plot twists.

Bette Davis plays a perfect mad woman. She is crazy, deluded, but far from stupid.

The filming on this is brilliant. It is one of those films that should never be colorized. The shadows on Bette Davis' face and throughout the old house adds to the overall eeriness of the movie.

The people who filmed it thought of every singe shot. In particularly there is a giant oil painting of Charlotte's father that seems alive at times. The flickering lights, the shadows...you see inside a mad womans eyes.

Men With Hats

2005-01-01T20:39:00.000-08:00

Kind of a rappers spinal tap. A college student follows NWH, a rap group around and interviews them. Not for kids! Not for the politically correct.

One scene where the white manager gets caught in the middle of a gunfight, and becomes their fourth dead manager had me laughing so hard I couldn't breath.

Christmas in Connecticut

2005-01-01T16:20:00.000-08:00

Good old yarn (from WWWII era) for those who are looking for a classic christmas story. A woman writes about her family life and her country farm in an idealistic setting. Her publisher insists that she treat a sailer on leave to a Christmas week, in fact, the publisher invites himself while he is at it.

One problem, the write, Barbara Stanwyck, is actually a single sophisticated New Yorker who gets all her recipes from a cook in a neighborhood resteraunt. The cook is played by a guy you see in a lot of those old movies, S.Z. Sakall who is just hilarious.

The story unfolds as Barbara Stanwyck tries to cover up who she is, get married to a man she doesn't love, pass off a baby as hers, pretend to cook etc... The house they pull off the charade is a dream house for christmas.

Samurai X

2005-01-01T16:02:00.000-08:00

This Japanese animation movie deals with a time of turmoil and revolution in Japan. The story is told through the eyes of a young man named Kenshin, who is a warrior supreme. His intentions are good, to use his sword and abilities to save others from suffering. As the story progresses, the Assasin begins to question himself. Is he making life better or continuing the cycle of violence. He also starts to have feelings for a lovely lady, and this complicates his life as a warrior.

Fans fo Japanese anime may know the central character, Rurouni Kenshin. This story is a prequel to the series. If you know the series you know that Kenshin, the main character decided never to kill again. We also know that in the future he carries an X shaped scar on his cheek. We see almost immediately how he get's one slash, but dont know the other scar. Fans of the series need to watch out though. It is a more bloody and serious story...truly heart wrenching at times.

Amazing artwork, incredible story with profound implications. For anyone studying martial arts this movie is a treat because it deals with mind-body aspect, and how a warrior must be to survive.