The Triple Threat

I was listening to a podcast of Tony Kornheiser describing this movie with Joey Fatone in it. Ironically the discussion began with the topic Dancing with the Stars. It morphed into a description of a movie named The Cooler. As Tony was giving a brief synopsis of the movie where in the end in his words “legs were broken and people were killed.” He and David Aldridge, who was the person the 30 second movie review was aimed at, both agreed with gusto and enthusiasm that it was a great film. As I heard this the thought came to me about why people in this country don’t strap bombs on themselves and try to blow people up in that manner much anymore but suicide bombers are very prevalent in the Middle East. Bill Maher theorized that one reason suicide bombers are so willing to strap a bomb on themselves is because they don’t have any contact with women so they have no outlet for sexual frustration. I think we can take it a little farther and say the violence in our movies has to be taken in account. Imagine all of those young men being able to vent that need to be violent in a nice two hour dose every Friday and Saturday night at the local multiplex. The Romans built the Colosseum so that the citizenry could watch all the barbarism they could handle. So maybe what we need is less Private Ryans (our brave soldiers) and more Saving Private Ryan the 1998 movie staring Tom Hanks that is renowned for its graphic violence of war. So maybe if we stop trying to give the Iraqi’s freedom and start giving out DVD’s we could start winning this occupation.... Probably not, but the movies studios might just find an audience for Battlefield Earth. If the movies don’t do the trick we could move to video games. The Grand Theft Auto Series has both sex and violence and you don’t have to leave the comfort of home to enjoy it. So how about it America. I say we start a campaign were we adopt a suicide bomber and send him or her a Sony Playstation 3 with all the violent and sex filled movies and games America has to offer and see if we can turn those young people into masturbating couch potatoes.

Gleam of triumph (and why Harry Potter survives)

I believe Harry Potter will triumph over Voldemort in the end.As I am currently listening to (POA) on my computer I was struck by something Harry says after he finds out (from over hearing Mr.and Mrs.Weasley conversation) that he had escaped from Voldy 3 times already and by the end of HBP he has faced Voldy again in OOTP and survived.The prophecy states” And either must die at the and of the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives...’.Which I interpret to mean that they will face each other and that each of them will have the ability to die when that situation comes about. So Harry’s survival up to this point is less about his skill and others skills in protecting him but more that the prophecy playing itself out. Harry cannot die until Voldemort can die completely And so that Voldemort can actually die forever his Horcruxes must be destroyed. So as the prophecy plays itself out Harry must survive to get to the ultimate test.

When Voldemort ‘ marked him as his equal’,they truly were equal in power from that moment. Harry on a path of light and Voldy down the path of darkness. We watch Harry’s extraordinary kindness, love and forgiveness in contrast to Voldy’s cruelty, hate and vengeance. He shows us his strengths when his has the chance to kill the man who he believes betrayed his parents, and he does not. When Dudley is being attacked by the Dementors Harry never hesitates in coming to his cousin’s rescue. In GOF Harry is running through the graveyard yelling expelliarmus while Volde is cursing him with AK. Even after he watched Snape kill Dumbledore he sent a spells like Levicorpus and not one unforgivable curse. Showing that his goodness overwhelms his desire for revenge.
The reason that Harry will survive and kill Voldemort after destroying the remaining Horcruxes is because of the gleam of triumph. Harry sees it right after he tells DD about Voldemort using his blood to regenerate. I believe by taking a piece of Harry Voldemort unbalanced the scales and tipped them in Harry’s favor. And with a lot of villains their true ruin comes at their own hand. By some action that they thought would help themselves but in the end is the reason for their own downfall. When Harry’s and Voldemort wands connect in GOF they are both willing their own wand to defeat the other Harry wins. Voldemort is diminished and Harry wins that duel. It is theorized that the reason that the universe exists is because after the Big Bang that there was more matter than anti-matter. When matter and ani-matter come in contact which each other they destroy each other and because there was slightly more matter we exist today. That is why Harry survives the final showdown between them because in using Harry’s blood Voldemort dilutes his pure evil with Harry’s goodness giving Harry the advantage he needs to survive.