The other night I sat down to watch The Boy In The Striped Pajamas with my girlfriend, and was quite startled. After seeing Schindler's List, I though I would be somewhat desensitized to a film graphically depicting the horrors of a Jewish Work Camp during WWII. How wrong I was. This is one of the most powerful films I have seen in a long time. Along with amazing camera work, terrific acting, and a gorgeous setting in a German countryside, this film has a vivid depiction of what could be the worst possible outcome for a human being.
Sometimes I think it's amazing what the human mind can conjure up. The world can be a sick, evil, and sadistic place sometimes, and it is often hard to find beauty out of such despair.
Hope for better days, I guess.
Sometimes you just have to look at a waterfall to clear your mind, and forget that people are still being persecuted for their beliefs. I don't think this is ignorance, I think it's a way to escape reality for a quick moment and focus on something not so wretched in a pretty evil world.
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