Reading Log #6

Reading Log #6
Title: War for the Planet of the Apes
Director: Matt Reeves
Text Type: Film
Date Finished: 15/9/17

Summary:
The Film, War for the Planet of the Apes is the third instalment in the trilogy directed by Matt Reeves. The 3 films are remakes of the original Planet of the Apes movies directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The film follows Ceasar - an incredibly smart, human like chimpanzee who is the leader of a massive family of apes - and his apes being forced into a brutal war between a army of humans led by the Colonel - a bad solider who is feared by the apes and other human armies. After the Colonel kills Ceasars wife and older son, Ceasar sets out on a revenge mission with 3 of his most trust worthy apes to kill the Colonel. After meeting new faces along the way and losing many of his apes, Ceasar finds himself and his kind in the middle of a battle between 2 different human armies which will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Personal Response:
Statement: An important lesson to learn from this film is to not let your bad side get the better of you.
Example: For example, when Ceasar finally gets the opportunity to kill the Colonel, he realises that his bad/evil side was taking over. Before he pulled the trigger he ends up stopping himself, even though the Colonel killed his family.
Explanation: Throughout the whole film, Ceasar battles with his bad side. We see this in multiple situations throughout the film. They all come to a climax when Ceasar sneaks into the
Colonels office to find him drunk and vulnerable. Ceasar grabs a gun and struggles extremely hard not to pull the trigger. We can physically see by the expression on his face that Ceasar is fighting with his bad side. Ceasar finally decides not to kill the Colonel. This contrasts with the scene where Maurice - a gentle, Orangutan who is one of Ceasars closest friends - tells Ceasar that he is starting to act like Koba - a very bad ape who was obsessed with killing the humans and with that obsession, started killing apes that stood in his way. From that point on Ceasar made sure that he did not end up like Koba.
Your Link: This relates to the real world because in the real world, real people fight with there bad side. An example would be if there was someone who, in the past got brought up doing terrible things wants to do something terrible now but he knows its wrong, therefore he has to not let his bad side get the better of him.

Personal Response:
Statement: A character I related to was Maurice
Example: For example, throughout Ceasars revenge mission to kill the Colonel, Maurice tries to stop him because he is worried Ceasars newly found hatred for humans is going to get him killed.
Explanation: Maurice has been Ceasars best friend and possibly his most trust worthy ape since the first movie, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. When Maurice told Ceasar that he was starting to act like Koba, that really made Ceasar think about what he was doing. This shows the impact Maurice has on Ceasar. I relate to Maurice because I have also tried to talk my friends out of doing stupid things. I understand how difficult it is when you are worried for a friend so you try and talk them out of what ever it is they are wanting to do.
Your Link: This relates to the the real world because there are plenty of real life scenarios where normal people have to stop there friends or family from doing something stupid that could possibly get them hurt of killed. An example of this would be a friend trying to stop another friend from doing drugs.

Reading Log #5

Reading Log: #5
Title: From crystal meth addiction to world athletics title - long jumper Luvo Manyonga's great leap.
Author: Reuters
Text Type: Article
Date Finished:

Summary:
Luvo Manyonga is a South African 26 year old who won the world championship long jump title, after missing out on an Olympic gold medal in Rio and overcoming a drug addiction. He led in the final from the second round with a leap of 8.48 metres - the third best mark of 2017.

Personal Response:
Statement: This article is relevant to students my age because it shows how much drugs can hold you back in life and ruin your career.
Example: For example, after coming from a township just outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Luvo Manyonga was given an 8 month suspension in 2012 after testing positive for the drug tik - the local variant of crystal meth.
Explanation: The suspension would of made him feel like he let his friends, family and himself down. From this students my age can learn not to take drugs as it will ruin your career and life.
Your Link: I think this article relates to the real world because there have been plenty of famous celebrates who have ruined there careers due to drugs. Students my age look up to these celebrates. This could cause students my age to try and get addicted to drugs. This contrasts with the film Walk the Line because like in this article we see a person with a very good career and we see it get destroyed for some time due to drugs.

Personal Response:
Statement: An important lesson to learn from this article is to never give up on your dream no matter what or how many set backs you experience.
Example: Luvo Manyonga got suspended from Long Jump for 8 months in 2012 for testing positive for the drug tik - the local variant of crystal meth.
Explanation: Luno Manyonga never gave up on his dream. He won the world championship long jump title in 2017 at the age of 26 with a jump of 8.48 metres - the third best mark of 2017. At one point Manyonga admitted that he was only 5 percent away from death. After all of these set backs Manyonga worked hard and never gave up which eventually won him a world championship.
Your Link: I think this article relates to some of the people in the real world who have terrible set backs which are very hard to recover from but they never give up and they don't stop fighting until they conquer there dream. Also, from this we can learn not to ever give up on our dreams no matter what or how many set backs we experience.