There has been a lot of talk about movies recently amongst my affiliated blogs. In particular Shenn mentioned episode three, return of the sith. Which I saw two nights ago. Today being a low activity day for me, I was thinking about how Anakin fell to the dark side. At first I was a bit annoyed with him, throwing away everything and causing so much death and destruction. But after some thought, I began to see that there may be some moral substance to the film. In Episode two, Anni arrives too late to save his mother, after having a dream about her death. In his anger he then slaughters all the associated campers who were responsible for the capture of his mother. In the current episode, he uses his anger to overpower and execute Darth Maul's master. Then, faced with what he believes to be a choice between Padme's life, and the life of many others, he commences on a path of darkness which result in the not only the death of many innocents, but also the shattering of Padme's heart, she then loses the will to live. If you put yourself in Anni's shoes right from the start, you can understand why he feels angry about the loss of his mother, prior humiliation from Darth Maul's master, and what he thinks will be the inevitable loss of his only love Padme. It is normal to be angry, but from this point on, I believe that he should not take action based on that anger. Yes, those marauding campers should have deserved retribution for capturing his mother, but that should be determined in the spirit of justice, not revenge. Also, the execution of children and women is even more sensitive and most would think of as wrong. This principle can be applied to our own lives. In my case, for that policewoman who badgered me unnecessarily, if I take action based on anger, I could make false complaints about her, find out where she works or what car she drives and try to intimidate her in order to get my message across. But if I react because I want the police force to try and improve their service, I would issue a formal comment about her, negatives and positives, perhaps follow it up, and leave it at that. Some people say that the evil will never prosper. I don't agree with that nor do I think it is as simple. Karma is too much of a dreamer's notion. If you react in anger, justify your criminal actions by saying that such a person deserves it and much more, you will suffer in a different way. It will kill something of you, a part of you that is good. In this way, it robs you of the happiness that results from being an innately upward person. I find that if I go down the path of unjust retribution I feel listless, disenchanted and not at peace with myself. It perpetuates further negative actions and thoughts. But yeah, apart from that it was an entertaining movie :o) Back to work now.....*sigh*