American Sniper is a the last Clint Eastwood movie, nominated for no less than 6 Oscars. It is a war movie, a biography of "the most lethal sniper of US Army's history". You remember the 2009 Oscar award for Best Film, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, isn't it? Iraq, war, bombs, danger, warrior's psychical condition, etc? It was neutral, and it won because of that, even if Avatar was much better and much entertaining. I felt it hadn't "message", you know? It wasn't a positive thing, it was too … [Read more...]
10 Disappearing Beaches
When seas rise, beaches disappear. And even setting climate change aside, scientists predict a twenty-five–thirty centimeters rise in ocean levels by the end of this century. And for each two and a half centimeters the ocean rises, a beach gets on average one meter narrower. You may add to that sinking coastal lands, increasing violent storms, and humans interfering with natural beach architecture by dredging channels and building seawalls and jetties, and you'll have a recipe for … [Read more...]