DIRT! The Movie.

I've been working on curriculum all day long. Hannah went to Michigan for the weekend...a good time to get some work done. After my brain hit 3rd grade overload I decided to watch DIRT! The Movie. I'm not sure where to start. Let me premise the rest of this blog with these tidbits of information: I finished the movie even though I wanted to shut it off after the first 15 minutes; I had to put Mumford and Sons (buy this immediately) on the turntable before I started writing; and I fully recognize this year is going to change my life.

I did hate the first 15 minutes of this movie. Every time I watch a documentary like this I feel that I need to watch it as a 18 year old student. As this 18 year old, I hated it. For some reason the documentary didn't capture my attention at first. I thought Jaime Lee Curtis was going to narrate the whole thing, and I was annoyed. She didn't narrate the whole thing, and I decided to stick it out.

Maybe it's the mood of the day, or maybe it's this movie. I ended up loving it. If I did show this movie to students, I would encourage them to stick through the first half. There are a lot of super cheesy graphics. I don't think these graphics are necessary. I'd delete them if I had super powers. These movie tricks almost caused me to quit, but I'm glad I stuck it out. The movie has a message that can change lives...that's another blog I guess.

Is this advocacy? The movie can definitely be seen as a movie based on advocacy, but it doesn't promote itself as a movie for change. Aren't those the best? The ones that sneak up on you. It did me. I'm not sure if I can look at soil at the same way after seeing this movie. I hope it's not a camp high. I don't want this feeling to change...to fade.