h2s04 is published out of old San Francisco (Rice-aroni anyone?). It reads like it’s put out by philosophy students. And it is interesting. There’s a discussion about the philosophy, politics, and ethical problems behind the George Clooney extraviganza Three Kings. There’s also a piece by Matt George entitled “The Pornocracy of Fate” examining the movie The Matix. As with a lot of student efforts the analysis of both of these movies hits pretty wide of the mark. The authors seem to be taking a stance that is far more serious than is actually warranted by the subject at hand. I’ve excerpted a bit from Jill Stauffer’s examination of Three Kings to illustrate my point: “The film [Three Kings] functions at its most accessible level as an anti-war film, and has been advertised as a male-bonding caper film, but what it is about on a deeper level is human possibility–what you are, what you have been, what you may become. And, in tapping into possibility, it builds for us an ethics of responsibility much more powerful than the one we (for the most part) live with now.” I can’t help but think it. Bullshit. I mean, does anyone out there really believe that Three Kings has built us an “ethics of responsibility?” I don’t think so. Three Kings was about a bunch of army guys who stupidly gave away millions of dollars worth of gold which they had stolen fair and square. (DP)
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