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Grey's Anatomy: The Other Side of This Life, Part 1 (2007)
Only 1/3 of this was Grey's Anatomy
I give the Grey;s story line an 8, the spin off series a 2, so overall just a 4. Too bad the funny Christina's wedding preparations storyline was interrupted by some other show.
Oleanna (1994)
Astonishingly bad
Based on what I read about the subject matter and story line, I was looking forward to watching the film and expected to find it interesting. Unfortunately, it was so bad that I bailed after 20 minutes.
The dialogue was unnatural. People don't talk like that. The student was so annoying that I just wanted to slap her. Somehow the dialogue managed to be irritating and boring simultaneously. It simply isn't credible that a professor would stay around for more of this. He would flee from this student as quickly as possible.
A movie about this issue could be so interesting. Too bad this wasn't.
Kumaré (2011)
Cautionary tale for spiritual seekers
I wasn't expecting this film to be funny, but it was. There were many good laughs, though admittedly, most of them were at the expense of his followers. It was quite humorous what people would believe, and how easily.
It is troubling how easily and unquestioningly people will award guru status to someone who plays the part. If the same young man had come to these people dressed as himself, an American from New Jersey, they never would have listened to him, even if his message had been the same.
One of guru's nonsensical teachings was "Illusion is Truth", which is of course ridiculous. The essence of illusion is deception and lies, yet the devotees accepted this lie without question.
I am sure it must have been uncomfortable for these people to learn the truth, yet I am not troubled by the ethics of Vikram's conduct. At this very moment, hundreds, if not thousands, of spiritual charlatans are manipulating people emotionally, and exploiting them financially and sexually. These are the slime who will do whatever it takes to maintain the illusion that lies are the truth.
In contrast, Vikram always intended to make the truth known. In fact, that was the whole point. Unlike the spiritual hucksters, he didn't deceive these people to harm them, but hopefully to teach them and others the dangers of unquestioning acceptance of any teachings or teacher.