"the future belongs to those who know where they belong..."

Hey guys :)

My topic this time is a movie/book recommendation. I have to share this with you guys because I haven’t seen such a good movie in a while! I am sure some of you have already seen this movie as it is new in theaters and some probably have already read the three books (this is what I am doing next!). I have seen the trailer for the movie about a 100 times in the gym (but without sound) and from the first moment on I knew I have to watch this movie.
It is called DIVERGENT. It is actually very similar to the Hunger Games (which I love as well by the way) because of its similar themes and target audience. The first book was published in 2011 by the American novelist Veronica Roth.
It is about Beatrice ‘Tris’ Prior who explores her identity within a society that defines its citizens by their social and personality-related affiliation with five different factions. These are Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), Erudite (the intelligent), Abnegation (the selfless), and Candor (the honest). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote for the rest of their lives. They don’t have to choose their original faction. First they have to take a placement test that tells them which faction is right for them according to their personality. According to this test Tris belongs to three of the five factions (namely Dauntless, Erudite and Abnegation – her original faction), which they call divergent. This makes her a threat for the whole faction system so she has to keep her result a secret. On the selection day she chooses Dauntless as her new faction, as she always admired their fearlessness. Throughout the novel, the Dauntless demonstrate their fearlessness by jumping on and off trains traveling throughout the city.
Of course there is also a romantic subplot between Tris and one of her trainers in the Dauntless faction, nicknamed Four (you should at least watch the movie because of this good looking man!!).

As I urge you to watch this movie, I won’t tell you the end of it – although there isn’t really an end because there are two more books. This movie lasted two and a half hours and it was thrilling for two and a half hours! This should be enough reason to get up and watch this fantastic movie!

I am going to start reading the first book now.. Still excited even though I have already seen the film!

Here the movie trailer: ENJOY!

can you imagine a life without sensory perception?!

I started to think about this topic when I watched a movie called "Perfect Sense". This movie is about losing the 4 major sensory perceptions (I know there are 5 sensory perceptions, but the movie just mentions 4 as it would be hard to show what it's like to lose your sense of touch?! ). It all starts with an epidemic which begins to spread throughout the globe! Humans lose their senses one at a time. Each loss is preceded by an outburst of an intense feeling or urge. 
Like in nearly every movie, there is a romantic story too. Michael and Susan have just met before the epidemic broke out. Faced with the same problems caused by slowly losing all their senses they are falling in love with each other. 
The first sense they lose is the sense of taste which is preceded by a great sorrow. People suddenly start to cry. As Michael's profession is cooking, it has a huge effect on his work. Can you imagine going into a restaurant, eating an incredible meal but don't taste anything?! People would probably stop spending money on expensive meals in restaurants. That's why Michael and his collegues start to focus on preparing the meals as pretty as possible because "what looks good tastes good".
The next loss is the sense of smell preceded by a sudden feeling of panic. The sense of smell is probably the one you can rather live without. Of course you would miss the scent of flowers, food, etc but you also don't have to smell things like your dog's wet fur. 
However, the next loss is the sense of hearing. This loss is preceded by an outbreak of extreme anger and rage. Michael starts to shout at Susan and insults her so that they stop seeing each other.
Suddenly people experience a feeling of joyful euphoria which precedes the last loss, the loss of vision. Of course there is a happy end, and they come back together :)

What I really liked about this movie was, for instance, when they lost their sense of hearing, there were minutes of complete silence in the movie. You could see that people were talking but you couldn't hear anything. The director tried to show how it is to live without your sense of hearing. As we all know there are people who are born without this sense and who have to live their whole life without ever being able to listen to music, to hear their own voice or the voice of anyone else. At the end when they lost their sense of vision the screen goes black and a voice is explaining what is happening at the moment. Michael and Susan are coming back together and are kissing after just losing their last sense, the sense of vision.

Although the movie itself was not that good, I found it quite interesting to see how people deal with the loss of their sensory perceptions. Moreover, it really set me thinking. How life would be after just losing one of these 4 senses?!
So be thankful for every sense you have!! Maybe just try to live blindfolded for one day..