Tornado Alley (PROG)

[12yearplan]

Yep, a gut feeling, so bad it's good. That scene I introduced. I've seen it 10 times and still get a queezy corny feeling and at the same time love it. I think Noam should be popularized more. Great Humanitarian who has given so much. Another feeling I have is anxiousness and sadness he won't be around much longer to comment on events of the day Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Another feeling is the unlikelihood of a deep ecology movement or self-sufficiency movement taking hold (purist version I suppose). Too little too late kinda thing. I'm glad the movie received those accolades (but didn't think those shops were still open ;). The contrived/forced utopian lifestyle was integral to the plot of course. Maybe, hit too close to home - fool me once sorta thing, lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology
Maybe, I'm too long a jaded skeptic since were sharing our feelings, lolz..
Jean-Jacques Rousseau didn't invent the idea of getting back to nature as the ultimate Good. It's been with human beings since Adam and Eve frolicked in the garden. The thinking goes: If human beings could "get back to nature," then maybe all the problems in the world could be eradicated. But there's an error in that kind of thinking. Citizens of poverty-struck countries already live in a "natural" state, with no running water, subsistence agriculture, no modern medicine. They could probably tell the hippies a thing or two about how "nature" in its raw state is no great shakes, and a warm bed and a hot bath are nothing to sneeze at. But the mindset persists and it crosses ideological lines. There are the Amish and the Mennonites. There are the "survivalists," holed up in compounds with their arsenals and conspiracy theories. There are the radical off-shoots of Christianity favoring homeschooling, and prioritizing being "in but not of" the world. Jonestown is the most dangerous example of what a retreat from the world can result in, but there are others with equally devastating consequences. Society isn't the problem. Man is the problem. A utopia can only work if it's made up of one person. The second another person shows up, you're going to have problems.

If Ben were a "Jesus Camp" type, steeped in a political brand of Christianity, preparing his kids for apocalyptic Rapture, would his behavior be presented as adorably eccentric as it is here? Would a film present a survivalist-dad holed up with his kids and his weaponry as uncritically? It's the same mindset, just different ideologies. Just because Ben is a lefty doesn't mean he's not a jerk. "Captain Fantastic" could have used a lot more skepticism.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/captain-fantastic-2016

Another feeling u can take or leave is I maintain the right to be a critcal bashtard and still give the movie a 10 outta 10 recommendation ;)