Goodbye Lenin! FINALLY!

Yeah! So I finally found Goodbye Lenin at Blockbuster in Clemson, and let me say, I'm glad I did. I never thought I could laugh at a subtitled film that I didn't expect to have any comedy in the first place. As far as perspective goes, this film, on the verge of sounding idiotic, a lot of Austin Powers, at least the basic plot of it. It poses and interesting question, and I pondered it myself. What if I went to sleep tonight and woke up tomorrow and America was communist, my family was completely changed, and Junebug was actually good; I wouldn't know what to think! ;-) I think the most important perspective, for me, was seeing the collapse of the Berlin wall through the eyes of someone who actually didn't want it to come down. This poses another interesting point, there are always two sides to every story and not everyone's opinion is correct. For example, I sure many members of the Nazi party believed they were actually doing what was best for the world just as I'm sure that members of Al Qaeda actually believe that their suicide bombings are for the greater good. Obviously this opinion is not shared by the victims of these tragesties and the world as a whole. This goes the same for East Berlin and the other communists nations. Like Alex's mother, I believe that some of them actually appreciated their government (communism after all, could be a good system in some countries if integrated with capitalism and implemented scandal free). While trying to construct a present that is pre-united Germany, Alex even goes as far to say that capitalists are actually fleeing from capitalism in favor of communism. By orchestrating this, Alex is allowed to view the unification from his Mother's eyes as opposed to what the media is telling him everyday and actually gain a sort of nationalistic pride and respect for pre-united Germany.

Disclaimer: I am in no way a communist, I just re-read my post and I come off as the type of person who wears a sickle and hammer t-shirt while listening to my Russian heavy metal on my iPod on my way to class. The example of communism being good I mentioned is what I've studied extensively in international business classes. From a business sense, China has a combination of both capitalism and communism that allows the country to be extremely profitable. Okay, now I feel better, go USA.