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When I was reading the about how movies affect teens in smoking behavior, I recalled the movie “Thank You for Smoking” directed by Jason Reitman.

This movie was about a tobacco industry lobbyist, Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), whose job was to promote smoking cigarette, which included getting their cigarette onto the big movie screen. In the movie, what Nick told the pretty reporter why he helped tobacco industry was because of the population control.

I love Nick’s philosophy though, everyone should have that kind of philosophy (including scientists) to sell themselves and their products without losing values.

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After watching The Simpsons, this song gets into my mind and echoes repeatedly.

Spiderpig, Spiderpig,
Does what ever a spiderpig does.
Can he swing, from a web?
No he cant, he’s a pig.
Look out, he is a spiderpig

It’s classic.

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“The Prestige”, which was directed by Christopher Nolan, is talking about two rival magicians’ battle. This life-long battle broughts many tragic consequences.

I like the movie (maybe because i’m fascinated with magics). I could not predict what will happen next in the movie. There are some interesting lines in the movie.

Cutter: Obsession is a young man’s game

I saw many researchers lost interests in trying new things and ideas, they rather stick to the old-rules and require you to do the same thing. They just want to see what they want to see, and i think that is kickass.

Rupert Angier: No one cares about the man in the box, the man who disappears

Would you rather be the man in the box or the prestige? Often those nobel laureates did not continue in research field anymore after they got the nobel prize. Even if they want to, but they hardly got chance to fully concentrate in the research.

Rupert Angier: Man’s reach exeeds his imagination!

That is why there is always breakthrough in science and we can still be better.

The prestige is the last part of the magic which will earn respect and applause from audience. The movie is telling us that we are looking at the truth, just that we are fooling ourselves. We often see facts and truth in everyday life, but no one tries to figure out why things are happening that way, just you will never try to figure out why there are images on the television.

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