i'm in the post movie state. i just watched rendition. i am easily influenced by what i watch so consider that condition as you read. as humans, we sometimes don't react to something, don't fight for a cause, don't cry, until it affects our own. until it affects our sisters, fathers, sons, friends. we lose the connection of us being human, of what the big picture is. we end up staying on the outside, where money, fame, greed, power mixes with the soul. what if we could stay connected. we don't have to all be on the same side, but what if we truly were empathetic? this type of movie, mixing many plots and points of view, is exactly what my brain yearns for. i need to see every side before making a choice, judgment, etc. some will argue, it takes away the essence and straightforwardness a plot needs, but at the end of it, it reminds us that we're all human, no matter what point of view we're coming from.