Never let me go

So I watched a movie in my birthday which I thought would be nice little quaint film I could not have been more wrong. We are tricked into thinking that this film is going to be about a love triangle. This is the story line which develops in the first quarter of the movie. In fact it is a thread which weaves its way through to the very end of the movies and  causes some heart warming moments. 

Nevertheless it is the main plot which is shocking to the core and leads the viewer into quite a sinister world, one that I dread to think could happen in the future. 

At this point I must give a disclaimer if you want to watch this film please do not read on unless you don't mind knowing what happens. 

You see the characters are actually clones not humans after all or are they?  The young people who we meet when they are about 8 and who we follow for twenty years have been produced for the sole purpose of being organ donors more than one.

There are many questions raised by this story one of which is what makes someone human? We are told that these young people are not actually human they are merely clones. Now I don't know about you but I've only thought of dolly the sheep when I think of clones. Now perhaps that is the way those with the power want us to think. I do think that there is something in these conspiracy theories, however that is for another Blog and not this one. 

So back to these characters who to all intents and purposes seem like normal young people with emotions, feelings and personalities. So would clones have personalties, how much would they be affected by the one that they were cloned from. 

Is any human who is created in which ever means still human even if they were a copy. The time of babies being made naturally have gone in some cases and so created life is still life. 

I think the bottom line we have to come to is that Life is life no matter how it is created. 

Creating cloning farms is just barbaric, if we were to have such people to save others even if they are clones is simply wrong. I think we need to get our ethics on this straight before it comes up as normal as I fear could happen in the future. 

It's interesting that even with mercy killing we are making excuses for why it is acceptable. I do not believe that killing people is ever right for the gain of someone else or another race. We need to be careful that we do not accept the dehumanisation of some age groups or people groups. 

This kind of mindset reminds me of a theory which I studied in philosophy which is called utilitarianism which is basically the greatest good for the greatest number. Who decides what is the greatest good and who decides who deserves this greatest good. We think that we can make these decisions, however we are so wrong because our selfishness and need to survive at all costs takes over. 

Life is precious human life that is, God made that very clear. Unfortunately we may twist things and create our own life to some degree nonetheless even that life is precious too. God created man in his own image, therefore even a clone would hold that fingerprint too. 

Happy, Thank you, More please

Last night, as is my often Late night Saturday ritual I watched a film from Amazon Prime. I came across this intriguing film called 'thank you, more please'. It didn't entirely look like a rom-com so I gave it a wirl. It is the story of a less than white successful writer who takes in this little black boy who follow him home one day kind of illegally because you can't just take children home. This is dealt with in the story so I will leave you to watch it to find out what happens to the little boy and the fate of the guy who lets him stay.
The other story that runs through it is the love story of three couples who's lives are all mixed up with each other's and who are all friends. The actual main love story is a bit lame and quite run of the mil but it is the other two love stories which really spoke to me especially the second but first I will deal with zoe kazan's character (fast becoming one of my favourite actresses especially after watching The Pretty one and Ruby Sparkes) and Bram barouh (who incidently directed it). They play Spencer and Mary Catherine who are a pair of hippy types she is a artist and I think he is an actor who is being pulled away to LA. Her insecurities keep pushing her away but it is his love for her which pushes through and wins her over, of course they are already in a relationship, when she finds out she is pregnant she is convinced this will make him run but actually it just cements how much he loves her despite her refusing to be loved in some ways.