Captain Fantasic

Yesterday, my mom and I watched a movie called Captain Fantastic. Here are some questions my mom asked me:

1. Q) How would you rate the movie, Captain Fantastic and why? (ie. how many stars)

A) I would rate it 3/5. It was a nice story, cinematography was good. But I think it's a movie more for older people.

2. Q) Discuss one pro and one con of home schooling as seen in the film.

A) The pro is that they learnt the truth about the world and the con is that the characters did not have exposure to the real world.

3. Q) Who was your favourite character in the film and why?

A) I liked Ben the most because the actor who played Ben was very good and Ben had good intentions but everyone else thought that he was weird and crazy.

4. Q) Who is Noam Chomsky and why don't the children celebrate Christmas?

A) Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analitic philosophy , and ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism. And the children believe that traditional celebrations are a bunch of fake characters who didn't help shape the world.

5. Q) Food: how and what does the family eat? How do they feel about food and why? How is it different from your experience with food? 

A) They only ate organic homegrown and free ranged food and hated the idea of animals mass produced.

6. Q) Describe one illegal activity in the film and why the law was broken.

A) One time, Ben pretended that he was having a heart attack while the children stole a bunch of food for their trip. They called it Operation Free Food.

7. Q) Do you ever feel like you have to explain your home school experience to family or friends like in the film during the dinner scene? What in particular do you feel people might not understand about your home school life?

A) Yes. I feel like a lot of friends and family think that me not going to a school is giving me a lack of socializing and I don't have many friends. I think that people don't understand that a regular school day can be compacted into 3 to 4 hours and I can get work done much faster.

8. Q) Describe an uncomfortable scene in the  movie and how it made you feel...for example, killing the deer, Bodevan's first kiss experience, the shopping scene, the grandfather shooting an arrow at Ben, the mother being driven in Steve, etc.

A) I didn't find any of the scene disturbing.

9. Q) Who sang the original song "Sweet Child of Mine"? What does the song mean? When and how was it used in the film and which version do you prefer?

A) Sweet Child of Mine is a song by Guns 'N' Roses and started during a jam session when as a joke Slash started playing, in his words, "a stupid little riff" which he'd used as an excercise, and making wierd faces at drummer Steve Alder. Izzy Straldin then came in with some chords and Duff McKagan improvised a bass line. Axl was amazed and started singing from a love letter to Erin. In 1988, with the release of Appetitte for Destruction, Sweet Child reached #1 on the billboard top 40, even passing Welcome to the Jungle. Slash originally didn't like the song, but after playing it live he began to enjoy it more. His riff is always listed as one of the greatest ever by music critics.

10. Q) Would you like to make changes to your home school experience? If so, what changes would you make? What would you leave the same?

A) I would not change my schooling experience, I love how I learn.



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