Gold and Beautiful

This is one movie that I have never been able to see... Sean Penn is so great in this movie, that the first time I tried to watch this movie, I couldn't stop crying and changed channels after 15 mins... The movie is about Sean Penn who is mentally challenged and has a young daughter. He is mentally only 7/8 years old and now his daughter is at the same age. So the family court is trying to get the daughter away from him as she needs someone to take care of her. And Michelle Pfieffer is a lawyer helping him out. And Sean Penn has done such an amazing job, I don't think I will ever be able to watch this movie completely. Since my first attempt, I have tried to watch this movie twice and within seconds always end up bawling as if the world is ending.... 

It's been a very long time since I last logged on to this web site.... but that's besides the point. It's a little too late to start reading "The World is Flat" (now that "Hot, Flat and Crowded" is out there), but I believe in "better late than never", so finally I joined a reading circle and started reading the book. While reading the book I realized that Tom actually made a documentary for BBC called "The Other Side of Outsourcing" and while making this film he met with Nandan Neelkani from Infosys who gave him the title of his next book/the phrase. The book is good and so is the film... I was so excited while watching the film that I decided to share it with my GGC1000 students. This is a 1 credit hour course that no one wants to take (and every student needs!!!) and no one wants to teach, it's supposed to prepare the students for college (can you imagine this luxury in India?).  So I was all excited to share this movie with my...