Hi, Paul - thanks for your lovely words and thoughtful comments:)

I completely agree that films and stories have much of value for us, if we only pay a little deeper attention and engage in some reflective thinking around what we are seeing and hearing.   Explosions are fun, but the human (and in some cases, non-human) interactions are where the real learning lies, at least in my experience.

On a related note, I think the Star Wars saga has enough content to fuel an active blog for at least a year:)

John