Trade School Versus College

I feel that I have the right to make this post because I have both attended college as well as a "trade school". I attended a small college in Michigan for three years.  I've always been one of those people who hates deadlines as well as school work.  I like to pick my own time to do things, and I do a lot better under pressure.  As a result, I discontinued going to college and went to school to be a cosmetologist.  In a lot of cases, going to a "trade school" is looked down upon.  What a lot of people don't realize, is that you are earning college credit hours the whole time you are in a "trade school".  In one year of cosmetology classes, I earned 40 credit hours that can be transferred to any college.  I also get looked down upon for "just being a hairdresser".  I am not "just a hairdresser".  I am an artist.  People are my canvas.  I have learned chemistry, the science of electricity, how to balance pH levels, human anatomy.  There is a lot that goes in to being a cosmetologist.  You have to learn what chemicals react with each other to produce desirable or undesirable results.  If a client is taking medications, you must learn which astringents will react poorly with their skin.  I am not "just a hairdresser", I am a professional in skin, and nail diseases, a chemist, and an artist.  The same thing goes for mechanics.  They have to learn exactly how to fix things.  They are surgeons of mechanics.  You wouldn't go to just any person for brain surgery, just like you wouldn't go to just any person to fix your car or mechanical device.
What I can't stand, is the people who just sit around all day and have minimum wage jobs at a fast food restaurant or something else and say that "they have a hard time getting by".  Well, maybe you should have tried to improve yourself.

Shock Horror/"Snuff"/Gore Films

Just to start out, I have seen my share of horror films.  Mostly classics: Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Friday the 13th, ect, along with their remakes.  In this generation, I feel that films are being made now just for "shock value".  I have done a review on "The Human Centipede: First Sequence" directed by Tom Six.  While this is typically a "shock horror" film which I have seen a few times and thoroughly enjoyed it, it isn't necessarily gory.  There are one or two scenes that make you cringe, for example, the middle link of the centipede ripping an IV from her arm, but it's mostly the thought of the events in the movie happening to you personally which make you sick.  Tom Six's next film, "Human Centipede: Full Sequence" he made solely to outdo his first film.  Now, i haven't seen this film, but from reviews, it definitely fits the category of a "shock film".  I guess I just don't understand the point of "gross out films".  I always thought that horror films were for scare, to make you sit on the edge of you seat, not to make you vomit.  Yes, i did write a few paragraphs on "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls" directed by Lucifer Valentine.  After reading the reviews this movie sounded so disgusting that i would never want to watch it.  Yes, it does give some insight to the director's life, but you really have to dig.  There is a lot of artistry behind the general theme of the movie, however, I don't understand who would want to watch someone vomit everywhere unless you are in fact an emetephile.  Many of Eli Roth films are "shock horror" with absolutely no point behind them, such as Hostile.  It's just my opinion, but I generally watch a horror film for the "edge of your seat" mystery and thrill behind it.  I really don't see a point in watching bloody almost real films, or "snuff" type films that are supposed to look like an actual murder on tape.  August Underground's series is a great example of a "snuff type film".
As I've stated, I have seen  the remakes of the classic horror films.  A Nightmare on Elm Street directed by Samuel Bayer was brilliant.  It gives you the insight to Freddie's revenge that you never would have known by watching the amazing version done by Wes Craven.  I think the new version gives a great twist onto what was left a mystery in the classic.  Friday the 13th directed by Marcus Nispel was in my opinion, horrible.  There was way too much nudity, which took away from the film.  I feel as though this should have stuck to the classic, where Jason's mother is the killer.  I must applaud Mr. Rob Zombie for his excellent remake of Halloween.  The beginning of the film gives you great insight to the past of young Michael Meyers, and also explains the mask in which he wears.
All of these films to show a "gore element", however it doesn't take away from the film.  It isn't overpowering at all.  I would also like to make a special standing ovation to Mr. Rob Zombie on his films "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects".  Both of these films were twisted but not overpowering with gore.  Rob Zombie has a way of mastering his films so that they are dark, leaving the gore in tact but not to the point where it's sickening.  I have heard excellent reviews about his 2012 film, "Lords of Salem" and am very excited about seeing it.  What also helps these films out is his great cast.  Sid Haig always has his comical moments, i love Bill Mosely, and his ever popular, as well as hot wife, Sherri Moon.