Friday, December 25, 2009

Education?Bah, humbug.

School as we know, in derogatory terms, sucks. What the hell are even going to school for? To socialize,yes. To study, no way. Some say the system is all wrong, some the teachers are all wrong. Some say the students are all wrong. What do we say?



As a student, like five-hundred thousand of the others, going to school is more of a place to get together with mates and have fun while we still can. Honestly speaking, all is well. Till we realize as we "grow up" that school is but a place to socialize. No longer are we all gonna be ready to stick our noses into text books for, who gives a damn? Your parents? Your teachers? Or what, your friends? Ha, up me bloody a**.



Now,lets not get carried away here. School is important, only in the last century. Learning ain't about going to school for six hours a day, staring at some writings on a white board and pretending that you understand what your teacher's saying. Bollocks. But rest in peace, for there is hope.



Students should be given a voice. It's a stupid thing to say that the kids are just kids. Well then, teach us. We want to speak. Now, stop sniggering, it's a free country. We should be given the opportunity to say something, to strike back, to spit at the disdainful faces in the office, figuratively speaking. Lo and behold, change is upon us.

Review of The Week!

Movie : The Avengers (2012)

Awe-inducing, funny and action-packed, this could be the superhero movie of the year (not that there are many).



It is unusual for directors to modify the genre of superhero movies. To be precise, if we are looking for some popcorn entertainment, Joss Whedon could have easily turned this into a full-blown alien-versus-superhero affair (that actually would not be too bad). Interestingly to note however, he does not. With an affinity to blend action scenes with tongue-in-cheek humor, he balances the tone of the movie to be both rewarding and most definitely, superhero-themed.

There are plenty of noteworthy things you can brag about this movie. The cinematography, the script, the visuals, the cast, the production design. Surely though, there would be one or two flaws, but they are not really meant to be called 'flaws' per se. Bending the laws of physics, 'saving the world' is saving the US and how Hulk manages to comply to orders are just some of the minor 'flaws'. These are probably things that you would just like to ignore for the sake of giving the director the benefit of the doubt.

It is quite evident that Whedon has made this film his own. He incorporates humor into almost every scene, as if things are not to be taken too seriously in the world of The Avengers. And it should be like that. Again, the emphasis on superhero movies usually lie on destruction, life-saving and personalization of characters. But here, there is some of that, but not completely. No chessy lines. No rushed pacing. No cliche-ridden narrative. (Just Loki speaking in a not-so-sharp English accent.)

The movie can also be likened to last year's Deathly Hallows (Part 2); a lot of hype, and duly delivered. At least we could expect how the last Harry Potter movie was meant to be : an emotional, epic battle. The Avengers did deliver but there is something different to the whole theme that somehow manages to change our view on how superhero movies should be in the future. Is it Robert Downey Junior's Shakespearean jab at Thor? Or is the excellent cinematography of sticking to single shots instead of quick-fire editing? Heck, it could even be Scarlett Johansson's semi-obscene display of bust. Anyhow the movie is a success, most definitely.


Unprecedented, now that is one word to decribe Joss Whedon's take on a superhero movie.


Personally*... Stay in your seats till the end; there are rumors that an extra scene is added to the US version of The Avengers, for compensation of the late release.

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