Friday, April 9, 2010

Like a See-saw ~

Gosh. Look at the time. I'm late.. oh no! Argh! The boss ain't gonna like this.. but then, you remembered! Oh. Silly me, today's my off-day! This happens to me countless times. Believe or not, I sometimes wake up at 6 in the morning, trying to move my buttocks, but suddenly, it strikes my mind! It's a Saturday, I don't need to move my buttocks out of my bed. *Whew* What a relief.


That's actually not good. It's a wee bit lazy, and this often leads to a tired mind when I wake up. Yeah, you don't get what I'm saying, do you? Simply said, you gotta.. you gotta MOVE IT! Huh? What? Look, enough with all those crap metaphors, I want you to think for a second, think about the time when you felt a lil' bit pathetic about something, but it's indescribable. Weird, you feel that frustrating feeling.. arghhhhhhh, I HATE IT! I GOTTA STRIKE! I GOTTA JUST DO IT!


Do what, you might willfully ask? It's simple. Remember the time when you were an immature fool? When you felt that burning, wacky desire to want to be right every single time? Yeah, you feel that? You feel that? Now, relax, let it sink in. See, all that energy is what keep us alive. And we gotta use that energy, ladies and gentlemen, yes we must.


Amazing, see, this is where we end up. We are clueless. Somehow, we do not want to believe that we have POWER. We got it in our hands, we do. So, what do you do? Believe first, else you'll lose it. Now, I don't have the answer, I'm just like you, clueless. And I doubt that we'll stop being clueless. Clueless!


MOVE IT! Yeah, that should wake you up. Look, just because you're clueless, it doesn't mean you don't have the power. Remember, the power. Like I said, if you have the power, nothing can rock you.


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.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/user/894039/reviews/

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