Friday, January 6, 2012

Personal Economics

Economics? Well, not exactly. More like, personal economics. Subjective economics, to be a little more precise.

Legal economics is often a part of personal economics.

How much do we seek to know? Do we dare know the things we fear? Most of us have seen movies or heard or read about scenarios where people lose their minds when they learn of something that frighten them. Something that possibly would traumatise if the strongest of souls.

Well, in comes something we always had personal economics. Should we? Not necessarily. Well, in simpler words, we are merely making decisions. But, these aren't day-to-day decisions, i.e. stock trading, reading a book, scolding your boss or the like. You see, what if all we need is to assess and think of the pros and cons of the way we work. The way we think and do.

More or less, we are focusing less on the external. Instead, we try to figure out our modus operandi. Why? Now, that is something only you will know. Being personal is vital in learning what affects our decision. Still, judgmental flaws are always present, so what do we do? Choices are aplenty, and they are usually made through thorough deliberation, presumably.

Question is, how personal can get? We may think we know, but of course, that is probably a load of fluff. How do we know exactly that things are for certain the way they are? Well, they aren't. And this is where economics probably comes in. Think personal economically...


Is my judgment right? Neither is yours, I half-heartedly hope.
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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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