Friday, May 4, 2012

Redemption Time? Sounds Witty To Me.



How is it possible that the 'now is the moment' can become so inappropriate at a particular moment of time?


Dual reality, paradox, logical fallacy. Let them breed in your mind and watch closely. Is it remorse? It is anguish? Angst? Before we can even fully ascertain ourselves with what we are supposed to be feeling, then it comes. The thought that nothing really matters.

All that we have been looking forward to is a waste, if we can find out how to utilize it. Instead of pure interest, we have pure denial instincts. Unfortunately, unless we 'get in there' and tell our minds that nothing matters, we would continue living in a state that cannot tell the difference between illusions and non-illusions.

Then we resort to the other option : recoil. We start to doubt ourselves... no wait, we are way past that by now. We are already in early stages of wanting to 'strike' back at our doubts and anguish, so we choose the redemption. "No one messes with ma' mind." becomes the superego.

Thankfully, it is not that dramatic. There is not much connection to reality. Because it is fairly meta-psychological business, the physical world is not very much affected.We still walk by, eat, sleep and all that. But we just cannot shake off the nervy feeling.


So, how is mind redemption resolved? Never, because we love it.
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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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Spark of inspiration?