watchmen
:)
by the grace of god, i found myself in a movie theatre for the second time in 9 days. again, for a chilling movie experience. the gore this time was so immense that even as i kept my eyes shut for much of it, i could feel the intensity of the violence in my spine. thankfully, i was able to generate constant reminders that this was a movie, not real life (at least not as i know it, thank you god).
all a result of willingly succumbing to that thing called peer pressure. but emotion and lack of understanding aside, i thought it was a great movie actually :). i do love how we so cautiously bought tickets before-hand, reached the restaurant 15 minutes too early (for the very first time), got to the theatre almost an hour before the movie started (again, for the very first time), only to get great seats to a movie that wasn't even sold out :). a and i even amused ourselves with our respective phones, instead of watching the previews. of course, the previews were of sci-fi movies, since we were there to watch a sci-fi movie (a fact i had previously been unaware of). what we were really there for was to watch a usc-favored song by massive attack, which we found wasn't quite in the movie.
a three hour movie, and the wonder was that i didn't fall asleep once (perhaps it was the sound of the gore). overall an entirely lovable experience, really. i look forward to more such :).
(p.s. my lesson from this experience was that watching a movie isn't just about watching a movie. you know? and it is least of all about whether i personally enjoyed it or not.)
by the grace of god, i found myself in a movie theatre for the second time in 9 days. again, for a chilling movie experience. the gore this time was so immense that even as i kept my eyes shut for much of it, i could feel the intensity of the violence in my spine. thankfully, i was able to generate constant reminders that this was a movie, not real life (at least not as i know it, thank you god).
all a result of willingly succumbing to that thing called peer pressure. but emotion and lack of understanding aside, i thought it was a great movie actually :). i do love how we so cautiously bought tickets before-hand, reached the restaurant 15 minutes too early (for the very first time), got to the theatre almost an hour before the movie started (again, for the very first time), only to get great seats to a movie that wasn't even sold out :). a and i even amused ourselves with our respective phones, instead of watching the previews. of course, the previews were of sci-fi movies, since we were there to watch a sci-fi movie (a fact i had previously been unaware of). what we were really there for was to watch a usc-favored song by massive attack, which we found wasn't quite in the movie.
a three hour movie, and the wonder was that i didn't fall asleep once (perhaps it was the sound of the gore). overall an entirely lovable experience, really. i look forward to more such :).
(p.s. my lesson from this experience was that watching a movie isn't just about watching a movie. you know? and it is least of all about whether i personally enjoyed it or not.)
4 comments:
haha...hmm..really?? ;)
sure, why not? 'tis all part of the journey :).
I wanted to see this movie despite the gore, but it would be too much for my wife, so I am not sure when I might see it...
Had a hard time finding a movie I wanted to see that wasn't violence based, seems it is a fashionable thing in society these days.
Impressive how despite the unsettling violence in the movie, you developed such a positive outlook on the experience! Respect to you for that attitude.
jarome: thank you. a movie isn't worth getting too worked up over, is how i'd like to think :).
fashionable indeed - i wish it weren't so. i can't help but wonder, each time, if *someone* in the audience is probably losing their inhibitions towards causing others harm. you know?
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