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yay! WARLORDS! i finally watched a movie i wanted to watch (: next up, the golden compass! =D hurray
went to watch warlords with vballers today after training! the movie was great (: it had sufficient blood, gore, explosions!! i thought it was quite good because i was able to suspend my disbelief in order to relate to the characters and what they felt.. what i took away from the movie was something more than just the raw emotions in the film, because it was good enough that it made me feel like tearing when i could relate to the anguish of the characters or when they were doing something stupid. but obviously, i didn't cry! i think my nose sort of died because it was quite cold so i sniffled abit. then there was some parts i felt like curling up into the chair and hugging my bag, but i didn't because that'd be really weird..
there was one war part where i felt like pummeling the first army leader because he was a noob and led his troops into a ravine, which is something you obviously don't do! because the walls are high and overhanging enough that people can hide on top and ambush you, and the pass is so narrow! a small force standing in front can take on a huge force because they can take out the soldiers one by one as they appear and they'll be caught by surprise! anyway it was good because you got to sort of think about medieval weaponry and warfare, and how different it is now.. it was fascinating to me! guess i'm some violent war kid XD
then there was the feminist part, where i was feeling quite ugh about all the "take their money, take their grain, take their women" war chants, and the "pre-rape" scenes where i was like "omg, it's a war, why are they hiding under the bed without any form of knife or pointed object to slit the throat of any idiots who come attacking!" as well as the, "i'd much rather be fighting to the death than hiding under a stupid bed, it's so much more fun and exciting". but that was the frivolous part of war, i guess actually killing someone is a totally different matter.i've thought about this before: when it comes down to it, could i actually kill someone to survive? can i picture my hand holding a knife or some sort of weapon that's bloodied and see someone's eyes turn lifeless in front of me? fun stuff.
there was also the ideals part, where i thought about the extent to which people would go to pursue a concept, an ideal, a dream.. and how can we know what we are doing is right? i thought takeshi kaneshiro as wu yang portrayed some of this dilemma quite well, and it helps that he's still quite cute/shuai despite being old. the acting was good. but let's get back to the point on ideals and dreams! we never know if what we're doing is right in pursuit of what we want and what we desire, so i guess it all boils down to the same old thing: belief. and when they finally realised their ideal was high, but the means by which it was achieved not, i guess the realisation was quite earth-shattering! especially the part about fighting, living and breathing for the ideal only to realize how much more precious and valuable something else, in this case the brotherhood bond, was. intense.
oh anyway, vballers referred to some of the guys because everyone else is i don't know where.. but it was ok although they are a really funny bunch, they were nice (: plus the game was fun although i think i dragged them down.. yucks. i need to improve. then went borders, lido to eat, slack and talk and get angsty or rather make people angsty for fun! yay i'm evil. and feeling hungry now. whine.
and i feel like whining because/but my late-night-angst/chat-buddy is gone to ns.. and wow look at the time! it's LATE. and i need to complete my piano homework. AND study for basic theory test on friday and plan to go for one practice BEFORE the test, probably wednesday.. not to mention i feel like reading a book.
this is so not happening. how fun! i should probably go sleep but i can't because got hw to complete so what am i doing here.. self-amusement. lawl.
yawn.
went to watch warlords with vballers today after training! the movie was great (: it had sufficient blood, gore, explosions!! i thought it was quite good because i was able to suspend my disbelief in order to relate to the characters and what they felt.. what i took away from the movie was something more than just the raw emotions in the film, because it was good enough that it made me feel like tearing when i could relate to the anguish of the characters or when they were doing something stupid. but obviously, i didn't cry! i think my nose sort of died because it was quite cold so i sniffled abit. then there was some parts i felt like curling up into the chair and hugging my bag, but i didn't because that'd be really weird..
there was one war part where i felt like pummeling the first army leader because he was a noob and led his troops into a ravine, which is something you obviously don't do! because the walls are high and overhanging enough that people can hide on top and ambush you, and the pass is so narrow! a small force standing in front can take on a huge force because they can take out the soldiers one by one as they appear and they'll be caught by surprise! anyway it was good because you got to sort of think about medieval weaponry and warfare, and how different it is now.. it was fascinating to me! guess i'm some violent war kid XD
then there was the feminist part, where i was feeling quite ugh about all the "take their money, take their grain, take their women" war chants, and the "pre-rape" scenes where i was like "omg, it's a war, why are they hiding under the bed without any form of knife or pointed object to slit the throat of any idiots who come attacking!" as well as the, "i'd much rather be fighting to the death than hiding under a stupid bed, it's so much more fun and exciting". but that was the frivolous part of war, i guess actually killing someone is a totally different matter.i've thought about this before: when it comes down to it, could i actually kill someone to survive? can i picture my hand holding a knife or some sort of weapon that's bloodied and see someone's eyes turn lifeless in front of me? fun stuff.
there was also the ideals part, where i thought about the extent to which people would go to pursue a concept, an ideal, a dream.. and how can we know what we are doing is right? i thought takeshi kaneshiro as wu yang portrayed some of this dilemma quite well, and it helps that he's still quite cute/shuai despite being old. the acting was good. but let's get back to the point on ideals and dreams! we never know if what we're doing is right in pursuit of what we want and what we desire, so i guess it all boils down to the same old thing: belief. and when they finally realised their ideal was high, but the means by which it was achieved not, i guess the realisation was quite earth-shattering! especially the part about fighting, living and breathing for the ideal only to realize how much more precious and valuable something else, in this case the brotherhood bond, was. intense.
oh anyway, vballers referred to some of the guys because everyone else is i don't know where.. but it was ok although they are a really funny bunch, they were nice (: plus the game was fun although i think i dragged them down.. yucks. i need to improve. then went borders, lido to eat, slack and talk and get angsty or rather make people angsty for fun! yay i'm evil. and feeling hungry now. whine.
and i feel like whining because/but my late-night-angst/chat-buddy is gone to ns.. and wow look at the time! it's LATE. and i need to complete my piano homework. AND study for basic theory test on friday and plan to go for one practice BEFORE the test, probably wednesday.. not to mention i feel like reading a book.
this is so not happening. how fun! i should probably go sleep but i can't because got hw to complete so what am i doing here.. self-amusement. lawl.
yawn.
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12/18/2007 01:13:00 AM
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