Equilibrium
So I've been wanting to blog about this ever since I saw this video in Caronport before I left SK. --> (side note) Man, I haven't rented a movie for a couple of weeks, but oddly, don't feel like I'm going through some sort of withdrawal. I go through these waves of indulgence when I work for certain companies...with starbucks, it was coffee. with canadian tire, it was working on my car. with blockbuster, it was lots of movies. I always think that I'll go through these withdrawal symptoms when I am removed from these things that are so much a part of my everyday life, but i'm oddly pretty flexible. which is good, cos i'd be in a lot of debt drinking coffee and suping up car if I wasn't.
Anyway, if any of you haven't heard of Christian Bale, he's one of Hollywood's quickest rising stars. He is the new Batman, and has been in other movies like Shaft and the Machinist. Anyway, this movie that i watched was called Equilibrium, and its set in the future. If you enjoyed the Matrix movies, or Minority Report, you'd really like this movie. here is a short synopsis from imdb.com:
When I was watching this movie, I could not help but sense the tremendous tragedy that people were going through. Not being allowed to feel, is like rejecting everything human in you. I can't imagine not being able to read books, or listen to music or watch a dramatic performance. I can't imagine what it would be like not to feel. I understand the premise of the movie, because feeling does lead people to do wrong things...but without it, we would never be able to experience anything good as well. Emotions and feeling is such a part of our very existence, but I wonder if most of us realise that - and to that point if we are grateful for it.
That is why I love working with creative arts and being able to enjoy the labour of love from fellow artists. Not only do we connect deep down inside with the core aspects of humanity, we are also redirected to a spiritual power that screams of intelligent design and purpose. Creating material things is one thing...but creating emotions and feeling is such a complex endeavour that it is hard to believe it came about by anything else but the hand of God.
So do something today that makes you feel something positive. Listen to a favourite song. Pop in a favourite movie. Remember why you married your spouse...tell them you love them. Watch a play or musical, and connect with timeless stories of humanity. Read a chapter in a favourite book. Shut the door, crank up a tune, and dance like no one is watching.
*Now listening to Moon Song by Norah Jones*
Anyway, if any of you haven't heard of Christian Bale, he's one of Hollywood's quickest rising stars. He is the new Batman, and has been in other movies like Shaft and the Machinist. Anyway, this movie that i watched was called Equilibrium, and its set in the future. If you enjoyed the Matrix movies, or Minority Report, you'd really like this movie. here is a short synopsis from imdb.com:
"In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston (Bale) is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. Whe he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it."
When I was watching this movie, I could not help but sense the tremendous tragedy that people were going through. Not being allowed to feel, is like rejecting everything human in you. I can't imagine not being able to read books, or listen to music or watch a dramatic performance. I can't imagine what it would be like not to feel. I understand the premise of the movie, because feeling does lead people to do wrong things...but without it, we would never be able to experience anything good as well. Emotions and feeling is such a part of our very existence, but I wonder if most of us realise that - and to that point if we are grateful for it.
That is why I love working with creative arts and being able to enjoy the labour of love from fellow artists. Not only do we connect deep down inside with the core aspects of humanity, we are also redirected to a spiritual power that screams of intelligent design and purpose. Creating material things is one thing...but creating emotions and feeling is such a complex endeavour that it is hard to believe it came about by anything else but the hand of God.
So do something today that makes you feel something positive. Listen to a favourite song. Pop in a favourite movie. Remember why you married your spouse...tell them you love them. Watch a play or musical, and connect with timeless stories of humanity. Read a chapter in a favourite book. Shut the door, crank up a tune, and dance like no one is watching.
*Now listening to Moon Song by Norah Jones*
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