World Upon My Shoulders

It's either I finish my thesis or I finish my thesis.

It's either I finish my thesis quickly or I finish my thesis slowly?

It's either I finish my thesis AND write the documentation quickly or I finish my thesis AND write the documentation slowly?

It's either I finish my thesis and write the documentation and 'measure the fabricated chip quickly' or I finish my thesis and write the documentation and 'measure the fabricated chip slowly'?

But 'measure the fabricated chip quickly' is out of the equation. It's almost a gradual, grind-it-out situation.

So I am left with "I finish my thesis and write the documentation and measure the fabricated chip slowly".

But funding ran out.

Dang!

(To be continued...)

Sci-Fi to Blow your Mind

There it goes again..

The need for something to blow my mind has become a necessity. The thought that a new idea or concept will astound me is a novelty. And I constantly search for them either in movies or technology.

Looking for a movie to pique my interest, I chanced upon a site that reviews sci-fi movies. In its DVD review section, it mentioned a BETTER movie at all aspects compared to Cloverfield, and that movie was The Mist.

Ever since I saw Ringu, I have been searching for the perfect Japanese movie that can blow my mind. That search led me to Audition, Inner Senses and Cure. All Asian movies. Little did I know the pleasant surprise that Hollywood can sometimes offer.

I really love it when I watch a movie that I know NOTHING about. No trailers, no spoilers, no hype. This is supposed to be already popular since it's a Stephen King novella, but I was more into comics than books. Also, this happened to me in the Sixth Sense, and that blew me away.

The movie deliberate starts slow. Supermarket as location after the Storm in a remote area in the country. Then the unexplained happens. There's this Mist that covers the whole area, the people retreat to the Supermarket, and after awhile, the monster appears.

Then the whole movie shifts to what I like to call as the 'Theory of Relativity'. Not relativity as in science, but relativity as in 'with respect to one's personal beliefs and experiences'. Everyone has an opinion on what transpires. Some takes the logical side, that the idea of a monster is ridiculous. Some take the religious side, which takes contexts out of the bible to fit the current situation. Some take the humanity side, the thought that people are naturally good. Some take the moderate side, somewhat survival side, making relevant decisions on the given situations. And the MAJORITY take the SHEEP side, no further explanation.

So it basically tells that the MONSTER IS IN US. This is a play on these things, and I love it.

There was this tremendous sequence, which I would like to refer as 'KILLING GOD' in this movie, the sequence where the self-appointed shepherd got what was deserved. And yet the one who did so paid a steep price.

I was reading a review of this movie which has exactly my reaction while watching the culminating events. "There is no way they will end the movie like that! This is a Hollywood film." But they got the balls to do it that way! When the novella's ending was actually lighter! And this blew me away. The character found himself in a relative situation and acted accordingly in his reality. Not knowing another reality in a bigger picture that he only sees until it was too late.

I like the way I find these types of obscure movies that didn't get that super media mileage, but turns out to rock at the end. The Dark City totally felt this way.

This movie is dark. And I love it. It makes me reel for another movie like it. I'm itching to grab Cloverfield to take a glimpse whether the assertion was true. But maybe I should let the novelty rub off first. Which is the business reason for the iTunes Rental feature. You don't tend to re-watch a film you have just seen. But then again, this is why I'm posting this entry. To remind myself of this 'Woah' moment.