August Ruminations

Ahhh I am a movie failure this summer. Barely seen anything.
Most recently, hit up Scott Pilgrim vs. The World:

I know nothing about the comic book, so pretty much went in without any large ideas. Was fun and entertaining, and feels different from generally other types of movies.  Actually, I had tried to imagine what it would be like in comparison to Kickass because both were..sort of cartoony superhero-ish themes.  Alas, the comparison cannot really be made.  Scott Pilgrim's humor was fast-paced and cuts were quick as well.  For some reason, didn't really feel for the somewhat repetitive gamer's action sequences, just because at that point, I felt like a Nintendo-ing dork.


Saw Inception as well, and I've said this to everyone who's asked:  It was good. I was looking so so forward to it and had high expectations..and I don't know why, because there wasn't really a letdown or anything, but I don't have an 'OMG THAT WAS AMAZING' feeling.  All I'm able to say is that I'm seeing Nolan's pattern of creativity: layers stuck inside layers waiting to be understood via intricate dissection (think Memento and The Prestige).  I loved those films, and I guess my anticlimactic reaction has to do with having wanted to see something I never would've expected.  Oh also...Ellen Page..no.


Totally unrelated, I passed my driving test!


Been also thinking about...how some, if not most, things/people are not meant to last.  But it's okay because they had a significant purpose of affecting us.  Molding our ideas and perspectives on beliefs, life, and love.  Rather than muttering to yourself in dark bitterness about how things ended [up], it feels so much better to reflect on what you were able to get out of such interactions as experience.  Not everything has to be happy-related, but isn't it enlightening and heartening to know that you are one experience closer to decoding who you are as a person, sister, daughter, friend, lover?  It makes life more bearable and understandable when following this line of thought.  Because unfortunate events are bound to happen...and when everything seems unfortunate.. that..sucks.  Life can't be a complete bitch, right?  So you look for what you're missing, what you could be doing better to cooperate with how things roll.
I formally realized this like half an hour ago, and it helps to morph the pain I feel/have felt about persons and incidents into one of appreciation.  I don't have to hold unrelenting grudges or dwell on why things never turn out 'normal'.  Instead, I can think in sheer amazement about how much I matured via experience and interaction.  I will try to not hover around in the past, but I will give things another shot if I deem it necessary and/or possessing of some potential and possibilities.  There're no reasons to let things slide by now.  Stick your foot in the door before it closes.  The worst that can happen... you lose a foot.  But at least you tried to catch the opening.