Moviejournal: the pacific rim

summer blockbuster is exactly what it is: blockbusters with muscles but no substance. so is this clusterfuck of a robot film. 10 year old will enjoy it. -1.

Moviejournal: Elypsium

Maybe it's due to me being partially sick from the alcohol or partially suffering from an onset of viral flu, i wasn't receptive enough to this film. i mean the premises reeks the stench of rotten and expired plot: a future 2 tier society... i mean at least timberlake's "In Time" was stylishly done with younger faces. Judie Foster.... hmmmm. And the whole conflict and struggle was too much of a cliche and the last minute hero dying to save the whole world, not to mention it's absurdity, is so very late 90's.

so we've established that this is a wholly forgetful film, lets delve into the plot. How in 40 years time we evolve into such a two tier society is beyond me though. surely a democracy would ensure this not happening in the US of A, but who cares.

Book review: QF32 - be the captain of your own plane

the most incisive insight i could gain after reading the long narration of a qantas pilot's journey in life and through the ordeal that is the QF32 engine blow up, is that we all have the inner plane waiting for us to take charge.

lets review what exactly captain Richard de crespigny has to do: he need to resolve any conflicts both external and internal to himself to maintain a unified and disciplined approach to any disaster. whehter it's a disfunctional team or a conflicting decision, he maintains the final efficient judgement maker in the situation and never panic.

what this implies for us is also simple yet hard in itself: we are individuals could not waiver in any conflict and need to maintain our judgement and decision making capability. To cave in and give up our ability to choose and make decisions is possibly the biggest sin we each could make in life.