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Insight.

Normally I try to make these things have a point so that an outside observer could see their worth, even if they do not immediately agree with the view. I don't have any of that tonight. I have an oral presentation on the physiology of love due in around ten hours. I have every regret of a break up weighing upon me, all the doubt and want of a second chance, and caffeine coursing through me so as to not want to sleep, and take the edge off. I get to look at the neurotransmitters responsible for the three scientifically examined stages of love. Wonder what I fucked up. What we fucked up? I have an exclamation that has so many consonants in it, it could be mistaken for something in Klingon. "Kraggddgnngghhtttkkkrr" All I have is myself, and some angst and drama, which are also me. Writing this is me. All this sad shit I have been feeling for the past two weeks, general depression and pangs of loneliness every time I see the two of them together, is also, as stated before, m

Zack Snyder is sensational

And that is bad. It is all he is. After watching several Zack Snyder films, (punctuated by sucker punch) I see lots of interesting visual choices he makes. He is great at making visually heavy scenes, without emotional weight. He builds intensity, expertly, without any big thoughts behind it. This is why his movies sell, and are "really cool" but lack a driving idea or larger umph