Almost Buddhist - 戲‧論

Who: Future Islands Where: U.S. What: Synthpop/Indie Rock When: 2017 They’re an American synthpop trio. This is not an album you’d get hooked up with by just one listen. The more you listen to it, the more layer of musical richness and passion you’d dig up. It’s full of emotions, lyrically and vocally. Songs like ‘Time On Her Side’, ‘Ran’, ‘Ancient Water’, are rather addictive. Some are sentimental enough to make you go tearful, like ‘Through The Roses’ that really struck me for quite a while. Is there anyone who could see me through the roses, through the lights, the smoke and the screen? Is there anyone who would agree with me that it’s not easy just being human? Who would be there to pull it through together with me? ‘The Far Field’ is sort of a surprise to me. Hope there’d be someone real and ‘beautiful’ right ahead to surprise me as well. Alright, go get it and enjoy! Peace!

★★★☆☆ I’ve never been a fan of ‘Wolverine’ or ‘X-men’ or stuff, and never will, thus I’m a bit confused about what’s going on there as well as the bonds among characters, but still ‘Logan’ is a nice piece of entertaining action cinema. It’s like a simplified version of ‘ Mad Max: Fury Road ’, in which actions are well choreographed, raw and intense, and characterizations are impressive! Yea, ‘Logan’ can be considered a road film with the purpose of bringing a classic character to an end, and a film like that can never leave you an easy feeling. The ending reminds me of the opening of the videogame ‘The Last Of Us, which is like a tearjerker, almost, though it hasn’t changed how I feel about X-men, or say, superhero films. The film’s a tedious violent journey to Eden, a haven for X-men with human emotions being wiped out while emotionless killing machine-like X-men are being generated. Eden could be a hoax, a lie, or just an imagination but that’s what drives them forward no ma