Almost Buddhist - 戲‧論

  ★★☆☆☆ Well, never say never is true! When you wanna call it quits, you’ve always like got an itch inside to wanna make a comeback, but as you wanna keep it going, there’s always something to get in your way and hold you back. It’s been like more than half a year now since my last update! Luckily I’m not yet gone. I’m still going, not lazy but too busy being a so called responsible man for nothing serous actually! I take every each of my updates here as if it’s my last coz you never know for sure. All you can do is get everything crossed as possible. ‘Prey’ is considered the prequel to 1987’s ‘Predator’, which is an action classic for real, and part of my sweet scary childhood memories. Said that ‘Prey’ has reintroduced those basic elements that made ‘Predator’ such a success back there, like strong characterizations, a slow-burn pace of approaching the climax, jump scares and sudden deaths, a dangerous tranquil setting like out in the woods, and intense breathtaking action of cours

  ★☆☆☆☆ ‘The Matrix’ was dope and avant-garde, hands down. I remember I had to watch it over and again to finally understand what it’s all about. Some of the Buddhist masters even recommend it as it presents the same view as all Buddhist teachings have basically been emphasizing, that is, you can hardly see things as the way they are but the way you think they are! In other words, the world right before your eyes or in your mind is only what you think it is, not what it is at all! If you anyhow get to see what it truly is, like Neo getting to see the truth after taking the red pill, you’ll definitely go insane, and feel detached from all that used to bind you, and ready to be gone forever as a result. So yeah, 1999’s ‘The Matrix’ is scary and enlightening to our mundane way of thinking. It’s still relevant and sophisticated after all these years in terms of special effects in movie making and its philosophical interpretation of truth and reality. ‘The Matrix Reloaded’ and ‘Revolution