post #349
Whoaaaaaaaaaa.............
That was my impression after watching Angels and Demons on last Friday nite. The invitation came quite last minute in the morning, just before lunch time. I said to Gee I couldn't confirm right away...but luckily the unit I was assigned to was not too difficult. So in the afternoon I confirmed my attendance. Well, the fact that they decided to watch @Blitzmegaplex MOI was also one big factor in my availability, since it's near my home :D
After confirming, it wasn't that smooth. There was heavy traffic jam, as usual, Friday nite...but I managed to arrive there at 8sth PM. Cee, Gee n Jef were already bought the tickets and they wanted to grab a quick bite. I joined them @Wendy's then Harris came along not so long after that. We waited anxiously, (well at least I was quite anxious) then at 9 PM the studio was opened. We went in right away.
Angels and Demons had faster pace than Da Vinci Code. It's more interesting for me since there were some scenes that were taken inside Vatican City... *droool.... Sistine Chapel, Vatican Archive (though I'm not really sure if this was real), and more importantly...churches in Rome....ahhhhhhh so beaufitul. Not only from the sceneries, the plot itself was in four hours period, so the story was quite thrilling.
As usual Dan Brown managed to mix between historical facts and his imaginative minds, blending them in an intriguing story. Heck, now if you go to Paris you can get Da Vinci Code tour. It became a tourism menu. As I haven't read the novel yet, the ending was surprising..well done, Dan Brown. The plot itsef kinda reminded me of Eagle Eye....difference was in Eagle Eye, it was the supercomputer, which was very intelligent and did some thinking for itself. A thing that proved fatal....While in Angels and Demons, it was a person who had gone awry...ermmm...had different, radical perspective.
I guess that's the main idea of the story. A person....he/she can be an angel..or a demon. One cannot be 100% Angel or 100% Demon. There's a bad side (or if you prefer, good side) in each person. There's a composition of these two. Made me remember about Spiderman 3 as well. The tagline was: "The Greatest Battle Lies Within"
Yeahhh...it's a never ending battle for each of us. Every day, every decision we make....it's a battle inside of us. The choices, the decisions we make determine what kind of person we really are...are we an angel...or a demon. When will this battle end? Ermmm...the day we die I guess.
I can guess that there would be a lot of questions following, such how do we know that we make the right decisions? What if we have made wrong ones? Can we amend those?
Speaking of these questions...another question suddenly popped in my mind. Been watching Leverage lately. Just finished watching the first season actually. In one episode, #4 to be exact, titled The Miracle Job...there's a pastor asked Nate (the lead character)...does the end justify the means?
No...God is watching what we're doing, how we doing it...How we do it matters....
Ermmm...I guess this what Camerlengo Patrick McKenna missed and chose a different way....
What about us?
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh a beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty
oh and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
So tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lies
that you make up for all that you lack
it don't make no difference
escaping one last time
it's easier to believe
in this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
Whoaaaaaaaaaa.............
That was my impression after watching Angels and Demons on last Friday nite. The invitation came quite last minute in the morning, just before lunch time. I said to Gee I couldn't confirm right away...but luckily the unit I was assigned to was not too difficult. So in the afternoon I confirmed my attendance. Well, the fact that they decided to watch @Blitzmegaplex MOI was also one big factor in my availability, since it's near my home :D
After confirming, it wasn't that smooth. There was heavy traffic jam, as usual, Friday nite...but I managed to arrive there at 8sth PM. Cee, Gee n Jef were already bought the tickets and they wanted to grab a quick bite. I joined them @Wendy's then Harris came along not so long after that. We waited anxiously, (well at least I was quite anxious) then at 9 PM the studio was opened. We went in right away.
Angels and Demons had faster pace than Da Vinci Code. It's more interesting for me since there were some scenes that were taken inside Vatican City... *droool.... Sistine Chapel, Vatican Archive (though I'm not really sure if this was real), and more importantly...churches in Rome....ahhhhhhh so beaufitul. Not only from the sceneries, the plot itself was in four hours period, so the story was quite thrilling.
As usual Dan Brown managed to mix between historical facts and his imaginative minds, blending them in an intriguing story. Heck, now if you go to Paris you can get Da Vinci Code tour. It became a tourism menu. As I haven't read the novel yet, the ending was surprising..well done, Dan Brown. The plot itsef kinda reminded me of Eagle Eye....difference was in Eagle Eye, it was the supercomputer, which was very intelligent and did some thinking for itself. A thing that proved fatal....While in Angels and Demons, it was a person who had gone awry...ermmm...had different, radical perspective.
I guess that's the main idea of the story. A person....he/she can be an angel..or a demon. One cannot be 100% Angel or 100% Demon. There's a bad side (or if you prefer, good side) in each person. There's a composition of these two. Made me remember about Spiderman 3 as well. The tagline was: "The Greatest Battle Lies Within"
Yeahhh...it's a never ending battle for each of us. Every day, every decision we make....it's a battle inside of us. The choices, the decisions we make determine what kind of person we really are...are we an angel...or a demon. When will this battle end? Ermmm...the day we die I guess.
I can guess that there would be a lot of questions following, such how do we know that we make the right decisions? What if we have made wrong ones? Can we amend those?
Speaking of these questions...another question suddenly popped in my mind. Been watching Leverage lately. Just finished watching the first season actually. In one episode, #4 to be exact, titled The Miracle Job...there's a pastor asked Nate (the lead character)...does the end justify the means?
No...God is watching what we're doing, how we doing it...How we do it matters....
Ermmm...I guess this what Camerlengo Patrick McKenna missed and chose a different way....
What about us?
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh a beautiful release
memory seeps from my veins
let me be empty
oh and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
So tired of the straight line
and everywhere you turn
there's vultures and thieves at your back
the storm keeps on twisting
you keep on building the lies
that you make up for all that you lack
it don't make no difference
escaping one last time
it's easier to believe
in this sweet madness oh
this glorious sadness that brings me to my knees
In the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
you're in the arms of the angel
may you find some comfort here
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