passengers

so going to review on another movie i just watched recently again. starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, the movie is titled "Passengers". this movie is basically about the voyage from our current to a new earth using some cool ship that can sustain life over the course of the journey. the journey takes many many many years and hence humans are put into induced coma until 3 months before the arrival to the new place. however, Chris Pratt's character woke up decades earlier after an apparent meteor shower hit the ship and compromised parts of the ship. the story follows him, and later, Jennifer Lawrence's character, survival on the ship as the damage from the meteor shower slowly compromising more and more functions and parts of the ships.

well personally for movies where the characters are that few, i think it is even more important to develop the character and plot well. this movie has done both relatively well. in case you are wondering, the movie has more characters than the two familiar faces on the poster above. nonetheless, total character count is very different from your typical movies.

so yes, plot is decent though the climax could have been a little longer. the characters are well developed. the concept itself is rather new and refreshing. realistic or not.. probably not for now but who knows what the future might hold.. haha, just saying. worth watching of course, or i would not even be talking about it here.

shadow of the day

the new stupid

all too often, we would tend to get the excuse from people you wish to meet that he/she is busy with some other things. worse, there are ones who will use that cheap excuse to blow you off in the last minute. so allow me to introduce an article that managed to translate some my thoughts of such incidents.

quotes after the hyperlink are those that really seem to be parallel with how i feel. go ahead and read to see the real messages sent when you tell someone you are a little too busy to meet.

Busy is the New Stupid

"For most of us, we waste time.  We invest our precious time on things that we shouldn't. And that means we have less hours to invest wisely, on things that do matter. That might be improving our professional skills, pursuing a tremendous business opportunity, investing in a hobby, or simply spending more time with the people we love."

"Because as a society we've come to glorify busy. We've all been tricked into believing that if we are busy we are important."

"Busyness creates more woulda, coulda and shoulda than anything else in our life - which ultimately leads to regret.  And regret sucks."