The Avengers

First things first, Avengers is one of the best action movies ever. One who is a fan of spectacular computer generated combats and super heroes should absolutely watch this movie. One who is not, has all the more reason to watch it to give a chance to someone to turn the dislike for the better.

Frankly, it is really hard to believe that a movie of such gigantic dimensions can be so deftly handled by a director with no such prior experience. But full credit to Joss Whedon for crafting one of the most fantastic CG extravaganzas. Mr. Michael Bay, please, oh please learn to put your creativity to better use so we can get to enjoy something that is atleast half as entertaining as the Avengers.

The Avengers would have almost been named as "The Incredible Hulk", well, almost! Although this is a spoiler of sorts, it still doesn't give the due credit to the meatiness of the role. The Hulk has so far been perceived as the basher of everything and everyone who gets in his way, incapable of comprehending anything even remotely related to "control". Well, out here, he's all that and then some. Who would have expected the "no-sense" green guy to be the glue that will bring the "sane" others together and bind them to the duty at hand!

More than anyone and anything else, the fantabulously choreographed and expertly rendered fights marginally edge out the witty dialogues to become THE reason to watch this movie. Oh, the combat sequences are so lip smackingly good! They are all a follower of Thor, Captain America, Hulk and ofcourse the Ironman would expect. The Hulk, however takes away the accolades with a Rajnikanth-ish style of "So what if am late, am the latest!" He does join the party a bit late but more than makes up for the delay with a host of whistle-breeding antics. The way he literally beats the ever arrogant Loki into submission is a moment worth watching the movie all over again, and again, and again.

Thank you Marvel for bringing an incredible appetizer for all those waiting ever so impatiently for THE movie of the year (The Dark Knight Rises, ofcourse!). I now only hope that the appetizer doesn't make the main course seem a bit bland!

Questioning the temporal being

Sometimes we are forced into circumstances which make us question the "being".

Being here and now, they say, is the most important thing.

But why is it that the "here and now" is twisted so out of control that our faith is jolted?

Why is it that our fundamental morals which we swore by all along are threatened?

What possible hope can there be in something that makes us question our very existence?

Going through suffering, they say, is agonizing for a person.

But seeing a loved one go through suffering is the ultimate hell.

Not only does it belittle whatever world you have declared yourself a king of,

But it also stirs up thoughts so powerfully negative that it gets hard to find sanity.

Hope, they say, is the best of things.

But what more would you hope for when the only thing you ever hoped for is bruised?

What hope can stay alive in a heart filled with nothing but despair?

How can any more hope justify the suffering induced by something that was attained through hope?

Tears, they say, come easy when you are young and arriving in this world.

Tears, they also say, come easy when you are old and leaving it.

But what about the times in between? After all, they are the ones that define our "being".

How exactly are you supposed to deal with the happenings that all but force you into tears?

Take it as an indication that we are old enough and it is time to leave this world?

Life, they say, is all about finding satisfaction in giving.

You give all your love to someone and thus are so satisfied you won't want anything else in life.

But what satisfaction are you supposed to derive from the suffering of that person?

And what more can you give when all you have given has not helped in saving the person from pain?