Purpose
Today my academic commitments for my semester ended. No more acads till January now. To celebrate, I watched a Japanese movie called Cassern. I had heard somewhere that it was similar to Sin City with the same kind of comic-feel to it. So I was only too excited to watch it.

Being a Japanese movie, it was filled with fantastic 'anime like' action which made the action scenes from the Matrix trilogy seem as if they were filmed in slow motion. And the movie was pure art. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Each frame of the movie was a piece of art - infact each frame could have come straight off a panel of a comic, as was the case with Sin City. But probably this is where Sin City ended and Cassern began.
As it turned out Cassern was much, much more than your average run-of-the-mill superhero movies. Most of those are aimed towards teenagers anyway. The ending is always the same - superhero defeats the supervillian in the end. Plus he gets the girl. Plus the world is saved. Blah Blah. Cassern was, fortunately, aimed at a more mature audience, making it probably one of the very few such movies to incorporate a strong complex storyline.
Towards the ending, the movie took a completely unexpected turn. The villians weren't really the villians anymore. The good guys weren't exactly good. The superhero wasn't really fighting a 'good' battle. It was superb. Pure storytelling - at its very best. The superb ending got me thinking on some accounts. Mainly 3 things - war, love and purpose.

On love - What is the extent to which you can love someone without hurting those around you? Can love really transcend all boundaries? What is love anyway?

And finally on purpose - What is our purpose here on Earth? I mean, there must be a purpose for which we were sent down here, right? Are we really serving it? And that all-time favourite unanswered question - What is the meaning of life?

Come to think of it, I was taken for an unexpected ride by Cassern. I wasn't quite expecting what was thrown at me by the movie. But whatever was thrown, hit me quite hard. I doubt any of these questions has a definite answer or even one which makes sense. Or perhaps these questions weren't meant to be answered at all.
This entry was posted on Friday, December 02, 2005 at 12:31 PM.


10 comments:
Friday, December 02, 2005 8:38:00 PM Posted byIsn't that what philosophy is for? To answer those questions? Or religion :[|> (he has a moustache & a goatee, it's Jesus!) Ha! my secret Jesus code! even tho I am not religious.
Anyway, I like to try to answer those questions.
Did not see the movie, sounds interesting.
Friday, December 02, 2005 9:43:00 PM Posted by
if u like anime, u might just like 'deviantart.com'. abt da movie, i haven't seen it yet but hope to see it soon.
thanx for adding my button on ur blog. if it's not too much trouble,could ya guide me how to get pics on da side bar?
Friday, December 02, 2005 10:28:00 PM Posted by
have you, o have you heard of aeaon flux?
Saturday, December 03, 2005 1:03:00 AM Posted by
WTF ?
Where is my link on the side bar?
Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:12:00 AM Posted by
@l>t : clever jesus code. and where are ur answers?
@mizfit : i've been a big fan of deviantart since a lot time now. infact, i have the same username thr (GrasshopperBoy) but no art to my credit. i like to browse tho.
i'll comment about adding pics on ur blog.
@medusa : i know its a movie which stars charlize theron (its hard to go to imdb and not notice the banners) and its based on an mtv cartoon...but thats all i know.
@aidoneus : when did u come back? adding ur button. btw, where is my link on urs? :P
Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:18:00 AM Posted by
Added. Your template is rather funky, must say :)
Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:23:00 AM Posted by
thanks (blushing)
Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:02:00 PM Posted by
I am thinking on the answers. You will be the first to know.
BTW :[|> You know who loves all the little children in the world.
Sunday, December 04, 2005 1:07:00 PM Posted by
ok had read a looooot about you and your blog...finally get to see it.
interesting what you have written under "about me"
will read the rest later.
Monday, December 05, 2005 4:34:00 AM Posted by
wow...i feel so priviledged! (blush)
tell me more about urself solan.
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