.Saturday, July 26, 2008 ; 11:51 PM -
.His Mercy is New everY mornInG.
Dark night is goooooooood!!
Just like the title, the movie is blanketed by darkness. Throughout the movie, I cant help but to see how similar the Joker is to the snake. He is the epitome of evil.
This is what a critic says about the Joker:
"rather a freakishly disturbing embodiment of those destructive human impulses that can't so easily be explained away"
He is smart, psychologically smart. Listen to his conversation with Batman in the interrogation cell and above the building when he was hanged upside down. He laid out the situation, threw in some lies, yet not all lies, he reasoned his way into Batman's conscience. The Joker knew his weakness. Just like the snake who whispered half-lies-half-truth into our mind. They can be frighteningly accurate at times. How many times we thought we could remain self-righteous throughout our days and only to find out we are like branches in the wind. So readily swayed and broken off when strong wind blown us over.
Men are hopelessly vulnerable. More than we want to admit, our mind has the capability of absorbing all sorts of rubbish. Deep down, we wanted to trust those around us. We wanted to know that there are people who would fight with us shoulder to shoulder. I pity Harvey Danns ( is this how to spell his name?). He was trying to be the righteous one. He was trying to do the right thing. Oh well, the snake knew his weakness and it was a bull eye shot. From there on, it was a slippery slope. He was reduced to those that he hated so much.
Things are not always black and white. The question is how to stay pure when we are confronted by compromises or even expected to do so? The movie may seems to portray only hopelessness in human nature. Men trying to outdo and outlived one another. Batman believes that there are some good within men. Joker is out to prove that humanity is just a cloak on the savage beast that has no feeling whatsoever. What is the truth then? I don't know. I guess both point of view has its own element of truth. All is not lost though. They said the darkest hours are those that are before the first light of dawn. One of the character said "Things will only get worst before it gets better". Indeed it is. This is a fallen world. We are part of it and no doubt we will fall together with it. The question is are we going to grab that rope that was extended to us or let it go and spiral down to eternity?
Kids shouldn't watch this. It is too dark and sinister.
When the light went on at the end of the show, I was rather stunned. My mind was bogged down by all these psychological complexity. No wonder the Lord says guard your heart (refer to the mind) because all sorts of thought can enter it. Guess what, contrary to what others say, we can control what we want to think. Think of what the Master wants us to think.
On a lighter note, bits and pieces of the past flashes back into my mind. When was the last time I thought of him?
While on the bus to suntec, I thought back those words that were spoken. I wonder how he is and what he is doing now. Was he thinking of me too? I still have the earrings he gave to me. He was so excited when he showed me the earrings he bought from somewhere. It was all in the past and nothing I can do to change it. Suddenly feel like going to club. Or even chill out at CHIJMES. We were there once.
Next friday I maybe going to Vino Vino with people from work. I thought of the time in hall when I could come back tipsy and no one will really care. Can't do it now. My aunt will submit a huge report to my mom. I will be in hot soup!!
Sometimes I do wish that I can do anything I want and not care about the time. Too many things to be taken into consideration. When was the last time I was carefree and happy? Don't remember. Is this what it means to be adult?
