Rhoda’s story of the Russian cosmonaut

“You know that story of the Russian cosmonaut? So, the cosmonaut, he’s the first man ever to go into space. Right? The Russians beat the Americans. So he goes up in this big spaceship, but the only habitable part of it’s very small. So the cosmonaut’s in there, and he’s got this portal window, and he’s looking out of it, and he sees the curvature of the Earth for the first time. I mean, the first man to ever look at the planet he’s from. And he’s lost in that moment. And all of a sudden this strange ticking… (she starts tapping on the wooden table with a butter knife, over and over again, rhythmically) begins coming out of the dashboard. Rips out the control panel, right? Takes out his tools. Trying to find the sound, trying to stop the sound. But he can’t find it. He can’t stop it. It keeps going. Few hours into this, begins to feel like torture. A few days go by with this sound, and he knows that this … small … sound…will break him. He’ll lose his mind. What’s he gonna do? He’s up in space, alone, in a space closet. He’s got 25 days left to go… with this sound. So the cosmonaut decides… the only way to save his sanity… is to fall in love with this sound. So he closes his eyes… and he goes into his imagination, and then he opens them. [she stops the tapping] He doesn’t hear ticking any more. He hears music. And he spends the remainder of his time…sailing through space in total bliss… and peace.”

In this scene, Rhoda is clearly fabricating it to allow John to face his psychosomatic symptoms brought upon by depression. She compares the sound to a symphony purposefully as a way to individually tailor her parable to John’s needs. Rhoda tells John this story just before they fall for each other. Marling and the director Mike Cahill clearly went to great pains to draw a subtle but vivid contrast between this moment and the rest of the film that comes beforehand. Best scene in the movie!

As an art/design student, I really find this movie amazing. This movie just captures so many feelings and aspects of my life!

— Ben Willis in “Cashback”

— Macklemore in “Make That Money”

sirseaweedbrain:

Truth is, I don’t wanna meddle with this American Idol hype, but people are hating more and more. What they do, it’s not hateful; it is sad. Phillip Phillips won, yes. Jessica Sanchez and he are both very much talented. It is a contest of votes. Both of them deserved to win. It is sad because…

gotemcoach:

VINCE CARTER’S BAD BREATH PRANK (in 4 easy steps):

STEP 1:  Belch.
STEP 2:  Blow it into Rudy Gay’s face.
STEP 3:  Watch Rudy Gay’s face.
STEP 4:  Laugh.

@gotem_coach

Carmelo  Anthony

CONSITENTLY CLUTCH

“Melo is 24-52 in game tying or go-ahead situations in the last 15 seconds of the 4th quarter or OT over the last 10 seasons. He ranks #1 in FG% at 46%. ”

As a NY Knicks fan, I’m really happy for Carmelo Anthony. Throughout the season he’s been criticized about not getting the job done.. they say that he doesn’t seem to fit with Stoudemire and Lin. People need to shut the fuck up.  Some fans are really retarded. Melo cold in 6 games, they say “trade him” . Lin brings the hype back and delivers a 5 game winning streak, they say “Lin for MVP” . Lin loses one game, they say “He’s overhyped and overrated. We want Baron.” Baron turns the ball over, they say “We want Lin” and so on. People just shut the fuck up. Enjoy the show and just be a fan. Let’s go Knicks! 

My thoughts on The Prestige

“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called “The Pledge”. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called “The Turn”. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call “The Prestige”.” 

The Prestige is so packed with twists and turns that for some following it will prove impossible. Christopher Nolan= This is the guy who made a movie from the perspective of a man with a five second memory, and then managed to make it better by showing the damn thing upside down and in reverse. This time he’s taken his gift for the tangled and dense, and topped himself. It’s completely absorbing. Don’t blame the movie if it flies over audiences heads, what Nolan has done here is a masterpiece of pure entertainment and art. The Prestige is not just an entertaining film, but it can serve as a cautionary tale. It displays how far people will go to achieve their dreams, and how damaging these actions can be. It is in the human nature to want some dream to come true. Most of us have the good sense to know where the line of sanity is, and never cross over it. Others are not so sensible, and tread over to the murky side to find what they desire. They are the obsessed. They become the main characters of The Prestige. Christopher Nolan will forever be my idol. Fuck it! 

My thoughts on David Fincher’s Se7en.

David Mills: Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people. 

John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man… a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you’d point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn’t be able to finish your meal. After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets! 

David Mills: Murderers? 

John Doe: A woman… 

David Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself? 

John Doe: [interrupts] A woman… so ugly on the inside she couldn’t bear to go on living if she couldn’t be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let’s not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that’s the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it’s common, it’s trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I’m setting the example. What I’ve done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed… forever. 

The tension through this whole car scene was just unerving, it sent chills down my spine. Se7en, in my opinion is the most underrated thriller ever. Brad Pitt’s performance in this movie was awesome. If ANYONE had any doubt that Brad Pitt isn’t one of the most brilliant actors of our generation, I suggest you watch this movie. A lot of actors, particularly ones labeled as “pretty boys”, couldn’t have pulled this performance off with such conviction. I think this scene above (car scene) the others captures what’s at the heart of this film. Beyond it being an incredible crime film and definitely my favorite serial killer film, this movie is an examination and study of faith. Throughout the film, we see Mills and Somerset’s contrasting perceptions of faith challenged. By the end of the film the two switch places. Mills, who was full of hope and optimism, became broken, but Somerset began to find hope again. Se7en is brilliantly written and has the best acted scenes that I’ve ever seen. Wooo!