and i/you wonder

the dark knight is- to put it in one word- brilliant.

so brilliant that i've got no idea where to begin to say what i liked, no, loved about it.

well for starters, it's without a doubt bigger, broodier and better than it's predecessor.

the actions scenes are stunning, and the themes explored are thought provoking:
what defines a hero?
what is right? and for that matter, what is wrong?
human nature, good or evil? even in the 'best' of us.
how far should one go to fight evil, where to draw the line, to differentiate 'them' from 'us'?
'you thought we could be decent men in an indecent world. but you were wrong; the world is cruel, and the only morality in a cruel world is chance.
'

the joker reminds me of edmund hooper from my literature text. pure menacing evil bent on the suffering of others, for no rhyme or reason.

and i'm not doing the film any justice by writing incoherent thoughts that are going through my head right now. just go catch it.

later at dinner, us three single guys (one in ns, the other working, and yet another studying) invariably went back to the topic of relationships, with so many that we know in varying states of dying because of the supposed fairer sex.

one's borrowing money (and failing to return it) and even quiting smoking for his 183th time (!) for his new girl friend. (still quite alive, until his creditors come knocking, that is.)

someone else still can't quite get over his ex and is drinking and losing interest in what he is doing. (half-dead)

another's getting married. (die already lah, haha)

and we were talking about how marriage is such a scary thought, and we're not even mentioning the financial part of such a union.

and the one who's working already remarked something that is quite out of himself: you've got to spend your whole life to learn to love your partner. what you think you may like in the beginning would be what gets to you when time has run it's course. a girl may like that he's decisive, but feel that he's running her life in time to come. a girl could find a guy with a mind of his own attractive, only to find his headstrong and stubborn.

you've got to spend your whole life to learn to love your partner. that just means that it isn't love that's felt at the dawn of the day that is the union of 2 souls. not even close. what is felt is attraction, just mere, menial meagre, attraction. like, not love. love is a big word. love has to be learned.

and this is what happens when so many questions are asked in such a short space of time- a verbal torrent of disjointed rumination.

one thing that is clear though is this: love has to be learned.