a revelation

Rating: 9/10 (4 June 2011)

it sometimes so happens that one may come across a certain experience that causes him to have a stunning revelation. when that experience is a book or a movie or a song it is usually called a masterpiece. i'm glad to say i've watched a masterpiece today, it's called "stranger than fiction". a movie that is nothing short of an epic piece of art about life, death and the meaning of it all. sometimes while reading a book i would find myself compelled to turn the pages and skip ahead to a following part owing to a certain suspense situation or thrilling events. when that happens i almost always never skip ahead but rather go back to savor the writing technique that the author used to put me in such a state. with thriller movies it is different. i don't know why. maybe one does not relate to the fictional character owing to the fact that a novel character is more subjective and therefore a reader sometimes identifies with it more than the movie character. maybe it's the fact that thrillers are too often too superficial to be savored at all . or maybe even it's the fact that a good enough thriller has not been made yet. i don't know all i know is: i have not watched a movie before that simultaneously had these two characteristics; thrilling me to a point of needing to skip ahead, AND enticing me to savor the artful skill of producing the thrilling material. until today. that movie is great.