Thank you, but no thank you!

Within these past few weeks, many events have happened, from Charlie Sheen's continuous crazy moments to Japan's  3 in 1 catastrophe (Earthquake, Tsunami & Nuclear radiation).
Everyone seems to have forgotten about these.  I personally don't mind forgetting about Charlie Sheen's antics, but it is a pity that Japan which suffered a greater catastrophe is practically forgotten and from states to celebrities are barely offering any help to Japan due to the fact that Japan has an advanced economy, which in my opinion such economical facts should be irrelevant since people's lives are at stake. If Japan was another Haiti then everyone would be storming off the help, even when Haiti experienced a less serious earthquake and all the damage that happened there is due to the ignorance of the people and the incompetence of the government to build proper safe buildings and from being incapable of providing humanitarian aid to their own people! I know it is a poor country, but come on, after donating so much money throughout the years through humanitarian missions, etc... to these third world countries, I have barely seen any improvement in these countries, they just seem to be a lost cause.
Anyway this blog isn't about humanitarian aid, but about the events in Libya, which have overshadowed everything that is happening simultaneously in the world. 
After a lot of thinking between the major western states, it has been decided through a UN Security Council Resolution that Libya is officially a no-fly zone and that further action can be taken to 'protect' the civilians.  Weirdly enough France, who is usually the whiniest country with no balls and a lot of talk, has taken the first action against Libya.  Followed by the UK and the US, both of which should have learned from their previous utter failures (Afghanistan, Iran, Vietnam) and just don't interfere since instead of fixing they only make things worse.
It's not that I don't want the Libyan people to achieve their desired democracy.  However, when one is trying to overthrow a powerful ruler, like Gaddafi, one can expect trouble to follow when one takes it against such persons.
After these attacks, Gaddafi has threatened the Mediterranean, when lets be honest none of the main Mediterranean countries have attacked Gaddafi, but the UK and the US who are far far away from the Med and France who isn't that near to Libya and so isn't that threatened, unlike Italy, Sicily, Malta, Crete, Cyprus and other countries in the region who are literally next door to Libya.
So maybe Gaddafi is bluffing, no one knows as no one can actually read minds, otherwise these would have long been hired by the secret services to mind read Gaddafi and other leaders.  Still even if Gaddafi doesn't blow up any air and sea vessels, not many people are going to risk taking their holidays or send their cargo to the Med due to such threats and risks and who is going to be affected by this? Not the US, UK and France, that's for sure, while us who live in the Med who didn't involve ourselves at all, are now the one's who are threatened.
It is obvious that these 3 don't give a care in the world about the rebels and that their main purpose for such attacks is to eventually have easier access to Libyan oil.  If their intentions were to actually help people, then they would have also taken action when Egypt and Tunisia were at 'war', when Georgia was being attacked by Eastern countries, when Zimbabwe was having issues with their government and when Ukraine also had internal problems, but in none of these countries did any of these 3 involve themselves, coincedence? Yes, as none of these are known to have any oil.  
Another 'coincedence' about these 3 countries, is that their leaders, Sarkozy, Cameron and Obama have all gotten backlash from their people for being incompetent in doing their job, all talk no action.  Probably these 3 thought that by helping some poor rebels would help them to look good in the eyes of their people.  Unfortunately, they lost credibility in my opinion, especially Obama who should definately return that Noble Peace Prize he got, since he has just proven, that the Noble Committee were drunk when they decided to give him the Prize.   So yes, something is definately fishy about these 3 Amigos. 
Still from the bottom of my heart who lives in the Med I would like to thank you, Mr Sarkozy, Mr Cameron and Mr Obama for 'protecting' the Libyan people, but no thank you for putting us unnecessarily in danger due to your egoistic intentions.
Love Dysnomia

A Serious Man - film review

It has been ages since I wrote something on my blog so I decided to write a film review as I thought it was about time that I share my thoughts on certain movies instead of keeping them to myself.

A Serious Man (2009)

Story
The story is about Larry Gopnik's journey into self-discovery and how is going to face his marital/family and job problems with the help of some Rabbi's.  I am not going to give out much as I don't wish to ruin the whole story.

Acting & Characters of the movie.


Larry Gopnik is played by Michael Stuhlbarg.  At first I thought Jaoquin Phoenix playing Larry, but I was wrong. Stuhlbarg isn't that famous, but in my opinion he deserves to be so and to appear in more movies. I thought he was brilliant and even by simply looking at his eyes one can immediately pity the main character and end up sympathising with Larry for what is happening to him.  Apart from conveying emotions perfectly, Stuhlbarg was incredibly funny.

Arthur Gopnik is played by Richard Kind. The first time I saw Kind was in the TV series 'Scrubs', so was quiet surprised when I saw him in this movie. He did quiet a good job and personally I thought that him and Stuhlbarg complemented each other very well as brothers.

Judith Gopnik is played by Sara Lennick.  Personally I thought she was very unlikable in the way she portrayed her character, although it worked for the movie since she was the 'mean' wife who cheater on her husband.

Danny and Sarah Gopnik played by Aaron Wolff and Jessica McManus. I hated these actors to be honest.  McManus was so annoying and even sometimes her facial expressions were too over the top when the rest of the cast played their characters more realistically.  Wolff wasn't that better either, his eyes are quiet dead and expressionless during most of the movie, his best scenes were when his character was stoned and didn't talk at all.

Mrs. Samsky played by Amy Landecker.  Landecker didn't have that many lines, but personally I feel the few scenes she was in, she was brilliant especially her eyes, apart from being beautiful her eyes literally oozed sex. She was perfect for the role and wished her character had a bigger role in the movie.

Sy Ableman played by Fred Melamend.  Did a good job especially in his parts during Larry's dreams.

The Rabbis played by Simon Helberg, George Wyner and Alan Mandell (in order of appearance).  Helberg is mostly known for his role as Howard in the TV series 'The Big Bang Theory', at the beginning of his scene I thought he was a bit weak but then as the scene progressed he really amazed me at how good he was and gave such great significance to 'a parking lot' ( you will get this when you see the movie).  Wyner was quiet funny especially when he was narrating a story to Larry.  Mandell, I thought was very fitting for the role, as he gave the character an air of mystery which was very fitting for the movie.

Clive played by David Kang. I felt that Kang did an amazing job and was really funny.



Direction & Locations


This movie is directed by the famous Coen Brothers. I have seen the Coen Brothers' take on comedies such as in 'The Ladykillers' ( I really love this movie) and 'Burn After Reading'.  Unlike their other comedies and more serious films (like 'No Country for Old Men' which I couldn't understand and ruined Javier Bardem's hotness for me), I thought this comedy was more relaxed and fast paced and the comedy was more natural so to speak.
The locations used for the movie were just beautiful and so peaceful, which led to many great scenes such as when Larry is on top of his roof fixing the tv anthena thing, I thought that even such a small insignificant scene where Larry is doing one simple task one could feel something special which I am finding it hard to describe what I felt when watching that scene.
I also thought it was brilliant how they connected the ending of one scene with the beginning of another scene, which I thought it was brilliant when from one scene we hear Judith cry and then it goes to Larry talking to Rabbi Nachtner.

Soundtrack


I blame this category on Wes Anderson, since I think that to have a good movie you not only need a great cast and a story but also a great soundtrack which creates the right atmosphere for every scene and Wes Anderson always has a great soundtrack in his movies!

Now onto this movie, I love this soundtrack from the beginning till the end! Jefferson Airplane's 'Somebody to Love' was perfect to start off the movie as I felt it set the whole film's story.  Also the other music used in many scenes created the perfect atmosphere for each scene.  I also absolutely loved how the music matched perfectly when the Dentist's story was being told.  The soundtrack was not overpowering and so created the right balance for great scenes.

Who should watch this?  

Probably this movie won't be everyone's cup of tea, and to appreciate it I feel one needs a certain level of maturity to understand it's humour.  If you find Jackass Movies as funny then this probably isn't the movie for your.  If you find Justin Bieber's as meaningful then this probably isn't the movie for you either.  I don't advise this movie to young kids due to some swearing and 'smoking' and also it is advisable that when you watch this you pay attention to the dialog as the humour in this movie isn't in your face comedy, so best to pay attention.

Conclusion

It was a very good movie, but probably I wouldn't see it again.  I would categorise it as one of those movies that you would see it once and that's it.  The moral of the story, I feel, is to live your life every moment the best as you can as you don't know what might happen to you and to not to worry too much as sometimes things seem to fix by themselves. (You'll understand this in one of the last scenes where Larry is on the phone)

So my finally rating for this movie would be 4/5.

Hope you enjoyed my review, feel free to write any comments.