In the event of watching the remake of "Beauty and the Beast"

So, went to the movie alone yesterday. A coworker (I suspect) slightly mocked the pathetic reality of me being single--hence went to the movie alone. I would defensively told her a lengthy lecture about being an independent female-- which I did not, given her cultural background and knowledge won't sufficient enough to bring the advantage of the lecture to her life (modest much, dear?)--so yeah I didn't do it.. but putting the incident aside, I was disappointed that the movie (the remake of Beauty and The Beast) didn't meet my expectation.
I loved Disney since I was kid. I practically learn my moral values from Disney's 90s masterpieces such as Aladdin, Pocahontas, Mulan, etc. When I saw the 2017 Beauty and the Beast was just a perfectly life-action copy of the 1991 animation, can't help but feel a bit disappointed. I mean, the 2015 Cinderellla was tweaked so proficiently, it brings a rather cliche fairy tale into a graceful-realistic narration.
Character-wise, the clever Belle is of course much more preferable to a passive-meekly Cinderella, but in the matter of story telling and how the movie executed, Cinderella was much more satisfying. Not to mention I can't feel Emma Watson bring the Belle we all loved from the 1991 animation into the reality of live-action cinema. I never been a fan to Emma Watson, but I also never consider her to be a bad actress; but this time I don't  think she did a very good job.
There were many holes in the narrative to make the movie seems intact and solid. But there were also many moments executed perfectly, it actually serve as a tearjerker for the audience.  Still, altogether, I don't see it as a solid movie worthy to be re-watched.  But I think it is inevitable, bearing in mind that Cinderella was directed by Kenneth Branagh, a veteran in the world of theater, while the director of Beauty and the Beast was one of them who directed one of the Twilight series. Yeah..
So far, of all the live-action remake of classic disney, I'd rank The Jungle Book as the champion, followed by Cinderella, then Beauty and the Beast and Maleficent, both at third place. I haven't really watch the last two movies intensely, so couldn't really put both of them at a different level.

in the matter of being spiritual

http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/how-religion-got-in-the-way.html

Tim Urban united two matters--which was considered to be in opposition with each other--as an indivisible unity. Most of the time I will tell my peers (those whom I considered worthy of my honesty, considering I lived in a very conservative environment) that more than a non-believer, I'm actually not a spiritual person. But after reading this Urban's post, I get a much clearer idea about what spirituality really is. And the post overwhelmingly touch me in a "spiritual" way. I guess from now on, when people asked me how spiritual I am, I'll be able to answer that I am the kind of person who would never betray the way of science because I'm spiritually connected with it's methodology (yeah still seems like a far-fetched answer :D)

random post

Oh dear I'm in love with the memory of Christopher Hitchens. Well to be exact I'm totally infatuated with his sexy sexy voice.. and his eloquence in stating his view.. ummm yum..

not an existentialist! (at least currently)

Sartre said that hell is other people. But I have to disagree. Even tough being in constant compromise with others is exhausting as hell, for me the alternative is much more hellish. That are: taking responsibility for yourself, being decisive and commit to your own action, and not succumbing yourself to procrastination... well in my experience this kind of life principal is much-much more painful. So I have to say I may not an existentialist at all. But I feel the necessity to learn to be one.
In this era of competitiveness and whatnot, I might in the end be totally disappointed at myself. It's funny to find that I even procrastinate to find an effective way to overcome my habit of procrastinating. Eh, should I call it a "meta-procrastination?"
Yeah, I need to finish that one project I've been hold up for more than a week, now. And I need to finish read that Danto's book, so I can maintain my dignity as a sef-proclaimed intellect heheh.. Finaggling to my own pitiful life, I've been trying to find solace in cases such as Douglas Adams' chronic procrastinating habit. But I have to realize, Adams might just lucky to avoid the deathly consequences of this bad habit. He might be a nobody without his luck. But the sad truth is, somebody WILL be a NOBODY should he/she can't find no vaccine for this procrastination virus. Yeah I should have stopped this yammering already...

Oh That Machiavellian TV Show...

Just finished binge-watch House of Cards season 4, and wow, I just need to write something down! I still couldn't really fathom some of the intricate plot involving american political dynamics and whatnot. On second viewing and with google by my side I'll sure be able to grasp the whole narrative just like the seasons before this one; but gosh, it really hit me to the core.
Just yesterday I watched so many "School of Life"s videos, and now this... it's like peering to the convoluted wonder of human psyche. The Underwood couple is a perfect, ruthless pragmatists;which in the era of "anything goes" such as today, served as a fresh alternatives to a rather formulaic-boring protagonists in tv shows. Well not just tv I guessed, all narration must have been a bit shifty nowadays; changing direction from choosing a morally-accountable characters to a myriad possibilities of how human behaviours could be.
I need to wake up early in the morning, but feel the need to write something off  here. So I guessed I'll edited this post later when I have the time.

rant on narcissism

Once, I read an article about a casual analysis of Cersei Lannister--y'know, that bitch from the Game of Thrones. It is said that Cersei might suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). Well it is quite obvious to see how she consider herself (and sometimes her family-household) as the central point for everything; and how she believe herself to be better than everyone else. But upon reading the article, I can't help but wondering, am I falls into the her category as well, even for a small percentage of my personality?
Today I feel amazingly frustrated by how stupid every people around me (especially men) behaved. I'm a nice person (cursed me!), but should I drank a glass of verita serum, I'd sure be emasculating their intellect there and then. Gosh, does that mean that I'm a narcissistic bitch deep inside? People said I'm picky when it comes to friends and boys, but to be honest, I'm secretly undermining most people around me. There are a number of people I regarded as someone I look up to; but more often than not, I find they to be annoyingly & uninterestingly  dull too :(
Gosh, I might be a narcissist indeed.  Oh joy, I'm a Cersei instead of a Daenerys :( And I know, if I can't bend this perspective, I soon meet my (social) doom...

I don't want to believe, I want to know...

This is why, being skeptical is necessary...

And this post is a kind of self-remedy, after seeing how my fellow citizens of this country had been behaving lately :(