2. The Legend of Medusa - The High Priestess of Athena

The following post is based on The Clash of the Gods Series on Astro History Channel Astro History Channel video link and a couple of websites on Greek history.

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"In Greek Mythology, Medusa is known as a woman/creature with a snake-like body. A woman’s face with boar’s tusks as well as snakes as her hair. Anyone who looks at her face will immediately freeze in fear and turn into stone."

The following is the story of her life

 

Medusa was once a very beautiful woman with a very long flock of black silky hair, tall slim and slender. A ravishing beauty desired by both men, women and Gods. She was the High Priestess in the Temple of Athena – The Parthenon.

PRETTY MEDUSA (an artist's impression)

 Day and night she was committed to the God Athena, the God of war. As a devoted servant to Athena and a priestess, she took a vow of celibacy, she cannot marry. People of Greece often refer her as the Virgin Goddess, a symbol of purity.


Her beauty not only commanded loyalty and the highest respect by the people but it also invoked envy among some women and became a silent challenge for men and Gods to posses her. One adamant suitor is Poseidon, God of the Sea, brother to Zeus.          

One day he took it upon him and went to the Temple of Athena where Medusa resides, ravages the virgin priestess and took her virginity within the walls of the Temple.

Medusa, distraught, had no choice but to inform the female God Athena in the hope that she would take her side in this matter and defend her.

However, to her utmost disappointment, Athena not only despised her, she inturn cast a curse upon her which doomed her for life.

ATHENA (an artist's impression)

You see, Athena, being the Female God of war, has no compassion when confronted with matters like this. She is one of the boys. A warrior herself. To her, the action of Poseidon IS expected of a God. Therefore the fault lies with Medusa, whom to her, was stupidly naive and did nothing to protect and defend herself. More to this, in secret, Athena herself was indeed envious of Medusa.

As a punishment, without warning, Athena transformed Medusa’s body into a human corpse but alive. The process was a long and painful ordeal. As how many days the normal body upon death turns into corpse, slowly her skin dried, cracked and turned purple and then dull white. This was the punishment for not protecting herself. It did not stop there.
The 2nd phase of punishment, for being beautiful, was that Athena turned Medusa’s long tresses into snakes. Now who would dare to make friends with a woman with venomous snakes on her head.
Last but not least of her punishment was to have her gaze or anyone who looked at her to turn into stone.
Upon this last event, Medusa had no choice but to leave the temple and live in a cave or lair, far from civilization. Away from human or any living creature. Isolated for life.
Medusa is now a Gorgon; a creature with scaly skin, huge over sized eyes, so powerful even in death her head can still turn people into stone.
( according to some writings on this legend, after turning into a gorgon, she lives in a cave on the Island of Cisthene, an island east of Crete and Ethiopia, where the flower rock- rose blooms)

It was prophesied that Medusa’s death to be in the hand of a demi-god.

(an offspring of a God with a human.)
That demi-god is PERSEUS.

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1) Some writings on this legend says that the hideous Medusa lived in a cave on the Island of Cisthene in the Red Sea (east of Ethiopia). It lay near the springs of the great river Oceanus which circle the entire earth in 9 streams.

Photos of Cisthene now

2) Cisthene is literally the Island of the rock-rose. A pretty flower which looks like this .

3) Symbolism: In the Victorian language of flowers, the gum cistus of the Cistaceae plant family symbolizes imminent death. Literally “ I shall die tomorrow” – befitting how Medusa would have felt after been turned into a gorgon.

4) Parthenon, the Temple of Athena, is made of marble and built on the Acropolis in Athens more than 400 yrs BC. In the middle of the temple it was believed to had stood a majestic gigantic statue of Athena, designed by Phidias, a famous sculptor of its time. The statue was believed to have been made out of chryselephantine (elephant ivory) and gold.

More facts on Parthenon

5) Parthenon got its name from the word Athena Parthenos which means Athena young maiden. The “on” ending means “place of”. Therefore “Parthenon” means “Place of the Parthenos”

6) There is a full scale replica of The Parthenon built in Tennessee USA. See photo on the right.

7) Acropolis is the hill in Athens on which Parthenon stands. “Acro” means “high”. “Polis” means “city”. See photo on the left.

CONTRADICTING VIEWS TO THE LEGEND’S STORYLINE

 

Drawing your attention to the Temple of Artemis Corfu in Greece, there stand a sculpture at the top of its columns, a header piece, with Medusa in the middle, not dead and not decapitated by Perseus. Flanked by her 2 children the Chrysaor (a human giant with gold armour, sometimes takes the form of a winged boar) and the winged horse Pegasus. ( there will be a short reference as to how Pegasus among other creatures were brought about under my next post titled The Greek Legend – Perseus)

In this Legend of Medusa, there is no mentioned of her off springs after being raped by God Poseidon or before she was turned into a Gorgon and banished to life in isolation. Her two children only came about, as said in the legend, after her head was decapitated. 

So how is it that on the head piece of the Temple of Artemis there is a depiction of her in full form together with her children?

Could it be that her presence posed such strength and magnanimity that it really did make people not dare to look upon her face directly, simply because her eyes were so piercing, all knowing, that they see through whoever confronted her. Penetrating the illusions and looking into the abyss of truth, that very few could really stand before her in clear conscience?

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According to some findings in the websites, as per one named Alicia Levan,

Medusa means “soverign female wisdom”.

So powerful was Medusa that her head became the breastplate of Goddess Athena.

So powerful was Medusa’s influence, that the Greek story about her had no other option but to emphasize or draw attention to her head being decapitated by a demi-god. To downplay her role in society. This way, her tragic end, her beheading, is an ultimate subtle way of silencing the female wisdom. Halting her growth, limiting her potential, curb her dominance in any movement and cultural contribution. Women as it was then, must not be seen to be of a better stature and quality than men.

Perhaps this version of the legend is put forward to subconsciously make women turn against women? For the loyal Medusa had seeked protection from the female God and got shunned instead.

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LIFE THE WAY I SEE IT - Medusa had lost her status in society, lost her beauty, cursed and ultimately exiled, not because of her own fault but because of her naiveness, and she put her trust in the wrong hands – another woman. A small move but a fatal mistake.

As I read the websites to find info on the legend I came across some contradictory views. These views made me realized that it is indeed strange, to have one one hand, Medusa  portrayed to be so hideous looking and on the other the images on the websites, books, blogs even the still standing sculptures in Greece don’t seem to portray so! She is still being pictured as a beautiful monster!! None of them seem to look fearful enough to turn any living creature into stone or even give us a shiver. Perhaps may be just a little discomfort to see a creature with snakes on the head and scaly skin (even this one was not visible at plain sight) but that’s all there is to it.

The legend's storyline and the physical portray / depiction of Medusa doesn’t seem to jive.

Anyhow, perhaps its just only a legend??? A folklore to discredit the women??

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Dear Readers,

I hope you have enjoyed reading this and will part with some points to ponder.

Legends don’t seem to be as it is when you dig further into the history.

 I for one, certainly would need to read more into the Greek past in order to piece together some information which puzzles my mind. Nevertheless I will update my posts from time to time if/when I discover anything new.

If you would like to know more as to what or how Medussa’s life ended, do come back to read my next post on another Greek Legend PERSEUS, whose life path was fated to cross Medusa’s.

Till we meet again

Thank you for spending time to read this post.

1. The Legend of ZEUS - Greek God

Hello readers,

One Wednesday night in April, as I was screening through the Astro Channel, I was drawn to its History Channel.  Clash of the Gods series was on and I was so lucky to have watched it.

http://www.history.com/shows/clash-of-the-gods/videos#zeus-and-the-great-flood

And I had just watched the movie Clash of the Titans at TGV a couple of days prior.
Since young I have always been interested in Myths, Legends and Fairytales. This Greek legends are one of my favourites. The series which will be aired on Wednesday nights on Astro History Channel, will be my main source for the following writing. It was after watching on Astro I realized that the movie CLASH OF THE TITANS should have been CLASH OF THE OLYMPIANS. Read on and you will understand why.

Readers, this round I would like to share with you the story of ZEUS, The most powerful and famous of Greek Gods.
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PRELUDE

According to Greek mythology, in the beginning there was nothing. This was called Chaos. From this nothingness came light, Mother Earth (Gaia) and Sky (Uranus) were formed. From Gaia and Uranus came six twins known as the Titans. The six twin Titans were named Oceanus and Thethys, Coeos and Phoebe, Hyperion and Thea, Creos and Themis, Iapetos and Clymene, and finally Cronos and Rhea.

Gaia (picture on the left) and Uranus also gave birth to three CYCLOPS, three giants, each with fifty heads and one-hundred arms (HUNDRED HANDERS). Uranus disliked his offspring, so he forced them to return to their mother’s womb. The pain of carrying the numerous children angered Gaia, and she made a plan for revenge against Uranus. She called upon the Titans to help her. The youngest, Cronos (master of time), came to her aid. Cronos, with his mother’s help, created a sickle and cut off his father’s genitals when his father came to be with his mother.

Cronos cast the cut off genitals into the sea. According to some versions of the myth, the goddess Aphrodite was created from the blood that dropped into the sea. In addition some of the blood dropped on to the earth creating all types of scary offspring.

After defeating his father, Cronos married his sister Rhea.
- extracts from http://historylink102.com/greece2/creation.htm


CRONOS ( Leader of the TITANS, master of time - father to ZEUS )

THE TITANS is the 1st group of Gods who ruled earth once upon a time and among the famous ones were known as CRONOS, HUNDRED-HANDERS, CYCLOPS and, THYPHON. CRONOS is the leader and he takes the form of a human but giant in size, while the rest took the form of mutants and savage beasts. The HUNDRED –HANDERS, obvious as its name, is a creature which looked like a human but has many hands. The CYCLOPS also had the body of a human but has only one eye. Where as the THYPHON, which dwells in the water, looked like a human but its hands were of tanticles with snake heads on its ends.

During those ancient days, it was natural for the GODs to choose a life partner among themselves in order to procreate. CRONOS, the leader married one of his sisters names Rhea.  They lived hapily until the time to have children. The Greek believe that should there be a male offspring, the boy will overpower the father.  For the normal Greek citizens, they are proud to have a male heir to continue their generation. What more if their offsprings do better than them. But as for the GODs, this is a problem. And it was foretold for CRONOS that one day one of his sons will be the cause of his tragic downfall.

In order to prevent this prophecy from coming true, CRONOS did the unthinkable. He decided to eat every single child of his at birth, be it girl of boy. Magically, because he is divine, his kids which he had swallowed, did not actually die. Infact they live in his stomach, well and healthy.

After 5 kids , RHEA could not bare to loose anymore of her child. She devised a plot to stop CRONOS from devouring their children. Finally, one fateful day, she found the courage to go ahead with her plan. She gave birth to her 6th child, ZEUS, in a cave and hid the child away. She then presented CRONOS with a baby mummy, which actually wasn’t a dead baby in it but a stone instead. This stone is called the Omphalos Stone (it is one of Greece’s tourist attraction, situated in Delphi. According to Legend this stone was wrapped in linen). CRONOS, not suspecting anything amiss gladly ate the mummy.

The above photo on the right is the Omphalos Stone in Delphi

As time passed by, ZEUS grew up in secret,(one version of Greek legend says that Zeus was carried way to safety by an Eagle and was raised by Gaia, Cronos’s mother, in Crete) .

While the TITANS saw through many turbulances within their court while CRONOS was still in reign, ZEUS grew up in a distance to revolt against his father.

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ZEUS ( Leader of the Olympians )

The day arrived when its time for Zeus to have his revenge. He made a poison and put into CRONOS’s mead ( beer-like drink). The poison was not to harm CRONOS but bad enough so that he would vomit all of his gutts contents. The unsuspecting CRONOS took the drink and shortly after he suffered from a terrible stomach ache and vomited 1st the stone mummy and then all the rest of his children, leaving CRONOS on the floor unconsious.

Demeter, Hera, Hades, Hestia,Poseidon are Zeus’s siblings. These siblings are known as THE OLYMPIAN GODS. Once they were freed, Zeus then reunite with them and started plotting to go against CRONOS. Since there were also unrests and disagreements among the TITANS, ZEUS took advantage of the situation and drew in Cyclops and Hundred Handers over to his side. With them and his siblings, the war between father and son began.

To go into war, CYCLOPS awarded ZEUS a LIGHTNING BOLT which later became Zeus’s symbol of power. After a very long and lengthy fight where the seas were at rage, the winds were menacing and the earth erupted, many lives lost, the war doesn’t seem to end.

As both CRONOS and ZEUS ‘s strength and war stratergies were equally ravaging. Towards the end CRONOS used his trump card. He summoned THYPHON from the depth of the sea, from the dark underworld as his final weapon of desctruction to unleash terror on earth.

However, ZEUS strike THYPHON with his LIGHTNING BOLT and sendTHYPHON and all the other enemies back to the underworld. ( Though it was not said but I believe CRONOS was among one of them.)

ZEUS won the war and became THE GOD of his time.

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ZEUS ( after victory )

His first wife was a very pretty and wise Greek woman. Her name was METIS. In Greek it meant Practical Wisdom which was exactly what she was. Again, the marriage is shadowed by bad prophecy which foresaw that a son from Metis will lead to his downfall. History was doomed to repeat itself.

Haunted by the wills of his father before him, he came up with a better idea. Instead of eating his kids, he ate his wife!! And legend dictated that since she was inside of him, she became one with him and thus all her good qualities emerges through him.

Zeus was known to be a very cunning and courageous demi-god. After he devoured his wife, he gain more qualities/power. He gradually showed wisdom, practicality and passion in all his judgements.

However, despite these good characters, Zeus has his dark side. His worst was his uncontrollable desire for women.

So now that he no longer have a wife, he took on another. Again, one of his sisters named HERA. She is the queen of all the goddesses. The most powerful goddess of her time. Zeus had married his equal this time, which later posed problem, as two gods cannot rule the kingdom. The kingdom will be divided.

In the midst of these unsettling situation ZEUS kept on mating and producing kids. And it was known that never has he not succeed in the fatherhood department. Being divine, had its advantages. Among which Zeus even went to the extent of impersonating or taking the form of the husband just to mate with the wife.

HERA, ZEUS’s wife was hurt and instulted by his womanizing attitude. An equal with revenge, HERA secretly seek alliance and began plotting to bring ZEUS down. She easily gain the trust and support from the other Gods and demi-gods. Thye gather to revolt against Zeus. Many attempts failed but finally one day Zeus woke up, chained to his bed and became a prisoner. Just when he was about to be murdered, Zeus’s war buddy and alliance, the HUNDRED HANDERS appeared at the scene and saved him.

By this time, Zeus was already mad with anger. He punished his wife HERA to hang from the sky with a golden chain while his son Apollo and ZEUS’s brother was sentenced to build the Walls of Troy.

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ZEUS (end of time)

ZEUS is renowed to love human race above all his subjects. However as time passes by, the human began to evolve. Human gain knowledge and gradually became a very proud race and sadly, eventually, turned barbaric where human and animal sacrifices became prominent in their rituals.

One day human became so proud that they challenged the GODs on superiority. That they are not dependent on GODs anymore. And this disappoint and angered ZEUS. So as a punishment , ZEUS unleashed his wrath again and this time as legend went, it rained 9 days and 9 nights. The waters rose up so high it reached the highest mountain in Greece.

However, there were 2 humans who survived this calamity because they were on a boat. This Greek legend coincides with the story of Noah’s Ark. This event seemed to co-inside with the beginning of the era of Islamism and Christianity. Thus diminishing the believe in ancient GODs. Eventually it faded and vanished to be replaced with religions.

FOOTNOTE

1) The cave where ZEUS was born (in Crete, Greece) is currently a tourist spot in Greece and there are evidences as well to supporting facts that people during that era did their worshipping and paid their respect here.

2) The stone mummy which ZEUS vomited is also another tourist spot and the stone is still there standing to the test of time. Its called Omphalos stone and it is situated in Delphi.

3) The place where Typhon was struck by ZEUS’s LIGHTNING BOLT and where all the other enemies were banished into the underworld is believed to be the Mount Etna. Furthermore, the Greeks believed that the volcano eruptions and hot spots are the spurts of Typhon’s tentacles and when he stirred in the underworld (hell).

4) In 2003 archeologist discovered a new ruins which later identified as DION – the city where ZEUS lived. The stones recovered there were dated back to 5DC which is the Golden Age of Greek Mythology. They also found a statue with inscription meaning ZEUS the Highest God. This could be deduced that the Greeks have already embraced the idea of 1 GOD by then. Which co-incides about the same time when Christianity and Islamism were born.

5) Ironically, Greek Legend Gaia and Uranus bare twin children which could be taken as similar to Islamism and Christianity when Adam and Eve concieved twins as well.

LIFE THE WAY I SEE IT :- Dear Readers , please pardon my imperfect English. I hope you have enjoyed reading this piece.

Next post, I plan to write on MEDUSSA… A female Greek Legend with a tragic fate.

http://www.history.com/shows/clash-of-the-gods/videos#the-story-of-medusa

Food - Sahara Tent Restaurant

Since we had missed my son's and mom's birthday celebration this year due to time constraint among other things, I tot, why not just celebrate both on 1st May.

So I had decided to surprise them by having dinner at Sahara Tent Restaurant, Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam. This is a one of its kind restaurant with arabic features which serves Arabic food and delicacies.

The restaurant was nicely decorated to make patrons feel as if they are entering into an arabian atmosphere. With red cushions and its unique ambience. However we didn't get to sit at this unique tables as the restaurant was already almost full by the time we arrived. So we had a table on the terrace instead.

According to a friend, Sahara Tent was founded by 4 Saudi Arabian cheff who came here to introduce their Arabic Food. Sahara Tent is renowed for its Middle Eastern Cuisine. For a really exotic experience patrons could try their Shisha Pipes. They have apple, orange and strawberry flavored tobacco for this. I think its around about RM10 per session or something.

The dish - Beriyani Lamb and Chicken as well as Mandi Lamb were superb. I would recommend this one for sure.

The drinks - Arabic tea was ok , though I had to add sugar to it as it was a bit strong. But, readers, please, please, please, you need a strong gutt to take on Turkish Coffee.. Order this if you can down a cup of purely blended Cinnamon, corriander and clover served in an expresso sized cup. No hint / tint / taste of coffee at all.. O dear, I saw stars and could only take 5 sips and I surrendered. (And I thought confinement medicinal herb was bad). Had to order a Mirinda instead.  Dont get discouraged though, they do serve normal drinks.

For desert - we tried  Mahalabia which is sweet puding-like dish with a tint of jasmine.

Summary:
This Restaurant is indeed a place to dine in ambience and style, but a wee bit pricy for me. Good for special occasions or celebrations. I would  / can only afford to bring the whole calvary here once a year... Spent just under RM200 for 6 ppl but bear in mind this was including the extra drinks as some of us just could not stomach the Turkish Coffee. It is indeed an acquired taste. Nevertheless, I would definitely come back to try other delicacies they have. Perhaps we might try their Bakhlava.

Ratings
Ambiance: 4 star
Food:          4 star
Price:          Pricy but worthit approx RM20 - RM40 per head

Movie - Ironman2 (30.04.2010)

On Friday 30-04-2010, since I had official leave from company, in lieu of 1st of May Labour Day, I took the liberty to go and watch IRONMAN2.

Many of my colleagues as well as my sister complaint that IRONMAN1 was a let down. Thus IRONMAN2 would not be so hot - so they said.


IRONMAN1 - 1st one third of the movie was a drag for me. 1st 10 mins into the movie I said to myself, gee wiz..war movie. Damn… But things got more interesting after he was back onto US soil and made himself the famous state of technology IRONMAN armour.. and then on it was good.


IRONMAN2 – bravo!!  compared to the 1st one. What a stimulating plot, coupled with a roller coaster ride of emotions and action. Uwah…. I must say the 2nd movie really deflated my negative preconception. It is indeed a wower…

IRONMAN2 – this episode sees Tony Stark deals with deadly issues involving the government, his own friends, as well as new enemies and state of health due to his superhero alter ego.

The storyline

Movie began with Tony Stark noticed that his blood toxicity level has been peculiarly high and kept on increasing drastically. He had exhausted all resources to reverse the situation and he knew that he was dying.
So what does a dying man does despite still having obligation towards the public? He tries to do the things he should have done, to fulfill his wishes, desires, especially with regards to the affair of his heart as well as his company. But, being an obnoxious man as he is, finds it difficult to do so. Typical.

In the midst of his messy situation, he ( I believe ) wanted to kill himself. And what better way to exit this world than to go in style and with a big bang? Get behind the wheels on a race track !! Of course!!
This is where the action began. In came Whiplash. Slow but menacing. His weapon is a pair of electric whips which could slice into almost anything. He oozes of terror on the race track as he splits some racing cars, including Tony’s, into slices of metal. But as any villain in a movie, eventually he was brought down and taken into custody after fighting with Tony who by then had turned into Ironman.

Whiplash (a scientist himself) is the son of one of Stark Industries’s scientists who was sent into exile for turning bad. Naturally Whiplash was made to believe (by his father) that the Ironman should have been him and not Tony. And that the technology was stolen from his family by Tony's father. So revenge is a foot after Whiplash's father died.

Earlier, we see the Government, represented by Senator Stern wants to own the Ironman suit. They claim that if it is still with Tony, it will pose a threat to the country, as they run the risk of its technology being copywrited by other nations. In the attempt to defame Tony at an inquest, the Senator called on Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell - fellow rival to Tony himself) who then presented his discrediting accusation. As expected, it was pathetically unsuccessful and Justin was put to shame instead.

Meantime, Tony’s spirit spirals down.
His best buddy Col. Rhodes steps in to ease up the tense situation between the Government and Stark Industries. He warned Tony that if he steps out of line again the Government will take away his Ironman suits. Opportunity came and the Col Rhodes suited up into the Ironman armour (silver) and took off to the army base.

Here, Justin Hammer had a feast with the suit and went on to make some alterations as he see fit.

At the same time, Hammer had also masterminded the escape of Whiplash who in turn used Hammer and his facility (right under his nose ) as a stepping stone to execute his revenge. Hammer wants to make a better suit than ironman’s, to be used by the army but Whiplash created a troop of drones instead.

Back to Tony Stark, as he battles for his life, in came a team of Russian secret agents, who lends a helping hand in a weirdest way. They offered clues to Tony’s new power resources where of course Tony would have to figure out himself how to make it. And this clue lead back to his old man.

I shall stop here, as I believe, if I write more, it would spoil the thrills and suspense coming. Believe me there are plenty. The “filler” characters (Black Widow, Nik Furry, Pepper Potts, Senator Stern, Justin Hammer) really played their part well to make this movie complete and an awesome watch.

My comments

I felt touched when IRONMAN’s dad left a heartfelt message for him. See boys.. things are not what it seems, especially with parents. This movie would be good for fathers day / Father and son thingy.


The star of the show I would say, is Mickey Rourke (Whiplash). He didn’t say much or do outrages stunts but his presence made such an impact and command undivided attention from us the audience. I can’t help but felt uneasy and intimidated with him up there on the screen. I could go jelly on my knees, soggy guts and  I’d just surrender and die. Now, that, is one hack of a power actor.

I love Scarlett Johanson, (she acted in The Other Boleyn Girl as Anne’s sister Mary and I loved her acting then and now) She is the Russian Spy Black Widow. Ice cool and yet skillful.

Taking my hat off for Gwyneth Paltrow’s character, Pepper Potts. It is indeed tough for a woman to be a CEO and yet remain level headed and cool. However in the end, leave the best job to the best person to execute, that’s the message and its alright to be the no.2 . As the word goes, behind a successful man there is always a powerful woman.

As usual the movie also portrays the bond between buddies Don Cheadle (Lt Col Rhodes) and Tony Stark who would stand by each other through thick and thin. Prevalent with boys / men.
Also I like the fact that this movie also shows that there is indeed no problem for two women of strong characters to work together without scratching each other’s eye balls or tearing their hair out. Women may have different focus and commitments but nevertheless they contribute well towards acheiving 1 goal. As a matter of fact they would make a pretty good team.


The success of this movie is not just owing to Block Buster names like Robert Downey Jr and Gwyneth Palthrow, but also the strong command of presence from the supporting actors; the villains Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, the goodfellas / fillers; Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johanson and Garry Shandling among others.


THE WAY I SEE IT –

This movie deals with a lot of subtle, unsaid emotions, both men and women. There are things that people don’t or unable to do / express when they really should. Why they are unable to do so? That is another series of reasons. It is easier for us to start labeling instead of taking the time to evaluate people’s action especially those who do not conform to what is expected of them.

Ironically, the position of IRONMAN’s power source is too scarily similar to ULTRAMAN's… mmm… right smack in the middle of the chest.. 8-) anyone noticed this???

I would definitely want to go and watch the big screen again and will sure get the DVD for keeps when it is out.