Bullet Train, Fear, and Nofap

I watched Bullet Train today with Brad Pitt as the lead. Man what an entertaining movie dude. I love some of the camera work like the water bottle scene, the pacing was impeccable, the editing was outstanding honestly, and the direction was generally great. It had some really cool characters uplifted by the eye-catching visuals. A huge fan of the introductory neon titles in Japanese letters for all the characters they really gave the film a cool vibe. The writing itself was absolutely insane for a movie, of course, after all, it was based on a novel but the film was also fucking hilarious dudes like comedy gold. 

I also loved how the film utilized an idea I've had myself (got it from JoJo Rabbit, another outstanding film.), of using familiar and crowd-favorite songs and then using their covers in a different language to make it sound fresh. This way you can stick to the classics and still branch out to stay fresh. Thor Love and Thunder could have used that trick, which is odd because Waititi directed both of these movies. Just goes to show how lazy his approach was toward Thor 4. Perhaps he thinks he has grown compliant or maybe he has something going on personally, my guess is that he feels overwhelmed and in over his head. A moment of silence for the death of Thor's character. 

So, in summary, it was funny, the action was really well done, it looked amazing visually, had some great performances, some outstanding writing, cool characters, memorable moments, some food for thought as a message delivered in a take-it-or-leave-it style which fits well with the tone, and I really liked the soundtrack. 10/10 what a great movie. A couple of nitpicks were a small continuity error and a misleading moment that I doubt was intentional. Either of which did nothing to take away from my experience. 

As for my personal learning, I made some significant self-realizations today:

- I'm letting fear hold me back way too much. Need to develop more courage to thrive in life.

- Most of my interactions with others are an opportunity for me to provide something to them. I need to stop making it about me and be more considerate of other people's wants and needs.

- Absconding from orgasm is proving to be harder than imagined, but I can feel it will be worthwhile in the end as well.

- I am on my way and doing my best. Working hard with sincere efforts, while also avoiding unnecessary stress and burning out. I doubt life will run out of things for me to keep it all interesting. 

- Reminding myself to look out for things that scare me as opportunities for growth and look forwards to struggles that will tell me more about myself.