Maybe it’s because I work with spreadsheets and boring finance stuff all day, but in terms of fiction I often gravitate toward more fantastical things, like fantasy and sci fi.

I figure if I’m going to read or watch fiction, instead of seeing people navigate boring real life problems, I might as well go all the way and see them try to take down a magical dark lord or something.

But in terms of boring real life movies, there are some amazing ones that hit me anyway despite those preferences. Like Michael Clayton was sooo good even though legal thrillers aren’t my thing. Hard to believe it’s approaching two decades old.

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Ohh I’ve never seen this — and I’ve been looking for something for a movie night 🤙

Really good plot and characters. Hits the spot for a good drama.

This is a good one

Reading/watching fiction stimulates the imagination, often satisfying a bored mind that craves creative engagement. It is almost like a delightful meal for the brain.

I rarely read anything else, but fiction (mostly sci) these days.

I’m a sucker for good crime drama thrillers. Gonna check this one out! Andor is an excellent sci-fi noir. Blink and you’ll think it’s something out of Bladerunner!

Damn, I forgot how much I miss a good story!

DO I LOOK LIKE I’M NEGOTIATING!

The plot and script are both excellent. Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack are all phenomenal… giving memorable performances.

No spoilers, but one of my favorite parts about this movie is when the credits roll and George Clooney sits in the back of the cab in New York City, driving aimlessly for however far $50 (in 1997) will take him. We sit with Clooney for a full 2 minutes of no dialogue, staring at his face as he lets his character digest and reflect on everything that’s happened. What an amazing decision from Tom Gilroy, on his directorial feature debut!

*Tony Gilroy

It's funny you say that... This is why I was into Halo more than Call of Duty. Want my video game pretend violence to be less real and more fantastical.

Definitely going to check out this movie though.

I used to manage to guess the bad guys in movies, what would happen next or the next line even when it was the first time to watch them (especially if there is a pause); so they weren’t interesting. Anyways, I think that some movies, TV shows, actors or celebrities in general wanted to expose what was going on behind the scenes through their work, that wasn’t for art or entertainment. What people watch is a tool to affect their life style and opinions and influencing people wasn’t limited on the hidden frames that had ads or secret messages (like the Cola hidden ads to make the audience consume it after watching a movie without their knowledge; perhaps you heard about them too). After all why using few frames when the entire movie can be used; the story and every detail.

I don’t remember if I watched Michael Clayton or not. There was a while in late 2018 and early 2019 when I used to watch movies listed according to the people staring them and I watched some of Clooney’s. The last movie was Aqua man, I stopped at the first 20 minutes (early February 2019). The city underwater triggered a memory clash, that helped me connect many scenes and details of my life and understand that there is something about my family and that we were watched and under surveillance for many years. After that I deleted my social media accounts and that dragged the attention that something has changed. So the attacks against me and my family intensified (including some paranormal ones, after one of them many birds came to Whittock Square in Bristol where I used to live and that dragged more attention towards me). Back then I didn’t know anything about my gifts, but I have been led to the story of Al-Mahdi and Ad-Dajjal (Antichrist) through an ordinary google search as well as the connection with the descendants of prophet Mohamed peace be upon him and my family origins (of course on purpose, maybe they thought they have to tell me because they have been on us for a lifetime and barely anything changed and that was part of the plan to accelerate the appearance of Ad-Dajjal). I preferred to take time to understand what’s going on and act normal. However, in September 2019 in Spain while going out with my family, a balloon filled with helium that flew away got surrounded by the wind and came down to the ground when I wished so after rising about 10 meters in the air (that was one of the moments when my gifts manifested very close to me and in front of my eyes). After that while reading the Quran, I have tried to seek explanations and follow the examples of the prophet (including the examples of the last prophet Mohamed, peace be upon him). And because of knowing that prophet Solomon peace be upon him used to make requests to the wind, I used to try out some requests starting by changing the weather where I live and observe the results. By doing so, I learned that time is needed and parameters must be established; temperature, start and end date so that helped me set the conditions of the bans. The first bans concerned weapons that were deactivated in Syria after that I saw a video of a little girl scared of the noise of the bombs while her father was trying to distract her and pretend that it’s a game. I could not help crying when I saw her shaking every time while laughing to play with her father so I prayed that all bombs are sealed that nothing comes out of them and the aircraft used to carry the bombs are brought to the ground. After watching the situation in Syria calming down I started to amplify the bans of weapons and observe the results. Anyways, while acting normal they couldn’t tell that it’s me for sure until the first transportation ban was requested for governments right before the UN assembly of October 2020 (flights ban).