Its a film which I call a very bland taste when you eat it but left a deep after-taste. Very draggy and the camera-view perspective of the scene can make me feel irritated. But the after taste is nice enough to make me blog. haha!
Its about a teenager that has problem in socializing with other people probably due to serious home violence and frequent assault by school bullies. Later on, gained superhuman power and the movie shows how this new found power made him and destroyed him.
This film shows how actually even when we have much more power (wealth) than we previously had, it doesn't change our life for the better. Maybe initially things might seem nice enough but its just a brief moment if the mind is not the one that has improved.
Andrew (male lead) with his new power, the destruction he inflicted on others and himself is multiplied and his outward display of his new power does not change his world for the better but made him more angry and merciless. He starts to blame others more and he gets trapped in his negativity stronger by the day.
In one of the scene where he mentioned about going to Tibet to find peace shows that he is well aware of his mental stress but quite sad that this wish of his could only be fulfilled by his cousin (Matt- not sure I got the name right).
Matt also developed this superhuman power but he was mindful of the destruction that would cause to others and thus initiated to create rules to regulate the use of their powers. His mindfulness of his action prevented him from becoming as evil as Andrew. This make taking of our Buddhist precepts so important, and in fact should be taken as early as one could start developing perceptions of the world (teenage years). Precepts feels like tieing up out hands and leg, losing our freedoms. But precepts actually sets us free even more when we developed the right habits to things.
Most often than not, especially for the younger generations, we often wish to be identified, stand out of the crowd, being seen as being more capable and all. It's never wrong to keep improving our capabilities but more importantly to be comfortable with who we are.
Nobody creates our world but we create our world. With these in mind, we should always allow ourselves to be in the company of righteous and our mental states to remain healthy.
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