Too much work and melted brain make Felix go see The A-Team.
So for the last while I have spent the majority of my time trying to complete a thesis for college. Doing a thesis is font 12, Times New Roman destruction of the soul! The length of time the destruction of your soul takes greatly depends on how interested in the subject you’re writing about; the more you like a subject the longer this process takes, but mark my words your soul gets destroyed.
This is quickly followed by a complete meltdown of the brain, where simple tasks suddenly become gargantuan. Why? Because you start to use your research process in everyday tasks resulting in something that would normally take 5 minutes suddenly taking about an hour to complete! I’ll give you an example:
After 12 months of research, I found myself, only 2 days ago, suffering from the effects of a brain meltdown. I decided that it would be nice to make some cookies, so I downloaded a recipe. I then sat down and read through it once, then read it again making notes, I read it a third time and researched alternative ingredients e.g. finding out if brown sugar could be used instead of regular sugar. Finally I made a shopping list and went to the supermarket where I spent about an hour reading the backs of everything I bought, making notes in my head about possibly related products to check out the next time I was here. I finally arrived back, went to the kitchen with my notes and the recipe itself and proceeded to make cookies paying so much attention to what I was doing that my flatmate apparently walked into the kitchen, made dinner, ate it and left!
This is not normal! Today I completed my thesis! I have decided that my brain needs a holiday so I went to see The A-Team. This film, as I’m sure you are well aware, is adaptation of the original TV series of the same name. I will admit I was looking forward to seeing how this movie panned out!
When I arrived, the people going to see the movie were… How should I say this? With the exception of a few, they were the typical idiots you’d find waiting in line for a brainless comedy movie, one where the jokes are always (and I mean always) in your face and just short of having a guy with a sign standing in front of the screen that read,
“You see, it’s funny because he said poop!”
Did this deter me? NO! NAY! NON! NEIN! NEVER! This was exactly where I needed to be. I needed a movie that didn’t require a brain to be able to watch it and The A-Team most certainly delivered! With a wonderful display of schoolboy humour and big explosions this film could only be described as the best cure for a brain meltdown EVER!
I really don’t need to tell you about the plot, but for the sake of it here it is. The four lads, Murdock, Faceman, BA (aka Bosco) and Hannibal, wind up being framed for a crime they didn’t commit. So they take some time to seek revenge on those who framed them getting into a whole load of sticky situations along the way. In essence, it’s a film about how The A-Team became The A-Team.
What more can I say? Go and see this movie if you need to just not use your brain for a while. You won’t be disappointed.
Have fun!
Felix
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