The unreal is more powerful than the real...

Insomnia... how I love thee. So here's a recommendation.

The Happening.
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Written by J. Spurlin. With Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo.

While in theaters, all I heard from others was... "Don't waste your money!"... "Frankly, it sucked donkey dick."... etc, etc. And I listened for some unknown reason. But this is me, disagreeing. And yes, I did only waste a few (okay five) dollars on a rental as apposed to $40 at the theater (what with the necessary date, popcorn, soda bigger than my skull and of course the sour patch kids..), but I would honestly say I would've enjoyed it either way.

M. Night Shyamalan is sort of hit or miss, I'll give you that. But he kind of possesses that artsy, forward thinking mindset that always conjures thoughts of what possibilities this life and planet and our fucked up civilization might have to offer.. which I can dig. Sure, it was pretty much laid out for him, seeing as it was a book, but I'd say this one was a winner.

And what a concept. It could have possibly been unified a little more effortlessly... leaving fewer what the fuck?'s and how is that possible??'s, but if you look beyond what is realistic and try to see the bigger picture... it's pretty awesome.

I don't want to give it away if you haven't yet seen it, but it's based on the idea that scientific theories are well.. just theories. and possibly the entire human race is merely a pestilence wreaking havoc on the entire planet.

What do we really know anyway?!

“The unreal is more powerful than the real because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. stone crumbles. wood rots. people, well, they die. but things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.”

-Chuck Palahniuk