Down The Rabbit Hole

Very average action film with incredible graphics Benedict Cumberbatch looks stuck in a particular kind of a role. He is forever playing the role of a genius egotist who has to save the world. When I saw 'The Imitation Game' I gave him the benefit of the doubt and now it's the same thing all over again. The movie follows a fairly predictable path of evolution as we see him making wisecracks at his colleagues and then falling at the hands of his own arrogance. Here again, his portrayal of a genius egotistical eccentric doctor reminds me a lot of Dr House from the TV show House MD. As he enters the world of metaphysical voodoo of inter- dimensional travel, the story starts to make a lot less sense. The little jokes in between were of some relief in the tiresome spiralling of the plot as we chased the camera down to time travelling forces having the one and the only motive of 'destroying earth'. The special effects are amazing in this one. I really liked...

Have a man go search for an aimless arrow Have him think for an indistinct instant Of a life going by with a soundless thunder Have him ride by a murmuring world Through a smog of light-less plight With a quiver of ageing hide And a glass of sightless eyes. When once he stood with a knitted brow Decked with an impatient impulse Of unclear aims and lofty planes And dreams destined too deep Upon his cavernous eyes, he had shot An aimless arrow for the ark. Not by his own will, nor his ka His way is long lost, lorn and torn Moved by earth, tide and whim His path is askew, untold and unseen Forgotten far away lies his mane Flung wide awake now is his soul. Time toiled hard to teach When he lisped his lies to life With his mind in knots, his arms entwined He was moored away From the song of himself. Too late he has learnt It's an uncertain melody--this world Without the beats of your own heart.