Category: Reflections
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On watching movies in the theatre
At film school last semester, I became attuned to the importance of the debate whether movie theatres will still exist or not in the future, and how it’s important to still watch movies in the theatre. (I guess the first time I heard about this debate was in 2021, through my Intro to Filmmaking class,…
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randomly remembering Robin Williams
I rewatched Good Will Hunting this week at our little cinema club between me, my sister and our Filipina neighbour, and I remembered I wrote something about Robin Williams on my journal some time ago. Here it is… I had a crush on him when I was a kid, seeing him in Hook, Jumanji, and…
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The Past, Present, and Future of Blogging (from my point of view)
I wish I could be a teenager again and blog the way that I used to. I often wrote about this on the old version of this Wonderfilled Issa blog, but yeah. I had so much time as a homeschooler just to rave about football, my favourite shows and computer games, Lord of the Rings…
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Nolan and the Villanelle (Cinema and Poetry)
So I realised that Nolan’s use of a villanelle for Interstellar is so fitting, considering the poetic form’s mechanics. It’s cyclical in nature, you could say you’re going back in time every stanza…
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What It Felt Like to Watch “Interstellar” In the Cinema
I got in just as the trailers ended. I shuffled through my row in the dark, said goodbye to my friend who got the only seat left near the back – I myself didn’t manage to snag a middle seat, but thought it was okay to be near the side in case I needed to…
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My notes on Tenet: a mind-boggling masterpiece (SPOILERS AHEAD)
I just finished this movie the over the weekend. Initially, it made me fall in love with the action and music, then it engaged my intellect in a way that made me feel really refreshed. It ended with an “emotional gut punch” like the best short sci-fi stories out there, the comparison with which makes…
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Rewatching ‘Prince Caspian’ as a lifelong Narnia fan and for the first time as an adult (Spoilers)
(from October 4, 2020) Today my brother and I just finished watching it (first time for him) and I was watching it fully with a more mature comprehension for the first time. We are watching the Narnia movies as we finish reading each book (I read aloud to him), and we were able to recall…
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Autumn in Armenia, 2024
I have been wanting to go into nature for a long time. I longed to get lost in a forest or stare at a high mountain from afar… Blame it on the poets I’ve read or musicians I’ve listened to – those who went into the refuge of secluded mountainsides or plains to find themselves.…
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The magic of rereading Lord of the Rings
Here is a history of my reading Lord of the Rings and an inventory of the new things I’ve been gleaning out of it. I came to read it first as a teenager and am now reading it as a graduate student, and my understanding of it has grown deeper like the rings of a…
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A reflection on watching Richard Strauss’ “Eine Alpensinfonie”
(originally posted in April 2020 and shared by the Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra FB page) Going to see an orchestra play live has always excited me ever since I saw my first full orchestra in Armenia four years ago. This is because, despite hearing classical music since I was in my mother’s womb – my…