What value does humor have anymore?

I've never been someone who laughs at a lot. It's not that I'm just sour and melancholy most of the time, I just don't genuinely laugh at or find a lot of things funny. I find things amusing. I'll lightly chuckle. I'll humor someone telling a funny story. But in my life, it's only on rare occasions that I laugh uncontrollably or find something so funny I can't stop laughing (might happen once every few months, sometimes just a few times a year). But I never fit in with the average college dope my age, because it always seemed like they were laughing and guffawing endlessly at stupid crap and sharing in this raucous, gratuitous camaraderie.

If I joined the group, I'd just sit there and observe and not say anything, and probably not laugh at much. The average idiot (person) seems to be OVERLY amused by life and seems to find so many unfunny things to be funny. Some even laugh hysterically at THEMSELVES, which I find somewhat awkward and irritating. We all will act amused or sometimes laugh at the stories we tell that we think are funny, but some people just go outright overboard. I don't know how else to say this, but people who laugh a lot just bloody bug me and frankly, I think most of them are idiots.

Another thing about me is when I watch TV, I usually have a delayed laughter. I'm usually thinking about something else, and while my brain recognizes that something is funny, I'm busy processing my current thoughts. I often laugh at things five to TEN seconds AFTER the punch line. Regular people just laugh immediately. People have noticed it and they've thought I was "slow" or "slow" to get a joke. No, it's just me usually thinking about two or three things at once and prioritizing. My brain REALIZES something is funny but prioritizes it, and gets the other thoughts out of the way first before reacting to it. Most people just seem like bubblegum-brained dolts who if you wave a shiny thing in front of them, they just react to it like a animal or a child would. "Here's a loud, funny, shiny thing!"

The WORST people to be around are the preppy, fraternity and sorority types in college. The partiers. These people LAUGH at anything, and not only that, they laugh at utterly stupid things and do so an in incredibly loud and over-the-top fashion. My brother is/was (still is) like that, and I had the misfortune of being around his friends a few times and it's complete torture. I just feel like if you laugh at anything, what value does humor have? You blur the lines between the distinction of something truly funny and original and potty humor or just pure inanity. It also seems like a culture of extreme, over-the-top amusement in everything has developed in recent years. It's this laugh fest at everything in life, often at the expense of others. I think it's an indication of a culture disconnected, drugged-up, entitled and dumbed-down and on the brink of collapse.

The Adventures of Tintin - My Review

Before seeing "The Adventures of Tintin" on the big screen, I knew little to nothing about the main character himself. I did know that he was the main protagonist in a world-famous, Belgian comic series by Hergé, but that was about it. Still, I ended up renting this and delving into the film with high expectations (since this film was, after all, directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson). Did it prove to be the epic, animated, globe-trotting adventure it presented itself as from the trailer? Well, yes.

In fact, it was one of the most visually stunning and action-packed films of the year. The brilliant motion-capture animation was incredibly realistic, the epic score was highly intense in every scene, and the pacing of the story was swift enough to keep me on the edge of my seat the entire time. But that's not to say there weren't a few issues with the flick that kept me from enjoying it completely. First off, I was just a little bit disappointed that Tintin (Jamie Bell) didn't have that much of a well-developed backstory or any major reasons for us to feel emotionally attached to his plight. Of course we want him to inevitably succeed in the end, but we're never given any firm ground as to why we should do so.

To me, he felt slightly more like a one-dimensional character rather than a fully-realized film protagonist like "Frodo Baggins" or "Indiana Jones". As for the villain of the movie, Ivan Ivanovich Sakharine (Daniel Craig), we barely know anything about him other than the roots of his ancestry and his motive to prevent our heroes from uncovering the secret of the Unicorn, but I guess I'm nitpicking too much. Perhaps the only character I enjoyed watching was Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis). Along with his witty sense of humor and hilariously erratic behavior, I appreciated how he was given a solid enough backstory for me to remember him as a truly intriguing and well-thought out character.

All in all, even with all of its small issues, I thoroughly enjoyed watching "Tintin" as a whole. With its beautifully animated international backdrops, well-designed characters and dizzying, fast-paced storyline, the fully immersed me in its sensational adventure and kept my heart racing at every turn. That being said, I definitely recommend giving this movie a rent if you want to watch a fun-filled mystery-caper with plenty of thrills. It may not be the most accomplished animated feature to come out in the past year, but it's still one hell of a great ride from beginning to end.