Hannibal Lecter In My Dreams

I had a night-long nightmare about cannibalism and me playing the role of the cannibal's sister. And I suspect it must be due to the movie I watched with Roy just before I slept - Hannibal Rising. If you all haven't already known, it's the prequel of Red Dragon and Silence of the Lamb, telling us about how he became a cannibal, or a monster as some may claim.

I quite like the movie. Traumatic, but great plot. It portrayed the main character Hannibal Lecter as such a terrorizing 'animal', if you may, yet at the same time humanizing him. To lose his whole family in the war, and what more - to have his little sister being eaten by the group of soldiers - were more than enough to cause one psychologically demented. And in some ways, it is only understandable to want to seek vengeance. Many among us would want to do the same too, only perhaps very few of us would have the courage. Roy even told me, "I wish he'd torture them more before killing them."

Humans. Are disgusting, at times. We are no different from other animals. God gave us a brain to think; we should be more civilized than animals, no? Apparently not. Look at what's going on around us today. Rapes, murders, psychopaths, homophobes, holy wars, assasins, racism. I don't know, maybe it's just me. I watched too many movies that showed the ugly side of the human race. And maybe I just don't know what to make out of it all. Should we all just close one eye and be in denial or in complete submission to the brutal reality.

It's nice to block out all the bad things and pretend that all these aren't really happening (or that if they are, it's none of our business until it is). But I can't. I can't just go "oh well whatever.. let's look at what Paris Hilton's wearing today or how much Nicole is weighing now, or whether Lindsay's new bf is cute." I guess this is the easier way out... to cope with the f**ked-up world we're living in, but I rather be more realistic than lie to myself. It's something that I still need to ponder upon, about how to cope with it and all. So yeah.. till then, I don't have a conclusion on this. What do you guys think? Let me know.