Broke my

streak

this week because one evening I began watching the film

Heat

, which 

therealbrandonwilson

once vouched for. I wasn't expecting such a long movie. I only got halfway through and it was my 

bedtime

. The second half would need to wait until the next day.

I thought of writing something quick before going to sleep like I usually would. However, the attributes of the film was so foregrounded that I didn't want to destroy that in favor of writing something. Now that I write this I could've simply wrote about the movie, but I didn't feel compelled to do that either.

It's rare that I watch something at this age where it consumes me. So in this case I just let it do that. Also I knew I would just write the next day so missing one day didn't matter.

So what makes Heat so great? It's an action film. I usually don't like action films. I don't think watching people blowing each other up and chasing the big score not to be a captivating watch. But what made me like Heat so much was that the action was secondary. What was at the core of the movie and which drove everything else -- including action -- was 

desire

.

The two main characters are shown respectfully, in a way that makes their desires felt.

It's never about the car chases and shootouts. It's about why the characters are doing such in the first place.