Just musing on a quote.

So Manny says that being human is worse than being an animal. I'm turning this over and over in my head, picking it apart. On one hand, it's a powerful quote. On the other hand, it doesn't completely make sense. After all, we're all animals, aren't we? Despite the fact that we percieve animals around us, that doesn't change the fact that we have our own instincts. After all, don't other animals percieve us as animals? Their brains may not be as developed as ours, but in the end we're all just trying to live. Not every animal is made the same way. Some have defects. However, when you put it into the perspective of how we view animals around us, it's a powerful quote. The fact that we're human means that we're above animals in a sense. At least, we percieve ourselves to be at the top of everything. Yet, how is it that we can retrogress into a state of complete rage where we can't control ourselves? What makes us revert to our primal instincts? What makes us into animals? It's the fact that anything can trigger this. We can almost instantly snap back to our more savage instincts given the right circumstances, even though we believe that we have gotten past them. It's really a scary thought. That's what makes us worse than animals - we're more flawed and our thought process is so complex that just one variable can alter us completely.

Bleh, I hate thinking about stuff like this. It depresses me too much. On another note, was I the only one who was particularly annoyed by Buck's voice? I get that the characters are supposed to have rough voices - they're criminals, after all - but Buck's voice just made me cringe every time he spoke. Other than that, I really, really liked this movie.