Movie mania

I suddenly realised that I have been absent in this zone for a while. Its holiday time of the year when those small white flurries are all around the park. Last year around the same time, we made a short 3-day trip to Ottawa. Sadly, we ran short of drivers this time. It turns out that I indeed forgot how to spend the holiday season.

I knew the lazy part of me is gonna take over completely not giving me a single moment to think abt school. and so it did. It all started with the T.V.Show named "Heroes". By far the most absorbing, science-fiction, thriller/Horror that I have ever seeen. Driven by the mere anxiety of whats gonna happen next, I can't believe, I spent 23 hours non-stop and finished the whole of season-1. What if somebody has unusual abilities like flying, automatically healing any cut or wound, knowing how to break the space/time continuum, reading others minds, painting the future, etc etc. Its not only amusing but also creates an un-noticable passion in you to look for what next ? That drove me for 2 solid days in my home theatre. Towards the end, I was obsessed with it that I wanted to finish it at any cost. Luckily, I did survive without nightmares.

Just to pull myself out of this, I watched a good number of movies. For some reasons, its funny when I think about myself, that I find joy in animation movies. I wanna put up here the list of all movies (shud be fun to read this in future) Ratatouille, Antz, Bee, Scooby doo and the Goblin king, Happy feet, Madagascar-1, Madagascar-Escape 2 Africa. I enjoyed every bits and pieces of all these ones. I dunno if its natural to have a flair for animation movies at this age. I am sure my roomies had a really tough time putting up with me in these days when I used to laugh my lungs out and they get really annoyed looking at me. I definitely think its not my fault. Pixar, Dreamworks, does a good job in making these films with a strong social theme behind it. Ratatouille is about a rat that teaches cooking, Antz shows how to fight against colonisation, Bee brings about an unsual love affair between a Bee and a Human(its funny the way this happens), I dont need to describe my childhood hero scooby doo, I never knew Penguins are so talented untill I watched Happy feet. Madagascar-2 is top notch that shows what it takes for caged animals to find their family back (Its really moving).


My next favorite is the set of romantic comedies. What happens in Vegas ? is the most romantic movie that I have ever watched. Ashton and Cameron diaz try the most vulgourous things to make their marriage not work and in the process they fall in love. Slumdog millinoaire is worth a watch. Kudos to Danny boyle for surviving the Indian. Its a bit disgusting but solid portrayal of What it takes for a boy from slum to win a million.


After watching "A Beautiful Mind" for the second time, I did figure out what it takes to be John Nash. Final few words of his speech after winning the Nobel prize, "Its Only in mysterious equations of love that logical reasons can be found. I hit it only because of you, You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons.Thank you", And you see the Professor's wife shedding a secret tear with a radiant smile on her face - the audience in standing ovation.WOW !! It can't get any better than that.

I managed to find Scorpion king - 2 was by far the only action movie in the list. Its not that I don't like action, but I am unable to put up with violent scenes these days. My soul fails to recognize the feel good factor after two hours of an action film that ends up in utrocious killing. I can't somehow digest the ruthless killing attempts shown on big screen. There's probably a lot more to come in this zone later ....