As Kharagpur gets over for me, I guess there is going to be an enormous reduction of the time I spend oggling infront of my Comp, trying to pass some quality time watching movies - one of my favourite pass time activities. Movies, much like Soc Cult, have been more to me that just some random pass time activity - they have been a great influences on my life, at least some of them had been. Explaining the how movies have affected me might be the subject matter of some other post, but for now, here is recounting a few of the movies which have had possibly the most significant impact on me.
Patch Adams: Apart from being the source of an elocution speech for which I have been widely appreciated, three years in a row, the movie filled me with the passion to work for something that I love. Working might just be a way to get away from your problems - helping others, might just make you feel better and help you doing something useful in life instead of brooding over your own personal issues. And most importantly, if one is honest and passionate, the world will go his way - he might have to confront several hurdles, overcoming which might be a severe problem, but one day, he shall be victorious - the statement appears to be a translation of a dialogue from a cheesy Bollywood movie - but for the first time, you get to see, on-screen what the cheesy line actually means.
A Beautiful Mind: The movie wants me to give up everything in life and lose myself in the pursuit of an innovative idea. Everyone must've seen and loved the movie. But I have lived the movie - it "has taken me on a journey through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional and back, and has helped me make the most important discovery of career, the most important discovery of my life . It is only in the mysterious equations of love, that any logic can be found. You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons."
Life is Beautiful: Saw it in my second year. It shook me to say the least. As the movie unfolds, the deplorable condition of the Jews at the concentration camps evokes pathos, but what keeps to smiling and glued to the movie is the jocundity of Roberto Begnini, who plays a father, who protects his son, without letting him realize the atrocities being hurled at them. Truly a masterpiece, which has affected me so deeply. I remember not being able to express anything in particular after seeing the movie, although I wanted to - I could only say, "The movie is AMAZING!". Possibly the strongest of emotions are expressed in the simplest of words and the simplest of ways. I sometimes still don't understand why the movie is named so - but yes, the hope and the strength which this movie tries to imbue in the hearts of the audience is non-compare.
The Hours: Definitely one of my best movies. Nicole Kidman is absolutely unrecognizable and she is fantastic, stealing screen presence from Meryl Streep, who portrays the life of Mrs. Dalloway. One of the most complex scripts that I have come across till date. Michael Cunningham drives a lot of inspiration from Virginia Wolf, but the way in which the differences in the make-up of the society and time was portrayed - it could only be the result of some creative genius. The background score by Philip Glass is haunting and although it uses just strings and the piano, it creates a mood to suit the emotion of the movie perfectly. Haven't encountered a single person who has liked the movie, apart from me. But I have learnt some of my most favourite quotes from this movie: "Feeling sorry for what one has done is easy and sometimes the only thing one can do" and "Everything from my life is gone, apart from the certainty of your goodness". To appreciate the movie, please read about the movie and life of Virginia Wolf before watching the movie. If you love art, this movie is probably the paragon of all that is good about perfecr art.
Sound of Music: Saw this movie when I was in my 4th year. Honestly, I was blown off. It is very asinine and puerile. But sometimes, an escapade into the crazy world of childish fantasies can rid you of a lot of troubles. A simple song, "Raindrops on roses..." - see the sequence and try to recall that song in times of distress - believe me, you'll get to see the magic which such a juvenile movie/song has on you. Although the movie does have other, "more important" issues which it talks about, for e.g. patriotism, they are just like the ripples of water on the turbulent surface of the sea, turbulence created just by the childish pranks and immature antics of 7 kids and Julie Andrews, coupled with some of the sweetest songs that you've heard while you were a kid. Watch it and experience what the sound of music can do.
These movies and many more are like an inseparable part of my life and identity, from which I have learnt something, which has presented me a with a thought which I appreciated, shown me a visual which I never had seen before, spurred my imagination in a way that I have never experienced before, helped me take a trip down the memory lane, motivated me to take a trip into the roads ahead, which have made me rise with joy, roll with laughter, rue with despondence, jump with shock, wrinkle with anger... perceive every emotion that is known to man.
Patch Adams: Apart from being the source of an elocution speech for which I have been widely appreciated, three years in a row, the movie filled me with the passion to work for something that I love. Working might just be a way to get away from your problems - helping others, might just make you feel better and help you doing something useful in life instead of brooding over your own personal issues. And most importantly, if one is honest and passionate, the world will go his way - he might have to confront several hurdles, overcoming which might be a severe problem, but one day, he shall be victorious - the statement appears to be a translation of a dialogue from a cheesy Bollywood movie - but for the first time, you get to see, on-screen what the cheesy line actually means.
A Beautiful Mind: The movie wants me to give up everything in life and lose myself in the pursuit of an innovative idea. Everyone must've seen and loved the movie. But I have lived the movie - it "has taken me on a journey through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional and back, and has helped me make the most important discovery of career, the most important discovery of my life . It is only in the mysterious equations of love, that any logic can be found. You are the reason I am. You are all my reasons."
Life is Beautiful: Saw it in my second year. It shook me to say the least. As the movie unfolds, the deplorable condition of the Jews at the concentration camps evokes pathos, but what keeps to smiling and glued to the movie is the jocundity of Roberto Begnini, who plays a father, who protects his son, without letting him realize the atrocities being hurled at them. Truly a masterpiece, which has affected me so deeply. I remember not being able to express anything in particular after seeing the movie, although I wanted to - I could only say, "The movie is AMAZING!". Possibly the strongest of emotions are expressed in the simplest of words and the simplest of ways. I sometimes still don't understand why the movie is named so - but yes, the hope and the strength which this movie tries to imbue in the hearts of the audience is non-compare.
The Hours: Definitely one of my best movies. Nicole Kidman is absolutely unrecognizable and she is fantastic, stealing screen presence from Meryl Streep, who portrays the life of Mrs. Dalloway. One of the most complex scripts that I have come across till date. Michael Cunningham drives a lot of inspiration from Virginia Wolf, but the way in which the differences in the make-up of the society and time was portrayed - it could only be the result of some creative genius. The background score by Philip Glass is haunting and although it uses just strings and the piano, it creates a mood to suit the emotion of the movie perfectly. Haven't encountered a single person who has liked the movie, apart from me. But I have learnt some of my most favourite quotes from this movie: "Feeling sorry for what one has done is easy and sometimes the only thing one can do" and "Everything from my life is gone, apart from the certainty of your goodness". To appreciate the movie, please read about the movie and life of Virginia Wolf before watching the movie. If you love art, this movie is probably the paragon of all that is good about perfecr art.
Sound of Music: Saw this movie when I was in my 4th year. Honestly, I was blown off. It is very asinine and puerile. But sometimes, an escapade into the crazy world of childish fantasies can rid you of a lot of troubles. A simple song, "Raindrops on roses..." - see the sequence and try to recall that song in times of distress - believe me, you'll get to see the magic which such a juvenile movie/song has on you. Although the movie does have other, "more important" issues which it talks about, for e.g. patriotism, they are just like the ripples of water on the turbulent surface of the sea, turbulence created just by the childish pranks and immature antics of 7 kids and Julie Andrews, coupled with some of the sweetest songs that you've heard while you were a kid. Watch it and experience what the sound of music can do.
These movies and many more are like an inseparable part of my life and identity, from which I have learnt something, which has presented me a with a thought which I appreciated, shown me a visual which I never had seen before, spurred my imagination in a way that I have never experienced before, helped me take a trip down the memory lane, motivated me to take a trip into the roads ahead, which have made me rise with joy, roll with laughter, rue with despondence, jump with shock, wrinkle with anger... perceive every emotion that is known to man.
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