It takes time to think when one has Jude law as an actor in a movie: but I guess other than the smile he had something beyond his looks here: my blueberry nights … another stint by Wong kar ki, and I thought why not give it a try. Honestly I dint expect English actors so it was a shock for me. I was complacent with the Chinese and Korean actors. There is something about them I never feel they are acting; I always feel they are telling a story.
So yes, my blueberry had lot of mysteries to solve. It’s about people and how people deal with their circumstances. Some tell stories, some collect keys, some drink and some play … and then there are the passive sorts: who play the most important part of listening …
Everyone gets to play this role once: the act of listening, listening to something you have no clue. Trying to be part of a situation, you can never fathom. And yet they do the part ….
I never knew Norah Jones could act; she was just the prefect misfit and she eating blueberry pie the most beautiful scene.
Is it the music or clear sense of motion that makes his movie different? I would still say I prefer the Chinese cast. Somehow I guess the Hollywood brings a gap or some sort of void which forces me to start thinking whereas in other movies, I could always find my own spot. but yes , as usual , it had some great music and some beautiful lines … from do these guys find these lines … all of us have said these lines , but very few dare to use it in public .., such vulnerable and romantic lines…
I loved the end for a change: I dint want the actors to be separated again. There is this sense of consolation that life is unfair anyhow. But once in blue moon (say once in a blueberry pie) I would like to see some things to be set right …
This movie did that for me … ;)
6/23/11
6/6/11
white walls
Shikha was always perplexed by the kind of writing she had developed over years. Not one of the places where she would generally feel like writing. She was not sure, but the more she travelled , the more she got scared of the unknown. Her inhibitions were so modern that she really felt a misfit in any other content. She could feel like an outsider in her own country. There she was trying to discover, and yet getting perplexed. It was easier to romanticize and difficult to comprehend. Or she just dint want to comprehend.
She hated youth book s ending. Platonic. As though nothing was true or atleast worth.
She hated white walls. She never could understand the reason behind it. She did not want a psychoanalytical answer for that .Nothing , empty, blank. Or was it just the idea of a ‘ no colour’. No passion , this idea further added to her hatred.
So was the sky and yet she loved it. She loved the plain white clouds.
It was difficult now to walk aimlessly , to imagine , to smile. Suddenly she felt those eyes which were blind for her before. She was becoming lazy in her dreams. It was so difficult to see herself fading away. She did not want to resort to anyone. They all wanted to pull something down. But how long would the conflict help ?> it would either merge or submerge one day .
She liked the idea of huts and the idea of sitting inside it and having soup. And paint those fences. Have a house and sleep on the floors. She could see her language dwindling away but her mind understood her. God’s silence. Should she be quiet ? but the twins kept talking …
Was it the fear of lonliness … na… but it was a different genre. She did not have a word for it .
But it did exist ,when the mind goes numb and one hears a howl .
She hated youth book s ending. Platonic. As though nothing was true or atleast worth.
She hated white walls. She never could understand the reason behind it. She did not want a psychoanalytical answer for that .Nothing , empty, blank. Or was it just the idea of a ‘ no colour’. No passion , this idea further added to her hatred.
So was the sky and yet she loved it. She loved the plain white clouds.
It was difficult now to walk aimlessly , to imagine , to smile. Suddenly she felt those eyes which were blind for her before. She was becoming lazy in her dreams. It was so difficult to see herself fading away. She did not want to resort to anyone. They all wanted to pull something down. But how long would the conflict help ?> it would either merge or submerge one day .
She liked the idea of huts and the idea of sitting inside it and having soup. And paint those fences. Have a house and sleep on the floors. She could see her language dwindling away but her mind understood her. God’s silence. Should she be quiet ? but the twins kept talking …
Was it the fear of lonliness … na… but it was a different genre. She did not have a word for it .
But it did exist ,when the mind goes numb and one hears a howl .
6/4/11
my sassy girl ...
My sassy girl..
A Korean movie which kept me happy and busy for 3 days ,, I dnt know what sassy means , and I somehow dnt wanna know either,. Cos I was so happy to see the movie that I wanted to hold a special meaning for it . this movie also came as highly recommended movie..
It was lovable to the core, and after a long time made me smile from every part of my cell.. nice na .. I actually felt like loosening up my hair and sitting on the top of a mountain and just smile.. it was that cute and made me feel young … such a ncie feeling …
So story starts on a drunk note : girl is drunk , boy helps and he ends up in prison . strike one .
Girl is again drunk , boy again helps and he ends up in prison again, strike 2
Revenge time , boy gets drunk, girl does not help and he ends up in prison … strike 3…
I dnt know, y but everytime the boy got hit by the girl , I enjoyed it .. ya ya sadist pleasure .. but it was so cute and the way the played games.. people should sometime really try .. all this mushy mushy love aside and try fighting with someone you love.. be extreme honest and keep fighting and if you can hit ,, even better .. ul feels really good ;) trust me … try that once… ya .. that’s the feeling …
Honestly I never understood when did they start dating , did they ever date .. I understood when they broke up and when they wanted it to work …
College, high school life .. there is so much of hope …
Maybe this is what the movie meant to me : time capsule : one would meet someone from future and then keep drifting in time until one finds the right time zone…
They decided to part away … and buried the time capsule and promised that they ll meet after 2 years .. y do ppl think time will change anything … does time change … do people really mean that …
I liked the fact she dint come , after 2 years .. honestly I never thought she ll ever come .. she comes after 3 years ,,, and the tree beneath which it was buried … is planted again so that she can find the place when she comes back … I dnt know what I loved th most . the fact of burying the letters and really believing that they will read the letters one day .. or the fact that nothing changed after 2 years … whatever change that came ,, was so beautiful …
End : they end up together …
It was simple .. yet destiny played a role … destiny plays with you .. very few survive the game . these 2 did … my sassy girl …
Will write my sassy boy one day ;)
A Korean movie which kept me happy and busy for 3 days ,, I dnt know what sassy means , and I somehow dnt wanna know either,. Cos I was so happy to see the movie that I wanted to hold a special meaning for it . this movie also came as highly recommended movie..
It was lovable to the core, and after a long time made me smile from every part of my cell.. nice na .. I actually felt like loosening up my hair and sitting on the top of a mountain and just smile.. it was that cute and made me feel young … such a ncie feeling …
So story starts on a drunk note : girl is drunk , boy helps and he ends up in prison . strike one .
Girl is again drunk , boy again helps and he ends up in prison again, strike 2
Revenge time , boy gets drunk, girl does not help and he ends up in prison … strike 3…
I dnt know, y but everytime the boy got hit by the girl , I enjoyed it .. ya ya sadist pleasure .. but it was so cute and the way the played games.. people should sometime really try .. all this mushy mushy love aside and try fighting with someone you love.. be extreme honest and keep fighting and if you can hit ,, even better .. ul feels really good ;) trust me … try that once… ya .. that’s the feeling …
Honestly I never understood when did they start dating , did they ever date .. I understood when they broke up and when they wanted it to work …
College, high school life .. there is so much of hope …
Maybe this is what the movie meant to me : time capsule : one would meet someone from future and then keep drifting in time until one finds the right time zone…
They decided to part away … and buried the time capsule and promised that they ll meet after 2 years .. y do ppl think time will change anything … does time change … do people really mean that …
I liked the fact she dint come , after 2 years .. honestly I never thought she ll ever come .. she comes after 3 years ,,, and the tree beneath which it was buried … is planted again so that she can find the place when she comes back … I dnt know what I loved th most . the fact of burying the letters and really believing that they will read the letters one day .. or the fact that nothing changed after 2 years … whatever change that came ,, was so beautiful …
End : they end up together …
It was simple .. yet destiny played a role … destiny plays with you .. very few survive the game . these 2 did … my sassy girl …
Will write my sassy boy one day ;)
6/1/11
little children ...
For starters : pedophile is a topic that still makes me feel nervous. Before you jump into conclusions, no I have not been harassed as a kid. but still a bad taste or bad tinge Is left behind …
So when my friend, told me that ‘little children’, had one protagonists as a person convicted for sex offences, I was really vary of the movie. but then there was Kate winslet and my prejudices towards her won over my prejudices against the pedophiles..
Ill start by saying,, this was not what I expected. The whole story was narrated to me and there was nothing that I was really forward to. But as the story unfolded, I was getting the links that the narration had missed. Characters were simple, nothing revolutionary and idea of boredom with life , was something that was prominent . Problem starts when we start categorizing and start looking for answers as to why is someone in that way or in my case a pedophile …
This picture , refused to give an answer, it went an extra step : it confronted me with questions,,, can sex be erased off someone s memory for a flash a second and can I look at the same person in a different way . with all the goodness in my heart , I am not sure , how will I ever react . yes I know its just a movie .. but these are the only things that still make me think …..
Sketch the character : and boredom might get a shade.. are we escaping our lives, or are we just trying to run away from life itself … I am not sure ..But I liked the way Kate winslet kept her hair , in the movie , not cos of dirty or unkempt, just cos … there was an idea of desperation or idea of tiredness that was evident from her look . She dint try to hide it or try to uncomplicated it . She did exactly the opposite.. She complicated it and tried reasoning out … is it the guilt or the better sense, not sure.. But the ending again shocked me ,,,
She dint run off with the man , she was having an affair with, cos her daughter wanted to go home.
The man with whom she was supposed to run off , had to skate one last time before running away and he ends up in hospital
The poedophile decides to free himself from the agaony by hurting himself
And people like me , decide to help him by not letting him die .
Does past really matter ……
So when my friend, told me that ‘little children’, had one protagonists as a person convicted for sex offences, I was really vary of the movie. but then there was Kate winslet and my prejudices towards her won over my prejudices against the pedophiles..
Ill start by saying,, this was not what I expected. The whole story was narrated to me and there was nothing that I was really forward to. But as the story unfolded, I was getting the links that the narration had missed. Characters were simple, nothing revolutionary and idea of boredom with life , was something that was prominent . Problem starts when we start categorizing and start looking for answers as to why is someone in that way or in my case a pedophile …
This picture , refused to give an answer, it went an extra step : it confronted me with questions,,, can sex be erased off someone s memory for a flash a second and can I look at the same person in a different way . with all the goodness in my heart , I am not sure , how will I ever react . yes I know its just a movie .. but these are the only things that still make me think …..
Sketch the character : and boredom might get a shade.. are we escaping our lives, or are we just trying to run away from life itself … I am not sure ..But I liked the way Kate winslet kept her hair , in the movie , not cos of dirty or unkempt, just cos … there was an idea of desperation or idea of tiredness that was evident from her look . She dint try to hide it or try to uncomplicated it . She did exactly the opposite.. She complicated it and tried reasoning out … is it the guilt or the better sense, not sure.. But the ending again shocked me ,,,
She dint run off with the man , she was having an affair with, cos her daughter wanted to go home.
The man with whom she was supposed to run off , had to skate one last time before running away and he ends up in hospital
The poedophile decides to free himself from the agaony by hurting himself
And people like me , decide to help him by not letting him die .
Does past really matter ……
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