All Written Out

There is a very good reason I have not been posting much on this blog. I have been writing about 10 posts a week on a discussion forum I've been involved with for the past few months. That's part of my studies of research commercialisation. Spending so much time checking references on my posts and articulating my thoughts properly there has left me all but drained to string 2 sentences together. I would just like to go and type 'bla bla bla bla' there sometimes. Really getting to be no fun anymore. I have to say I have learn a lot from that experience though.

Anyways, reading To Kill a Mockingbird at the moment. I get quite sad sometimes that there are so many classic that I may never find the time to read, so many books, so little time. I must really restrict myself to read good books. From reading this book, my first thoughts are that plot is not that important. As long as the emotions and characters are believable, relatable, and loveable I will be more than glad to read a story that has been told time and time again.

Also, I just watched a movie called Howl. Though the movie itself isn't very nice, the story is quite good, about Allen Ginsberg and the trial regarding the publication of Howl and Other Poems. It is a really inspiring story of a poet and his journey. It may be to artsy-fartsy for some people's taste, it was bordering on that for me. But the story pulled through. So it was half decent.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

I've gotten some freebies this year. Like the tickets to Eros and Psyche and tickets to Splice. Well, they were both pretty crap but this one really was quite amazing. So the story is boy has prophecy to fulfill and is trained by a wise teacher etc. Well, it's all in the execution isn't it. I mean the plot is pretty standard fare, like a Percy Jackson or Eragon. But this one was really good, I was admittedly pleased with how good the movies is. Well, this year has been good with movies. I loved Prince of Persia, A Team and How To Train Your Dragon. Yay for freebies and Reading Cinema is awesome.

3 Idiots

This movie is about 3 friends studying engineering at university and their lives during and after they graduate. There are undertones of social expectation and also every person's journey through life. What experiences we have, what our backgrounds are, the decisions we make and how they impact our future. And the main message is be brave and go with your heart.

This is such a wonderful movie! Actually I have not watched a Hindi movie in ages. Which makes me recall my childhood. I actually never liked watching them, but then my grandma had to watch it every Friday afternoon and Hindi movie beats the hell out of homework so...little by little, I started to love them. Then I don't know, I just stopped watching them again. Because they always had the same story line and the stupid dancing around trees.

Well, this movie is different, surprisingly so for me. The plots were excellent, the dialogue was smart, and the comedy was not overly cheesy. The different stories moving were well-paced, and each intertwining with the other smoothly like a velvety twirl of caramel, wrapped in fluffy creamy chocolate. Okay, maybe I just drifted to thinking of a Cadbury commercial. I digress. This movie is wonderful and I would definitely watch it again. Lovely. Certainly rekindled my love affair with Bollywood.

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Fantastic Mr. Fox!!!! Yes, fantastic. Reviewing of movies is not what I normally do as I watch so many movies and am too lazy to review every single movie I watch. Thus this is a break from the norm. I am reviewing this movie because it is one of the most fantabulous movies I have ever watched.

This movie is based on the book by Roald Dahl. It is about well, the fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is a chicken thief turned newspaper columnist. This switch was because his wife was pregnant and thieving was not a responsible job. But Mr. Fox being a fox and so always had an eye to go with a boom and decided to go for one last masterplan to steal from the three meanest farmers around; Boggis, Bunce and Bean. This plan brought about a change not only to the family but also the whole neighbourhood of animals.

A great movie with everything in it. Also, one point of note. The script is refreshing, witty and charming. Given it was from a children's book, one would expect the 'dumbing down' of things. This is not the case, very wonderfully written script. Also, there are so many layers of storytelling to this that I was never bored. Heck, I was smiling like an idiot at the screen for the whole movie. Watch it. It's good. Very fantastically good.