Field of Dreams

Watched Field of Dreams tonight. Couldn't have been a better end to this Sunday. A movie which I had copied onto my laptop & hadn't ever bothered why or even to check if it's recommended by anyone...

Guess I was destined to watch it...and watch it I did!!!

You watch so many movies, but so few actually touch you...somewhere in the posts below, I have mentioned about Good Will Hunting...this one was of the same sort...

After having watched so many movies on sports, father-son relationships, stories of passion, magical tales...I watched this one y'day...this one had everything and more...

I don't know if everyone would like the movie as much as I did...but I believe everyone should watch it once...

One of the reviews of this movie says & I quote - " If you watch this movie without crying even once, then I don't believe you"

I watched it....it brought a smile to my face :-)

"Quotable Quotes"

Some brilliant quotes...

"It's not who you are underneath, but what you do, that defines you" - Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes character) in Batman Begins

"Your capabilities are not what show who you are, it's your choices" - Prof. Dumbledore, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets

"That's the beauty of an argument. If you argue correctly, you're never wrong" - Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart character) in Thank you for Smoking

"I'm his father. You're the guy fucking his mom." - Nick Naylor, (Aaron Eckhart character) while having a conversation with his son's stepfather in Thank you for Smoking

All I want is Everything!!!

And as I listen to the song - "Baatein Kuch Ankahi si..." from the movie - Life in a Metro, I sit down to pen my thoughts...

Watched the movie today - a movie which is a far better endeavor at modern cinema than the likes of those movies which boasts of the big stars of Bollywood. This one had a host of actors along with the ageing Dharmendra and still so beatiful Nafisa Ali...each of the characters were sketched beautifully, keeping in mind the life we live in in these times.

The story which comprised so many instances of different lives - had all the present day ingredients of the new age mind - ambition, desperation, infidelity, sympathy, loneliness, sex and friendship. The characters were just the aliases to showcase the hunger of the people living in a metro - hunger for success, companionship, sex and so many other emotions.

As one of the characters says - "You run after something which you don't possess with so much passion that you never realize, when you spoil, what you have already". A statement which is not only a fact of these times but has been passed down from generations unknown....

I would say that's what life is...the rat race - (and not a morning walk as quoted in the movie)...you try to achieve whatever you can in your life-so-short...you take a gamble to win more and more...and if this means losing everything is an option - then so be it.

There are people who do take a morning walk of life...and if you look from a higher platform in life, you find that these people are the happiest. They love what they have and that gives them contentment in life...

It takes courage and much more strentgh to live like that...to find happiness in the smaller things in life and forego the desire for riches...

I wonder, if I can ever live like that...but till then, I'll be running the race...
All I want...is everything!!!

Donkey on the Road

Saw a donkey on the road today. Well I think it was a donkey...not sure how you can distinguish between a donkey, an ass and a mule...I mean I know the difference between these three animals, but physically if you see them, how do you know which one is it?

Anyway, this donkey (we'll keep it as a donkey, could have been a mule or an ass as well, but hey what the heck...) on the road seemed really unhappy...come to think of it, donkeys always seem unhappy...never seem happy about anything, unless it's the donkey from Shrek. Now I guess you can't be unhappy when you have the voice of Eddie Murphy...quite difficult to imagine Eddie Murphy voicing a sad creature. Maybe thats why donkeys are unhappy - they don't like the way they sound. Or could it be that they don't like being considered stupid. Now thats what they are known for - their claim to fame. But hey, they didn't have a say in it.Guess they are not too happy about it. Sure, who would want to be identified with "Stupid"???
Now even dodos are supposed to be stupid, but they look quite happy. They look more like blissfully ignorant...donkeys on the other hand look condemned to be unhappy. Maybe during the dodos time stupidity was nothing to feel sad about, maybe they loved their claim to fame - dumb and extinct. They didn't have any one to be compared with, but donkeys do. They have a similar looking cousin - the horse. Now if you're compared to the horse and looked down upon, its got to be bad for the donkey. Think about it - your cousin is THE HORSE & you are the donkey. Horses & mares are like the king & queen of the prom. I'm sure the donkeys never forgave God for making them "ohh-so-similar" to the horses, but not quite so.

In any case, this donkey seemed really sad and lonely - must have been beaten up by it's master. Or maybe had a crush on the wrong look-alike - a mare & got snubbed.

Mid week break...

Nice break in the middle of the week...or nearly middle...feels great to enjoy a day off other than a weekend. Somehow a weekend goes off just trying to enjoy the best of it while it lasts...and after trying hard to enjoy it, it doesn't feel that satisfying. But this break was different...just relaxing at home, knowing very well that you don't need to do anything...just relax...

Watched JFK - one hell of a movie. Never seen a better one of Kevin Costner. The characters were brilliantly sketched and the narration taut. Think I should read up more on JFK's assassination conspiracy...
The Ant Bully in the night was good to end the day with...feel good movie from WB. Usual animation stuff...

Dinner @ The Dhaba was good...should visit that place more often...quite a good variety...though the quantity can definitely improve.