12 Angry Men - Awesome and Must Watch.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie - 12 Angry Men recently.

The movie is inspirational in the sense that it makes you understand the importance of how to take a stand in life and how to live by your own convictions rather than be swayed away by the thoughts of others which may be misleading and superficial at times. Reaching a consensus is so difficult in some situations, but still it can be achieved : 12 Angry Men proves this.

Well, 12 Angry Men is a thrilling, dramatic movie which makes you realize that once a man is firm on his opinion, he has the power to change the opinion of the world.
In the movie, one person holding a different view stands upto 11 other men who have contrary views to that of his. But he is not deterred by their truculent behavior and shows tenacity and guts to prove his point. One by one each one of them gets convinced and finally all of them change their opinions and agree with him!

The movie brings to mind a few adages like the ones mentioned below and these appear to be so true in its context:
“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”
“All that glitters is not gold”
“Attention to detail is important.”

All in all, it is a superb portrayal of characters and a mesmerizing watch.

Slumdog...A bitter pill

Watched Slumdog Millionaire recently.Had to see what Danny Boyle had done to get 10 Oscar nominations with an Indian cast and a Mumbai based theme that we have not been able to achieve for long.Must say it’s a good one but at heart I believe there have been many a better movie made in Bollywood before.

Slumdog has made the reality stand right in front of our eyes and shown us the stark side of India.It has started a debate over here,as to whether the poverty of India has been sold and depiction of our country has been made in a very poor light.Even people like Amitabh Bachchan and Arindam Chaudhari have been a part of this debate.Yes,we have slums,yes some people are rouge but to say that this is the “Real India” is I would say taking it too far,as the movie has shown.Can't but help the feeling that if this movie had an Indian name behind it instead of a British, it would not have been recognized the way it has been now.

A positive..Thanks to Slumdog,the world has woken up to the genius of AR Rehman.He has been weaving magic since long :)
Finally, Danny Boyle and the team have done a superb job,but I would say a Taare Zameen Par(not even nominated) deserves an Oscar much more than a Slumdog Millionaire.