Maya Jaal (The Matrix)

The Matrix is a movie that comes once in a lifetime or two!! If there is 1 movie to watch let it be this! I wish I could forget the movie and see it again with Fresh Eyes!!

Made as a 3 part series each part having a different Narration-Style

The 1st part is narrated in the Indian style where the most complex of things is explained as simply as possible through stories and analogies.

The 2nd part unfolds in the Japanese/Zen style where the complexity of things is brought out to the point of chaos until the mind starts to de-focus, the eyes start to cross until suddenly the simplicity of things shines through.

The 3rd part is in the European style more akin to the New Testament with the sacred blood, the resurrection et al.

Of these 3 styles I enjoy (naturally) the Indian style of storytelling.... and its awesome. Every dialogue in the movie resonates with Swami Vivekanand's Raj Yoga.
The dialogues are so simple and yet so deep... they would form the essence of all spirituality of humanity.

Phenomenon

A Great Movie!!
This movie is about what we are All capable of.
Though rarely do we manage to find someone who's achieved even a fraction of our Potential.

John Travolta is simply superb as the small village mechanic.
He's the regular jock who keeps his life simple and tries unsuccessfully to sidle upto the woman of his dreams.
Lurching drunk and returning home from his 30th birthday party through the empty streets of the town, he suddenly looks up into the sky and sees a bright star coming towards him. As it hits him he collapses onto the road....

As the days pass by he starts developing a taste for books and ideas. He starts experimenting on his home garden. He develops some kinds of powers...
Robert Duvall as 'Doc' and Forrest Whitaker as his friend fit the bill to the T.

This film talks about 'What Everyone of us Can be'.
Some of the quotes from the movie are simply too good.
Watch it!!

Move-ies

This blog discusses movies that I've seen. Movies that moved me, made me sit up, made me think, showed me new things, made a difference...

Good movies, great movies, enjoyable movies. Of course I have to share most of the credit for this list with my Father who showed us great movies from when we were barely old enough to understand them, my baby brother who sees movies from a different perspective than mine and some friends who've introduced different ways of looking at things.