The Great Gatsby

In one word it was mesmerising. I was quite waiting for this movie, even though I Haven't really read the book, ( thus my views could be divergent; disclaimer) but I do know its quite a classic, and have read some extracts online. I saw some reviews of it before I went for this movie, and some of it spoke about it being disappointing. I thought nothing of the sort. For me it was a brilliantly executed movie, which had perfectly stunning visuals, and in 3D it was magical! Leo was ever charming, and Tobey played his confidante part perfectly. The story though nothing too new, in the backdrop of the First World War, how lovers got estranged and reunited (?) etc. But it was his mysterious come back story which is the intriguing part, and also all the things he does to get her back, all the splendour in his grand grand house parties, (mansion, I should say), and all the dimness in his Life without her, who he truly is and what he does, what he really feels no one knows, and slowly the story is unveiled. It is the story and the locale: New York seems more alluring than ever, after the movie. The character sketches so well played out, in the backdrop of love and deceit, of secrets and more. But above all, it's the dream life that he builds, that is so identifiable and like 'oh yeah', but still the base emotion remains that it was all for that one person who couldn't be a part of it, as he had dreamed. Thus all the stunning visuals and the great big 'NYC baby!' party he was having sadly ends. And its all the narration, and over voice, and deep little lines that come up once in a while in the movie here and there, which grabs your attention. And then would come all those punch lines, especially ones like : “I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” And what do you say to Fitzgerald for a line like that? Isn't it everyone's truth of life?

Movie viewing and me

Every time I see a movie, it's like it leaves an indelible mark on me, and for ages, I have been like the silent observer, where I just view a movie, tweet about it, lay on my bed stare at the ceiling think about It, and then eventually Real Life starts closing in on you and then you give in, and slowly it becomes  a faded part of a little something you had once viewed.

But not this time. I decided to let more people in to my thoughts, it's good really. What if there are more people out there who had felt the same, thought the same thoughts. Most of the times, in a movie, I am so involved in the movie, I am the lead character, so really that's the reason I can never judge a movie to be bad, because really speaking I was part of it all along. Thus the only thing I can judge is mostly how impactful was it? 

Every time I feel I lived a new life, with every movie. A journey starts and ends within the 120 or 150 mins. In Bollywood cases 180 mins. Usually I cannot comment as a film critic, like in the specifics and technicals of movie making, because for me it's all about the feel. How much of faith and belief did I put into the movie while I was watching it? For me a movie is not just a movie for "time pass", or just for killing some extra time I got on hands and it's not also about just forgetting my worries of my real life and escaping into another world, or another life, (though sometimes it happens), but it's about experience. It's all about experience in fact. It's about experiencing colours of Life, black white, sometimes dark and dingy sometimes clear and bright, and sometimes shiny and spectacular.

You could be anywhere, sometimes alleyways and underground, sometimes on the top of the tallest buliding, sometimes beside the ocean, sometimes at the bottom of it, sometimes in the best parties, sometimes at worst slums. You can be anyone, an actor, a philanthropist, a banker, an artist, a social worker, an author, a doctor, or a mountaineer. 

And it's about people and emotions, and how different people in the world think, and what motivates people for their thoughts and actions. Really speaking, it's about uncovering all that you want to know, and it's about discovering yourself in the process, of who you really are. You can basically live a million lives, all in the one you already have.