Enticing Movies

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 Everything I learned I learned from the
 movies.

 Audrey Hepburn


Movies open gates to the unknown, unexplored gripping worlds. It feeds your thought.

Let's make this quarantine more fascinating. Here are some personal choices. If you have already watched it, share your views. Else check it out.

1. Are you feeling down?  Set your perception right. Here are real feel good ones.

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS

2016 American film directed by Gabriele Muccino. An adaptation of Chris Gardner's book of the same name.

What it takes to achieve your dream?
Obstacles are real hurdles or the stepping Stones?
For all those happy blamers, this would be a real tight slap.
Where there is a will there is a way.

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

1979 Italian film directed and enacted by Roberto Benigini. Academy award winning film.

This one is a real gem. Sings of hope and love in a state of despair and horror. Father uses humor to represent the harsh realities of war to his son. Life is all about the way you see. A must watch!

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

2013 Japanese Film directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.

No cheesy sentimentalities. A gripping tale.
Desperate parents realize their  biological son is switched with another. Will upbringing and the ways a child is raised cause a significant difference despite the genes it is supposed to possess?

2. Are up for mysterious ones? Here are some suggestions.

INCENDIES

2010 Canadian film directed by Denis Villeneuve.   Adapted  from the play of the same name by Wajdi Mouawad.

Twins set out a journey to find the hidden truths about their mother. A dark, powerful and haunting thriller.

PERFUME

2006 German film directed by Tom Tykwer
Adapted from the Fiction of the same name by Patrick Süskind.

A man knows and learns all about smell. Attempts to master the art of containing the exuberant scent. No blood shed. Yet a haunting thriller for obvious reasons.

KNIVES OUT

2019 American film by Rian Johnson.

A renowned writer commits suicide. Every family member is held accountable.  The satisfaction you get once it is untangled is inexplicable.  A cool kind. 

Comments

  1. KarGanApril 12, 2020 at 1:32 AM

    Glad to learn about such movies. '''
    Madam Thank you

    ReplyDelete
  2. Alamelu JanakiApril 23, 2023 at 10:32 PM

    Nice of you to notice and appreciate. Thank you

    ReplyDelete

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