Straight from MY heart

Yes. Your Right. This is the name of a movie and it also won 5 oscars. After I’ve made it to a law college, I have started watching a number a movies, which in a way is good. I dont go to the cinema, because my room is as good as one. One laptop, a bed, 3-4 on that bed, snacks and now a 2600 watt intex speakers. I don’t think I need anything else to watch a movie. Now since we are so jobless and have no work in life, we watch movies regularly. Surprisingly I started watching English movies quite late, and that was after I joined NLIU and I really wondered why I would not see such movies earlier, and would see sick Hindi movies with those same cheap humour which is understood by the average Indian individual. Now I’m happy that the Indian public have started appreciating good intellectual movies like Black Friday, A wednesday, Slumdog Millionaire and some others, and every Yash Raj movie is not becoming a hit as it used to. It is said that movies reflect the life in a society, and it is a mirror, and it truly does. Also, if a movie is a hit, it means it is liked by the public. Most typical Hindi movies have something in common:-

1. A prominent actress.

2. Will have a love story.

3. The whole movie will be based on that love story.

4. Will have a happy and meaningless ending.

It was really sad that at one time the same boring Yash Raj movies would actually run for years, which was replaced by movies like Masti with a cheap humour. Suddenly it is nice to see that Indian public have started appreciating good movies and have started watching them.

Now I will come to one of my favourite English Movies. And among all the movies I’ve seen so far my favourite goes like this:-

1. American Beauty.

2. Shawshank Redemption

3. Fight Club

4.Life is beautiful

5. Butterfly Effect

Now coming to American Beauty. This movie had few amazing dialogues and really effective ones. They made lot of sense. This movie was about an ordinary man, and his ordinary life. Every person no matter how ordinary he may be, is special. One should never compare himself to anyone else. Lester’s life was simple. He had problems with his wife and daughter. He made efforts to mend the relationship. But his family never understood him. But when he was death, both his wife and daughter felt bad. But when a person is dead, you cant really tell a sorry. So if a person had a fight with someone, you shouldn’t wait till the last moment for a sorry, because if it is too late, you would repent and blame yourself for the rest of your life.

Life is a beautiful gift given to us and there is a lot of beauty all around us. Instead of cribbing about our life and our problems, we must rather be happy that we have the gift of live, and so much beauty in the nature and environment around us. In the end, Lester says, “I could have been pissed off at what happened to me, but I close my eyes and think of all the things in my life, and my heart fills up like a balloon that is about to burst, and all I feel is gratitude” Think of every bad situation as a learning experience. Problems make a person more mature, and he learns how to handle life. Everything that happens happens for good and for a reason. So one must not highlight and think about the bad things, but be happy, satisfied about all the good things that have happened to us.

Another dialogue in the movie “In order to be successful one must project an image of success”. One must not mix his professional and personal life. Both these things should be kept at a distance. If one does not enjoy a healthy family life, it should not come in the way of work. Now it is not possible for a person to forget about the problems he is going through, so it is better to just project an image of success. So always in your personal and professional life, always highlight the successful points and leave behind the negative ones.

Now-a-days in a family, both the husband and wife work. They spend very less time with their children and spouse. In such a case it often happens that a person gives more importance to materialistic things rather than family, friends and love. Things like money, house, car have become more important to an individual.

There must always be communication. If one keeps quiet, often there are misunderstandings. Whenever you get an opportunity, always express your feelings. Don’t wait till the last minute, or it may never come. if there is a problem or misunderstanding, always solve it.

Some other good dialogues:-

” Your whole life lies before your eyes the second before you die.”

“Today is the first day of the rest of your life, except the day you die.”

This is a bit that I have understood from the movie and what I have analysed, and I might have missed out on few points. But this is one movie I have really liked and this is the reason for it to be placed No. 1 on my list.