The Unruled Notebook

When was the last time you laughed your hearts out? When was the last time you cried out loud? When was the last time you got inspired? When was the last time you got really excited? A good movie makes you experience all the above and more. Some of the finest movies around the globe have the quality to move you to a great extent. Here is a list of movies that inspired me in one way or the other; some made me laugh, some made me cry so hard, some made me wonder and I have really grown to appreciate this art form called movie-making. It is indeed gifted craftsmen's work. Thanks to Goethe Zentrum and Alliance Francaise, I took the excuse of learning languages to the sheer pleasure of watching movies.  Never miss a chance to watch one of these movies. Lie down on your couch with some friends and family, relax and give it a watch. I am sure these movies are worth it! Picture source - Google Images Good Bye Lenin - German A Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - British Das ...

With theatricality and a superficial facial reaction, an underdog of the movie says “I have never seen anything like that”, stressing on the words never and anything with a slight tension in the epiglottis . Now, does that sound familiar? Talk about clichés! OK. Tell me one thing folks, how does it so happen that in movies, moms are being portrayed as careless freaks? I am talking about that scene where a mother with a baby in a stroller is trying to cross a highway and this happens just about the same time as the hero’s quintessential action sequence of speeding comes into picture. What happens next is sheer insanity. In an almost ethereal instinct, the hero skids away with his car/bike missing the baby stroller only by an iota and lands perfectly on the other side of the road. Happy mom, happy baby, happy hero and trolled audience! I started noticing such stereotypes lately due to the lack of interest in the stories the movies these days tell. On the other hand, I am a g...