30 Days Writing Challenge:Day 7 Favourite movie

 

Favourite movie

I would like to start with a genre. Because you cannot compare films otherwise. Mostly I like science fiction.

But, there are some movies with soul. Such kinda movies stay with you for a while and sometimes forever. It’s not the magical VFX or something but the core of it. The storytelling mostly. If that’s inspired by true events better.

Basically, I like movies that are inspired by biopics. These movies make me tear up. In that case, my favourite would be “Pursuit of Happyness” obviously**

Another one I can easily come up with is “Dead Poets Society”



O Captain Captain My Captain GIFfrom O Captain GIFs

I watched this movie only recently. But, some things are like this, it will come late but when you start with it you will get a feeling that no matter if it came late, it is gonna stay forever.

I only saw it once. (I’ll have to watch it again)

But, the movie gave me that kick. I think it gave that kick to everyone who watched it.

Here are some of my favorite lines from the movie:

Dead Poets Society Robin Williams GIFfrom Dead Poets Society GIFs

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?”

―

N.H. Kleinbaum,

Dead Poets Society

This line includes what we could all relate to with our life. And damn if only we could escape into the story, again and again, listen to what Keating has to tell his students.

He shouts


Carpediem GIFfrom Carpediem GIFs

CARPE DIEM!

Seize the day, boys.

Make your lives extraordinary.

Another one here:

“I brought them up here to illustrate the point of conformity: the difficulty in maintaining your own beliefs in the face of others. Now, those of you -- I see the look in your eyes like, "I would've walked differently." Well, ask yourselves why you were clapping. Now, we all have a great need for acceptance. But you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go, "That's baaaaad." Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

―

Tom Schulman,

Dead Poets Society

“I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”

―

Tom Schulman,

Dead Poets Society

The film clearly aligns with my perspective on life. I don’t believe we should just follow things because they are what they are and everybody follows them. You have to do things differently. Thinking you don’t have that freedom is the first mistake. Take the less-travelled path...be that black sheep, contribute your verse!

Nobody GIFfrom Teach GIFs

Another film that goes with the same vibe would be Taare Zameen Par.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Quicksilver theme song in X-men

  Have you been searching for that Quicksilver theme song from the X-men movie? Here it is.  There are actually 13 songs in the movie.  Here's a Spotify playlist link to those, made by littleme223  Two famous songs which gave a kickass intro of Quicksilver was "Time in a bottle" and "Sweet dreams" We loved this slo-mo scene so much right? And every other quicksilver scenes in the movie.  The song was made by Jim Corce and was released in 1973, the same year to which Kitty Pryde sent back Wolverine’s consciousness to undo Mystique’s assassination of Trask in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Listen to this song  in Spotify Time in a Bottle Lyrics Jim Croce If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day 'Til eternity passes away Just to spend them with you If I could make days last forever If words could make wishes come true I'd save every day like a treasure and then Again, I would ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Are birthdays overrated?

Birthday is a day when you celebrate a year around the sun, your anniversary, or a day where your family and friends come around to celebrate your birth. Birthday traditions are different around the world and have evolved in time. But have you ever wondered how did the tradition of birthdays begin?  🤔 Birthdays were not celebrated until the calendars were created. It is assumed that Egyptians were the first ones to celebrate birthdays and the Romans to celebrate the birthday of a common man. It is believed that birthdays were started as a form of protection from evil spirits and the candles symbolised win over the dark evil👿 And birthday cakes never came into play as it is today, until the late 18th century. Happy Birthday Friends GIF from Happybirthday GIFs However, birthday celebrations are not for everyone . According to students from different countries, people don't always celebrate birthdays. "I lived in a small village in the South of China," ...
1 comment
Read more

The Social Dilemma: A Marketer's Perspective

  Those who do not understand technology become slave to it So, I guess you must be reading this post on your smartphone or computer and you might be probably from India and you got the referral to this post through social media (probably Instagram or Facebook). Am I right? I can confidently say that 98% of what I said will be true. I am not just guessing. Let me show you some data. via Google Analytics Haha. I just wanted to show how this works. Okay. I might be writing this blog with some amount of guilt. So, the thing is, I am planning to dissect the buzzing documentary released on Netflix, directed by Jeff Orlowski, "The Social Dilemma", through the perspective of a marketer. I hope by doing that I can put some sense of awareness into you. Firstly, I'd like to introduce you to my day job so that I can assure you about the authenticity of the t...
Post a Comment
Read more

First Post: But a bit of warning before reading

So here I am, trying to channel my thoughts into words. I'm not sure of how far I can get successful. I'm a lazy writer and I'm not going to do it for the likes and comments (or I'm just too lazy to ask for likes and comments). Anyhow, I just want to scribe. Well, you might be wondering, why I am giving you the warning. Firstly, it's because I'm inviting you to my thoughts and it contains my opinions. Check out the Blog Disclaimer  for more details lol. Also, it's my first attempt in writing a full-length blog. I'm not that much confident about the things that I might write here. Its because sometimes they are personal thoughts or it might be random thoughts that come into my mind or a well-crafted thought that is polished by facts. I'm not writing for the audience and I don't know who might that be or what their interest is. Anyhow, I'm not gonna write according to your taste but I will be giving you a taste of myself if you know wha...
Post a Comment
Read more

Our lost love for science

We love the Avenger movies, we love Star Wars, we rant over the outlandish concepts of Inception or Back to the Future 😍. But how much do we love the Pythagoras theorem, General Relativity or the 2nd law of thermodynamics or how much we praise Newton, Tesla over Christopher Nolan or Steven Spielberg? I have been churning over these doubts for a while when it hit me hard. When we are stupidly in love with fiction, we were repelled by the pure science underneath it. We dream about travelling through space when we have a chance to actually be in a space ship. Science in movies YEY👍, Science in class NEY ! 👎 Where are we wrong? Why weren't we taught to love maths and science? It gets me when I find myself enjoying all those sci-fi movies but not the actual science, that'd be physics, chemistry and maths. I have always been a mediocre student. I have always thought, the creative side of my brain was more functioning than the logical side and I will not ever be good ...
Post a Comment
Read more

30 Days Writing Challenge: Day 1 Describe about yourself

Describe about yourself Hi, I’m Vishnu. I am from Kochi, Kerala, a state in India. I am currently working at an IT company, I like dancing, drawing, bleh bleh bleh...Ok wait, this is easy- might work if you are attending an interview. But, I don’t think explaining yourself is an easy thing to do. What are we thinking when we are asked to explain ourselves. Why do we stutter or go blank when we are asked that question? Isn’t that question the one we ask ourselves more often? I don’t know about you but I do. I’m a very introspective person and trust me it’s a curse! I often dwell on these philosophical thoughts. Who am I? What is my purpose? Kittisaurus Momo GIF from Kittisaurus GIFs It is a pretty hard question. I am not sure if I’ll ever get a satisfying answer. It feels like it gets more complicated when I look into that...& when I look into it more internally things get entwined and confused. But, I will not stop my search for an answer. I really want to find who I am and ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sushanth Singh Rajput and the under-rated "Nerd" culture in our society

Lately, the internet has seen a lot of mourning over the death of the Bollywood actor Sushanth Singh Rajput . It was quite shocking that he took his life at such a young age. The reports said he was suffering from mental illness and some other controversies were put up with his death. I, just like any other, wondered how such a successful, as well as an intelligent person, will come into this miserable situation. I just wanted to know more of him as a person. I came to know he was an engineering student and then dropped out of college to pursue his passion for acting. Then I happened to see his social accounts where I was able to see these amazing things. He was not only a great actor but a very intellectual person. He was so passionate about science as he was about acting. Out of his passion for science, he bought land on the moon(I think no one in the entire Bollywood has done that). He also bought this huge telescope to look upon stars(for which many mocked him). Moreover, Sushant...
Post a Comment
Read more

What is wrong with our 'Ammavans & Ammayees'?

Aunty Ji  by Shivangi Sah Its a marriage function. Random people here and there and this one guy with his wife approaches me and asks "Njnagaleyokke ormayundo mone?"(Do you remember us, son?). I nod vaguely, thinking who the duck is he? I know, we have all been there. That is why we happen to dodge family functions right? Desi Aunty GIF from Desi GIFs The "ammavan-ammayee"(Uncle and Aunty)  memes have been wildly popular among teenagers nowadays because most of us could relate to them. We all had that one ammavan and ammayee in some part of our life and we continue to encounter them. The questions vary according to situations. "Exam engane unday mone?" (How were your exams, son?) to some highschool kid "Joli onnum aayille mone?" (Didn't you got employed, son?) to some guy who got out of college "Kalyanam onnum aayille mole?" (When are you getting married, girl?) to some girl who is nearly 21 "Vishesham onnum ...
Post a Comment
Read more

In a world of likes and dislikes

Every one of us has at least one friend who puts these long stories as status right? At least one in our contact whose status we mute. It was not a long time that WhatsApp introduced stories in its platform. Everyone, including me, was quite annoyed by the story thing. However, after a few days, we got adapted to it and couldn't lose a day without putting stories.  Daffy Duck Texting GIF from Daffyduck GIFs Stories became a part of our social media life. We put a status on our friend's birthday or showing some stuff we are doing or any other things that are happening in our life. But, yes sometimes it's annoying that people are trying to express things in a spammy way and with social media we often forget to keep a limit to share what's happening in our private life. But, what I'm here to talk about is, likes and dislikes.  Social media is flooded with opinions. I think people are on social media, basically to express their likes and dis...
Post a Comment
Read more