Two weekends..2 movies..

Rarely have i watched two movies in their first week of release, and both of them of such high quality.!!

The jury is out there..The comments of the critics and the general public alike are all there to see. But what i really enjoyed about the these two movies is the sheer range of subjects they had at heart and the excellent way they have been portrayed on screen. Which are the two movies I am talking about?

AVATAR & 3 IDIOTS

It has been written and re written about Avatar. I do not have anything else to talk about it. Like other mere mortals, I too am in love with the movie. This visual extravaganza is a must for all the movie buffs.

It is really difficult not to notice the Indian connection in the story line. We are the pioneers in the concept of praying mother nature and attaching divinity to it. We are also in the process of forgetting this little bit of information. But that's a different issue and I won't talk about it now. Avatar not only transports us to a different planet, but it spells out the clear strategy of nature. If you are against it, you will have to pay , one way or the other; If not now, then later. We have to learn to live with it, rather than trying to control it. Now haven't we heard this before till our ears bled? :) We refuse to acknowledge it and that's the unfortunate irony.

I salute you, James, for encoding this message in a not so subtle way, but hopefully effective. The visual treat apart, there is something for us to think about as well apart from our lives :)

Now what can I say about this rib tickler?

This movie is a complete family entertainer. The fact that my mom enjoyed the movie, which is like once in a year (she is a difficult woman to please) tells me a lot about this movie. Be with the narration, or the simple comedy scenes. It was a complete masala flick.

The subject of this movie is the system of education in India and the attitude of our parents. The fact that the system encourages us to mug up the entire book, and trains us what to think ( not How to think, mind you) has been clearly spelled in the movie. Expectations of our parents for us to earn money and settle down in life ( this is something debatable as all they want is that they do not want us to suffer the hardships in life as they had in their time) also has been shown. Is it good to impose their expectations or their aspirations on us? Is it worth it to give up our dreams just to make them happy? These are two sides of the same coin, or at least that's what i feel :)

All in all, both of them were feel good movies. Driving a message across along with the main purpose of providing entertainment. What a wonderful ending to 2009....