Eat Pray Love Alright!!!

If you have read the book, you won't be missing anything if you miss the movie. And I have come to believe this is true of all film adaptations of books.

The movie fails to present the depth of the frustration that is building up within Liz (the protagonist) about her marriage and her life and the desperate need to find a way out of it before she decides to Eat, Pray and Love

Eat: This is the part that will make you want to get off your seat and grab a bite of any kind of Pizza that you can find at the earliest. The movie captures the essence of Italy quite beautifully. And when she bites into her pizza, I swear I was drooling.

Pray: I really don't like it when India is shown in a bad light. Delhi - and this is probably the only time I'll say it, is a a beautiful city. I fail to understand why they have to focus all their attention on the garbage and noise, which I admit cannot be ignored but is definitely not the only thing that one finds in India. Richard Jenkins (Richard from Texas) was charming though I thought he was trying real hard in the scene when he had to cry.

Love: Is it really that easy to find love? It sure looked like so in the movie... well that's why it's a movie. This part of the movie dragged a bit, but it was nice to see Bali

It's not an all bad movie. Julia Roberts is as charming and beautiful as one expects her to be, the look and feel of the movie (except the India bit) is rather refreshing, there are funny moments too but what I feel the movie lacks is personality-I could relate to the book, but not to the movie :(

Open your mouth!

Yesterday I realized how important it is to talk... just talk. Have an opinion and share it with the world. Who cares if anybody is listening-just talk. Isn't that what todos el mundo is doing? In my voice modulation class, when I was asked to make a small speech on motivation, I almost peed in my pants. my first reaction to anything that even remotely relates to giving my opinion is to go completely blank, its like as if my reflexes tell my mind to stop thinking and act stupid. After 15 mins I did come up some absolutely lame and totally uninteresting jumble of words on motivation which lasted for 3 minutes but what felt like a lifetime. So that's what made me decide that I am going to pick up a topic and write (not speak.. not yet) about it in this anonymous blog page. Hopefully that'll bring about a change in me.... Let's wait and watch!

And i wonder..

how life would have been had I married him... good or bad or downright ugly. I cant' seem to make up my mind, not that it makes any difference now - he is gone with the wind and I am still in square one and wondering what is it that's stopping me from moving on.

I had drawn a picture of a man I would fall in love with, in my mind and I perceived X as that guy. I squeezed him into the frame that I had set aside for 'the one' and refused to see that X did not quite fit into it. What was it that I fell in love with. What is it that I am still in love with. Did I turn him into a super hero in my mind or is it just loneliness. Is it him or could it be anyone else. Am I lost because he is gone or that there is no one else.... I wonder!!

love sex dhoka aur NONSENSE!!

It was amusing at first, but on hindsight, what was the purpose. I often ask this question at the end of all the movies that I watch and for the ones that I do not find an answer, I decide they aren't worth being recommended. I must admit that I took a long while to come to a conclusion on this one. I had read such good reviews on LSD and was so bored of watching some of the latest movies, I though this might be a welcome change. The subject sounded different and I really wanted to see how bold Indian cinema can get. So I convinced A and H to join me. Honestly, it was engaging. I loved the way everyone performed (pun intended ;)) and the direction, the characters, BUT I did not understand the message, if there was any. the reason I am itching to know the hidden idea behind directing such a movie is that it does not seem like one of those movies in which one can safely expect nothing intelligent.

Is it worth watching.. umm.. I'd rather be stuck in traffic jam. (not to mention the blasting I received from A and H)

My verdict: It's not worth it.