With the house repair going on in full swing, it will be a wonder if I could get a romantic thought edged in. But fate has its way. After the day's work when I relaxed in front of the TV I happened to catch some really good movies, movies that filled my heart and made the whole experience so complete. I was lucky to have caught up with Jerry Maguire (for the 1000th time), Trouble With the Curve (a nice, feel-good movie), Shape of Water (a well-done, different theme movie), Trumbo (an awesome biography elevated by Bryan Cranston's acting). February is Oscar month and viewers like me who have been seeing very little of the insides of a theater and lesser of my subscription of Amazon Prime or Netflix, get to watch older movies on TV.
February is also Valentine's month. Yes, I got around to it. And I don't have any plans for tomorrow just in case you were wondering. I should be happy if I were to catch any one of my favourite movies at night with S's super yumm spanish omlette to go. The latter would be a surprise really, considering he has no clue that it is Valentine's Day tomorrow.
Anyway, there are some movies which make you feel like 'love' is the only thing that makes the world go round...actually it does. And even in these movies, with the super strong story line and to-die for acting, there are a few moments or scenes which makes you want to watch them again and again. I can list a whole lot of them but let me account for the ones I have seen recently. And when I say recently I mean post 2010.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) - Just when Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) launches into Channa Mereya song and the significance of his impeccable singing dawns on Alizeh. That he loves her. "Did my song have sadness and emotion? For whom was it?" She doesn't want to know because she knows the answer. It's her wedding and she is love with someone else. Their confrontation is fraught with tension and sadness. "If you can't be mine, you can't be anyone else's Alizeh" he says with childish selfishness. I think it was one of the rare movies where I saw a hero with so many faults, who was human and who didn't mind crying on screen. That scene pretty much made up the entire movie for me. I keep rewinding to that beautiful song, with its poignant lyrics and its catchy tune form a strong case for Ayan's falling in love moment. But to appreciate that, one would have to have seen a lot of the movie.
February is also Valentine's month. Yes, I got around to it. And I don't have any plans for tomorrow just in case you were wondering. I should be happy if I were to catch any one of my favourite movies at night with S's super yumm spanish omlette to go. The latter would be a surprise really, considering he has no clue that it is Valentine's Day tomorrow.
Anyway, there are some movies which make you feel like 'love' is the only thing that makes the world go round...actually it does. And even in these movies, with the super strong story line and to-die for acting, there are a few moments or scenes which makes you want to watch them again and again. I can list a whole lot of them but let me account for the ones I have seen recently. And when I say recently I mean post 2010.
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016) - Just when Ayan (Ranbir Kapoor) launches into Channa Mereya song and the significance of his impeccable singing dawns on Alizeh. That he loves her. "Did my song have sadness and emotion? For whom was it?" She doesn't want to know because she knows the answer. It's her wedding and she is love with someone else. Their confrontation is fraught with tension and sadness. "If you can't be mine, you can't be anyone else's Alizeh" he says with childish selfishness. I think it was one of the rare movies where I saw a hero with so many faults, who was human and who didn't mind crying on screen. That scene pretty much made up the entire movie for me. I keep rewinding to that beautiful song, with its poignant lyrics and its catchy tune form a strong case for Ayan's falling in love moment. But to appreciate that, one would have to have seen a lot of the movie.
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)- There are very few Hollywood romantic movies that have released here that has a scene like the ones mentioned above. Perhaps I haven't watched enough in the past few years, perhaps they have not struck a chord with me. The last Hollywood romantic movie that really moved me was Silver Linings Playbook. I think like Jerry Maguire or Pretty woman or Love Actually, I could watch this movie a zillion times and not get bored of the dysfunctional couple - Tiffany and Pat's love story. Jennifer Lawson as Tiffany is explosive. She owns the character and her eyes convey so much. Bradley Cooper, one of my favourite actors of present times, as Pat is just perfect. His confession and proposal at the end of the movie just squeezes what ever air I have left in me. The whole movie sizzles with their chemistry. The two of them have psychological problems and the movie is unapologetic nor judgmental. This is a proper love story of a man and a woman falling in love over betting and a dance competition.
I am hoping to relive a few of these moments and others in movies tomorrow. Hope you have better plans than that!
Comments
Ae Dil Hai Mushkhi..’hero with so many faults’. I think that is the role that Ranbir Kapoor is forever playing (cue Wake up sid, Tamasha, Ae Jawani Hai Deewani, Rockstar..)
I completely agree with Anita's comment. Ranbir Kapoor is a good actor, no doubt but a great actor should be able to play any role with finesse. Example Ranveer Singh, be it a Bajirao or a Ricky Behl or a Murad from Gully Boy. Such a varied range of spectacular performances. Whereas, Ranbir Kapoor... Dude, how many movies do you need to come of age???🤦
Actually Ranbir's predicament is similar to SRK's in that the latter gets stereotyped as the romantic hero, even now, when he is past his fifties. I like SRK and would love for someone to do a serious romance with him, but again for such a big star I don't know why he doesn't do something to change things. Ranbir has played nice roles in movies like Rocket Singh (one of my all time favourite movies), Barfi and Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani. His coming-of-age roles have been garnering a modicum of success and I don't think he will want to rock the boat. But if ADHM is any indication, the viewership was very divided. Probably that should be his wake up call. Have written about this movie in one of my posts on this blog. :)
Oki, I am a bit biased, because I love that guy!