Lock Stock and two smoking barrels (1998)

Lock Stock and two smoking barrels (1998) Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Jason Statham I watched this movie almost 15 years after it made the waves…Though heard real rave reviews, I never picked this movie or rented it, but could not get to watch it…I don’t why I did not feel glued to the movie, and somehow never completed it…It was in 2012, that I finally gave it the needed push. Well, actually nobody should ever need push to watch Lock Stock and two smoking barrels. If you’ve not watched it yet like me, don’t wait anymore. If you like heist movies, you want have a good time, don’t give up on “Lock Stock and two smoking barrels”…Good to have a version, with the sub titles, it was lil hard for me to get the Brit accent right all the time…

Crime d'amour (Love Crime 2010)

Crime d'amour (Love Crime 2010) Cast: Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas When I pick a French movie, my expectation is something at least like Amelie…Imaginative, trivial but fascinating observations, uncommon experiences, interesting perspective on human relationships…But then, Love Crime met only few of them…It is supposed to be a thriller, well that’s not what I wanted from a French movie…. But then, that was my first movie at the Living Theater at Portland…That was a great experience though…

Brideshead Revisited (BBC TV Series 1981)

Brideshead Revisited (BBC TV Series 1981) Cast: Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick Original novel: Evelyn Waugh Jeremy Irons (Charles) and Anthony Adams (Sebastian Flyte) story of friendship, eccentricity, discoveries, enforced rules, drunken stupor, flamboyance and ways of the Marchmains…This one too was a TV series from BBC and the pace of the story telling really transports you right into the midst of the characters…Elaborate and picking pace gradually, it is a definite must for English classic lovers. Jeremy Irons gives a stellar performance, and the character appears so natural for Jeremy. Even now when I think of Brideshead Revisited, I can accurately picture Jeremy as a student at Oxford and his escapades with Sebastian Flyte.

Dr Zhivago (1965)

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Lady Chatterley (BBC TV Series 1993)

Lady Chatterley (BBC TV Series 1993) Cast: Joely Richardson, Sean Bean Original novel: D.H. Lawr

ence That was the phase, when I decided, let me discover the classics from the literature via the movies. Not that I had not done before, but paucity of time, was the main force. I knew about the controversy that surrounded the novel, and how it was considered a taboo in its time. What I picked to watch was the BBC TV series. The thing I like about the TV series, is the attention to detail that the TV series could afford to give. At the same time, it would take a logical break, making it easy to resume from where I left… Sir Clifford, Connie and Mellors bring together an visual and cerebral treat. The perfect country side setting, the lofty ideals of Sir Clifford, back drop of the World War, the distinction of the classes contrast that with feral desires, need to defy the conventions of the society and courage to break the rules knowing well the consequences…well that’s what you get when you see lady Chatterley A definite must for admirers of English classics; don’t miss it.

A Single Man (2009)

A Single Man (2009) Cast: Julianne Moore, Colin Firth   The pace of the movie is the what I remarkable remember. You are moving at the same pace at which Colin’s life is moving. Just couple of days into Colin’s life and you really get a know a great deal about him. Enough to feel what he feels, enough to like him/dislike him, enough to know his circumstances and what determines what he does. It’s definitely not recommended if you want a feel good movie, but if you are looking at something intense and with grey matter, pick it.   Julianne Moore, is so good, she speaks her mind esp. about her return to UK, and her chance with Colin.

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (1969) Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voigt Academy Wins: Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay   I was expecting a lot different stuff to happen. The title and the wins were completely misleading. I use the word misleading in the sense of the word to reflect, my disappointment and not as a discovery. The subject, the characters evoked a feeling which I would not want to recollect. Human misery, pitiable living conditions and survival is subject for which my appetite to see on screen is diminishing. I remember watching other gut wrenching subjects, and notably works from Lars Von Trier and I not sure, if I can repeat that. I have started seeking different expectations for myself when I pick movies now.   If you can justify why you want to watch to yourself, you might as well find it worthwhile. I would otherwise, advise extreme caution. This is one of the movie, where my luck at picking one was really bad and my ethic of seeing it through forced me to the length of it.   Taxi driver, somewhat matches what I felt, after I watched Midnight Cowboy. But strangely, I did sit through some part of Taxi Driver again few days back on cable.