Top Three

Well, the blogger's block as far as my more serious and thoughtful posts still continues. And the best way to overcome it is by doing tags. (Doctor's recommendations for Blogger's Block apparently) So I borrowed this one from Reema's blog. Basically, the 'rules' for the tag are as follows:

List all time top three movies that you have watched in at least two languages (Even one or three should be ok, I guess). Write a brief description about each mentioning why you liked it. Also, do tag others.

I can only list in two languages: English and Hindi. And I'd like to add a disclaimer about just how hard it is to choose just 3 English movies. But I'll do my best.

English Movies:

Little Miss Sunshine

What's not to love in this black comedy? A dysfunctional family. An adorable little girl of 7 participating in a beauty paegant. A father who is a motivational speaker. A brother who has taken a vow of silence until he becomes a pilot. A grandfather who is a tad inappropriate. An uncle who attempted suicide. And a mother trying to hold them all together. It's a lovely feel-good movie making fun at the shocking world of beauty where childhood innocence is lost.

Crash

A multi-starring movie about different people of different races and different socio-economic statuses...and how their lives change as they cross paths in different ways. It was a mind-blowing movie with a simple message: don't judge a book by it's cover. We have misconceptions about people, we are quick to judge...and sometimes, we don't even truly know ourselves let alone the person we are judging.

Ice Age (all parts)

 

My favourite animated movie series of all time (though Monster's Inc comes close). Loved the characters and the stories. Sid is by far the best. And love Scrat who doesn't say a word and is always in search of the ever-elusive acorn. The three weirdest friends and their hilarious adventures.

Hindi movies

Dil Chahta Hai

Aamir Kahn. Saif Ali Khan. Preity Zinta. Half the movie shot in Australia. Great laughs. Great story. Of friendship and love. And things going wrong. And making them right. Quite different to most Hindi movies coming out around the time. I saw it when I was 20. And it struck a chord somewhere. (Maybe because of the whole Australia thing...they were in Sydney for crying out loud!) I've watched it several times and looked for a DVD the last time I was in India but was unsuccessful. An all-time favourite.

Ek Hasina Thi

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. Girl trusts boy. Only for things to change. She gets entangled in his world of crime and is wrongfully accused of smuggling and is betrayed by him and jailed. Once in gaol she realises his manipulative ways and decides to take revenge on all those responsible. She escapes and thus begins her plan. It was an impressive movie (for Bollywood) where the woman no longer is a simpleton and hatches an evil plan  to avenge all she has been through. In a cold and calculating manner. It was a dark movie and superbly acted by both actors. And it didn't have any annoying song and dance routine...just background songs.

Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander

I saw this when I was a lot younger so now it probably would be very cheesy to me as well but I still fondly remember it. A movie about rival schools, the rich and the poor and the coming of age of a young boy by shouldering responsibility and training hard to win a cycling race. I still remember holding my breath despite knowing the predictable ending of the race. As always, Aamir Khan was amazing. He rarely fails to disappoint.

So that's it. I could go on and on with English movies (I have so many more...) but I won't. And now, I tag anyone else suffering from Blogger's Block to take on this tag and amuse yourself and the rest of us!

Until next time,

Cheers!!!