What was that??!!

If I was a story-writer, then I'd know that the toughest portion of the story would not be the concept, or the intro, or the language ... it would have to be the ending. How would you bring a story to closure?! That for me is the most important part. You can put up with almost anything but a messy ending. It is the last part of the story that makes or breaks it, no matter how good the concept, the language, the description or the moments embedded.

Growing up I hated watching Malayalam movies because I was terrified of those 'up in the air' endings. There were so many of them... it was sort of a fashion I think. The people who were making the movies must've thought that it was creative to leave the story at this absurd spot so that the audience could figure out the rest of the story. To me it suggests the exact opposite - of 'lack of creativity' i.e. I mean - how easy is that?! All you have to do is think of a concept, build on it & just when things get complicated, you leave it... right there... high & dry!!! Now, audience, go figure!

Of course, I have to say that I also did end up watching a lot of really good Malayalam movies as well & to this day I watch these same movies over & over again. These are the movies that give me a new insight every time I watch them & they're also fun even if I know the dialogues & scenes by-heart. The added advantage is that it spares me the pain of watching the absurd-waste-of-time-movies. To this day, for any new movie I plan on watching, I always check the review & the story, before actually watching it... which sometimes leads to a broken suspense.

Yet, even being this OCD-movie freak, I still just let my guard down for a bit to watch 'the lunchbox' seeing all the 4.5 star ratings (have to admit, didn't read the reviews)! The end result is just a stronger OCD for now! All the hype, all the intros & promos of the movie... that's all there ever was to it. And the suspense that everyone spoke about...the suspense is that there is no suspense! There is no ending!! How convenient! And they're crying because they didn't get a chance to run the oscar race! Get a life! Go figure out a story first!

Thanks to 'the lunchbox' I'm so drained. I think I should watch ... mmm... may be 'Mouna Ragam' for the 110th time or Manichithrathazhu for the 70th time... or even DDLJ for the 250th time... Luckily, the road to recovery is quite easy! :)

Naivety

I write... is it the same as 'i blog'? I will find out soon! So why do I need to blog when I write anyway?! - with the only difference being that this is available for total strangers (& if destiny would have it - people I know too). So what is it that's brought me here? I'm not sure. Probably to just understand the blogging-experience. I've been hearing about it for years!
Which brings me to the next step. What topic do I choose? I have so many on my mind. Top-most though is 'If only'. One of my all-time favourite movies. Its one of those movies that has literally carved itself onto my brain & heart. Easy to watch but difficult to apply - or so I feel. What would I do if I knew that my loved one was about to die in a car crash in the following couple of mins? Would I get into the same car? Kills me to even think of it but my answer is not even half as romantic as the movie. I'd be damned but I would probably sob & stay back. I have my kids to look after! I'd have a thousand reasons to chicken out. I would never have the courage to get in or even to let go for that matter! The die-hard romantic that I have always been, I didn't realize until I seriously thought about it that I'm not all self-sacrificial after all! Reality & marriage have hit me hard I'd like to believe q.
So is romance really fiction?! I will never know...
So why 'If only' all of a sudden?! :) This week's task was to resurrect the 'romantic' in my husband, the one that had died sometime immediately after marriage. I picked the 2 most serious & the most profound romantic movies I have ever watched (If only & PS I love you) & got him to watch them. After 2 days of prodding & a zillion skeptical 'did u really really like it?' counters, he finally got honest & said what I knew from the start. They are more girl-movies than 'man-movies'. Whatever, the task remains & now I will have to find some good romantic 'man-movies'(??) to help with the resurrection! God save us!
Just to be on the safe side - to anyone who has ventured out to read this, my apologies for the first-timer naivety!
But then again... blogging is all about being unapologetic, isn't it?! Or so I've heard...