Simple yet profound words which I believe are still resonating within me.
Tonight I had the opportunity to go with a friend to watch the movie Hugo. I didn't know much about it, hadn't even seen a trailer if I remember correctly. But since I knew that Martin Scorsese was the director, I felt confident that this movie would be boss.....and I like to think it was. It's possible I'm being influenced due to the number of nominations/awards it received, but nevertheless, that is not the point.
The movie is pretty much an adventure about a boy whose ambition to uncover a mystery left behind by his late father ultimately leads to him finding happiness by being accepted into a home and removing the loneliness forced upon him due to his father's unforeseen death.
The time and setting in which the movie plays out and the beautiful, glittering scenes coupled by the intersection of the childlike fantasy really did it for me. The storyline of the movie is simple, while carrying a great message with it. The tone of the film was a bit melancholy, but done brilliantly. Even the shift of the plot where it begins by chronicling the attempts of Hugo trying to fix his automaton left behind by his father, to the overwhelming bitterness felt by Papa George and bringing the two together near the end of the film was pimping.
All in all I enjoyed the film. Not a fan of such a genre per se, but I do appreciate it when it's done properly. And the quote mentioned in the title of this blog....I think it was a key phrase to the plot of the film. A statement that one could relate to as well.
I'll be looking out for the next adventure/fantasy that Scorsese might roll out. He did it this time. Well, doesn't he always regardless of the genre?
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Childhood movies
Ahhhh yes, how lovely it is reminiscing about childhood days. There was this day I had a physics tutorial/practical (for the practical part, they made us finish off the reports we didn't complete the previous week. Lucky you may say, but we were totally over it. They were just opening unnecessary wounds) and we gots the talking about tv shows, including those from the past.
Later that day I began thinking about some of the movies I use to watch when I was younger. If I remember correctly, back in the days we use to hire at Videoland (in Nahoon for those who know) as a family. We always hit that 5 movies 5 days for R20 special. Since there were 6 of us, we each got to choose a movie basically, the exception being my moms. My father would always go with Chinese movies....ALWAYS! Not that I'm hating on them, don't get me wrong, bu that was his thing. My sister went for those gay movies (no offense). You know: Spice Girls movie, Coyote Ugly, Bring it On, Bring it On Again lol. I think my two brothers maintained a nice mixture between actions and dramas. And ofcourse, I went for cartoons....ALWAYS. No exceptions on my end at all. I always digged the movies my brothers chose, and I have a top 3 list of those movies which I consider 'moved me'.
1. Titanic
Even though I probably didn't know what was going on except some white people drowning, some guy stealing some other guy's girl and that scene were I was like 'Ahhh Rose, you totally could have made room for him'.
For some reason it hit home with me. Not quite sure that expression makes sense in this context, but it did non the less.
2. Man of Honour
Yes, movies about oppression, injustices and prejudices always got the blood pumping. Cuba Gooding Jr. did it for me in this movie, and ofcourse you can't go wrong with Robert deNiro being a co-star as well. Nothing more thrilling than seeing a black man overcoming while being kept down by the man.
3. Beautiful Mind
I could watch this movie for days! Russell Crowe killed it. One of the first movies I made sure to get when I got here in Cape Town last year. Watching it now totally made more sense than watching it back then, but I never forgot it.
If you haven't gotten the underlying message from the above, it's that I love movies. And series.
Later that day I began thinking about some of the movies I use to watch when I was younger. If I remember correctly, back in the days we use to hire at Videoland (in Nahoon for those who know) as a family. We always hit that 5 movies 5 days for R20 special. Since there were 6 of us, we each got to choose a movie basically, the exception being my moms. My father would always go with Chinese movies....ALWAYS! Not that I'm hating on them, don't get me wrong, bu that was his thing. My sister went for those gay movies (no offense). You know: Spice Girls movie, Coyote Ugly, Bring it On, Bring it On Again lol. I think my two brothers maintained a nice mixture between actions and dramas. And ofcourse, I went for cartoons....ALWAYS. No exceptions on my end at all. I always digged the movies my brothers chose, and I have a top 3 list of those movies which I consider 'moved me'.
1. Titanic
Even though I probably didn't know what was going on except some white people drowning, some guy stealing some other guy's girl and that scene were I was like 'Ahhh Rose, you totally could have made room for him'.
For some reason it hit home with me. Not quite sure that expression makes sense in this context, but it did non the less.
2. Man of Honour
Yes, movies about oppression, injustices and prejudices always got the blood pumping. Cuba Gooding Jr. did it for me in this movie, and ofcourse you can't go wrong with Robert deNiro being a co-star as well. Nothing more thrilling than seeing a black man overcoming while being kept down by the man.
3. Beautiful Mind
I could watch this movie for days! Russell Crowe killed it. One of the first movies I made sure to get when I got here in Cape Town last year. Watching it now totally made more sense than watching it back then, but I never forgot it.
If you haven't gotten the underlying message from the above, it's that I love movies. And series.
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