Books and Movies

Hey guys! So, last night I watched Ingmar Bergman's 1957 masterpiece, The Seventh Seal. The film  is largely in the Swedish language. and is perhaps one of the most deeply profound, complex, and brilliant films I have seen.  The film follows a knight, Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), and his squire, J (Gunnar Bjornstrand), as they return home from the Crusades. He comes home to find his country ravaged by the plague. When he arrives, he is greeted by Death, who has been following him for quite a while. Antonius challenges Death to a game of chess to prolong his life so that he can look for answers regarding his questions about God.  All the while, the Knight and his squire journey throughout the land gathering a troupe of different people and witnessing the horrors and the cruelty that the plagu e has brought about in people.  So today, I will try to explain two of the most prominent themes of the film: God and Humanity. 

Hey guys! So, I've decided to go on a Kubrick binge and watch all the Kubrick films. Some films I've seen before, some I haven't. Last night, I watch Kubrick's last film: Eyes Wide Shut. The film stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and is 2 and a half hours long. However, those 159 minutes feel more like 20 seconds with the visionary filmmaking style of one Stanley Kubrick. Now I'm gonna give my thoughts and observations about the film. PLOT: The film follows Dr. Bill Harford and his wife Alice through three days in New York City at Christmas time. Beginning with a prolonged opening sequence of ballroom dance in the high society of New York. There Bill meets an old friend of his and a textbook smooth guy tries to hit on Bill's wife. The next night, while high on some pot, Bill's wife details a sexual fantasy she had for another man. Soon, we find Bill roaming the streets of New York and so begins a night full of chance sexual encounters.  THE FOLLOWING CONTAI...

Hey Guys! I'm sorry for the delay in posing, there's really no excuse, just my laziness. Fear not though, for I have returned and now promise to regularly update the blog! Today, I want to talk to you about a new Hindi web-series, Amazon Prime's Paatal Lok. PLOT: A high profile case regarding an assassination attempt on a journalist is handed over to cynical police officer, Hathi Ram Chaudhary. As he delves deeper into the case, nothing is as it seemed at first. CAST: Hathi Ram Chaudhary : Jaideep Ahlawat Sanjeev Mehra : Neeraj Kabi Vishal "Hathoda" Tyagi : Abhishek Banerjee REVIEW: Paatal Lok is the latest in the Hindi television "Renaissance", that started with streaming services producing Hindi shows that are not regulated by stringent television laws. These shows are different from your average Hindi soap operas, which tend to focus on in-house dramas and romance stories dealt with in a PG-13 manner. These new wave of shows, like Mir...

Hey guys! Graduating from high school is one of the most significant events in a person's life. It an event that I, myself, am currently going through. You spend the first 18 or so years with loads of people, some of them stay, some of them leave. What is common is that all of them play a role in shaping a person, That person is, you. And, for most of us, the most significant role in this process of "person-making" is played by our parents. We get really attached to them. We have our differences and our disagreements with them, but at the end of the day, we still go back to them when we are faced with a challenge or a tough situation. Around this time, most of you who are my age will be looking forward to beginning our terms in college and finally find freedom. But what is freedom? Is it really that desirable?  I watched 2 films recently that made me ask myself this question; Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Lady Bird, and Francois Truffaut's French New...

Hey guys! So this will be my first post in a while, I'm sorry for that, but hey, better late than never, eh? So Knives Out is a 2019 Rian Johnson murder mystery written by him as well. Now I have seen two movies written and directed by him, Star Wars The Last Jedi, and Looper. But I don't actually like either very much. This might be the first Rian Johnson movie that I ACTUALLY like. PLOT: The apparent suicide of a billionaire mystery writer leads to the unveiling of many secrets of the family as genius detective Benoit Blanc tries to unweave the webs. CAST: Benoit Blanc: Daniel Craig Ana de Armas: Marta Cabrera Michael Shanon: Walt Thombrey  Jaimie Lee Curtis: Linda Drysdale Toni Collete: Joni Thombrey Katherine Langford: Meg Thombrey Chris Evans: Hugh Ransom Drysdale  REVIEW: Knives Out, woah where do I begin with this film? This movie is such a thrill ride, I can't even begin to explain what I feel after a film. This is undoubtedly a l...

Hey guys! In 1999, audiences around the world were greeted to the ideas of the radical, but charming, Tyler Durden and his vision for society. When it was premiered at the Venice Film Festival, it was one of the most polarizing films ever screened there: people either absolutely hated it or loved it a lot. On release n theatres, the box office outcome wasn't very pleasing.  However, through DVDs and VHS tapes, and word of mouth, Fight Club became a cult classic. So much so that many college dorms still have walls adorned with a poster of Ed Norton and Brad Pitt holding a bar of soap. Today, we see the two most obvious commentaries in David Fincher's Fight Club: those of consumerism and toxic masculinity. THE STORY Fight Club tells the story of an unnamed narrator, who works at a big company in a dull monotonous routine. He suffers from insomnia, and when his doctor suggests he attend a cancer support group, the Narrator finds the key to sleep: crying his eyes dry. Wh...

Hey, guys! So the newest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe just came out and well, it's a biggie. So after the bombshell that was Avengers Endgame, there was a lot riding on this movie. So let's get on with the review! (What you read down there is purely my opinion, feel free to disagree) PLOT: Five years post the Decimation Event, the Avengers are no more and the gap that Tony Stark left can be felt around the world. With his father figure gone, and feeling pressure from all sides to step up to be the new Iron Man, high school kid Peter Parker a.k.a Spiderman decides to on a vacation. And before he knows it, the vacation is highjacked by Nick Fury as the Earth faces an interdimensional threat in the Elementals. Help arrives in the form of Quentin Beck a.k.a Mysterio, but is he to be trusted? CAST: Peter Parker/ Spiderman: Tom Holland Quentin Beck/Mysterio: Jake Gyllenhaal Nick Fury: Samuel L. Jackson Maria Hill: Cobie Smulders MJ: Zendaya Ned: Jacob Batalon ...