My movie reviews
I watched The Bucket List a couple of days ago. I thought the movie was enjoyable and had loads of important messages. One particular conversation that caught my attention was when Carter mentions the two questions that Egyptians believed would be asked before entry to heaven. The two questions where
1. Did you in this life experience happiness?
2. Did you in this life bring happiness to others?
That seems to be the question on the minds of a lot of people. I have heard people calling the movie “overrated”, saying that “Rehman has made better music”, “there weren’t enough nominees”, “would it have won the oscar if an Indian had done it” and questioning the “depiction of India”.
Honestly I am not normally bothered by opinions. I accept that its just another opinion and as important as mine and move on. But in this case I find the arguments ‘unconvincing'(I am putting it mildly to avoid insulting anyone). Now lets examine each of the arguments…
The most ignored of the 3 indians that won the Oscar yesterday has to be Gulzar saab. Amoung all the celebration apparently a lot of people missed noticing that he had won the award for penning the lyrics of “Jai Ho!”, mostly because he did not pick up the award in person.
It turns out that one of my all time favorite songs is his favorite too :)
When I was in college I would make it a point to watch the oscars every time. I would actually prepare myself for the oscars by trying to watch as many of the movies nominated for the top awards as possible. Each time I would have my set of picks and back a few performances … Read more