The Pursuit of Paradise

Am back at blogging after a pretty long haitus.And as my brother always chides me, its once again cinema which has made me take up the pen.

I must confess that watching movies is prety much in the top of my list of timepass activities and i am pretty much game to all and sundry that is thrown at me, irrespective of the genre, cast,language etc.

But the ones i cherish the most are those crop of movies where the plot is so engaging that you start to root for the protoganist and get involved to such an extent that at the end of the movie,you celebrate his or her win as your own.You are so ecstatic at the triumph of these characters that you cry out of joy. It is tough enough for a creator or a creation to make you cry for a sad situation ,leave alone tugging at your hear strings for happy situations. But there have been great creators who have been time and again successful in this Herculean task.

One such creation happens to be a movie by name 'The Pursuit of Happyness'. Whoa! what a movie ! Everything about this movie, each character, each scene, each frame,each expression is so damn realistic and so beautifully sketched that the creative product as a whole stays etched in your mind forever.To keep it short, the movie is about a struggling medical rep,Will Smith's trials and tribulations in day to day life and some crucial risks he takes to come out of the rut that he is into and how his actions influence him and the people around him.

I have seen the movie thrice and each time I have had wet eyes at the end of the experience. Mind you its not a case of weeping over a sad and depressing movie. Its a case of identifying with and being overjoyed for the successes of a reel life character who is so realistic and who's situations are so common with our day-to-day life that just like the actors who effortlessly slip into the characters, you probably take on the mantle of their friends or neighbours or whatever.

The climax where Will Smith's future is spelt out and he reacts superbly is so natural that i challenge you that even if you see it a hundred times you cannot help but cry out of joy for him.If you tell me you didn't, don't worry, I won't believe you.

And please give the movie the respect it deserves and pay very strong attention to detail(especially the expressions).Cause its not the brand of cinema where the punch dialogues are audible even to the canteen vendor outside the theatre.

Also please post such similar experiences you may have faced with any other movie(s).