Movie Review - The Prestige

The Prestige
The protagonists of this movie really are three human emotions- Obsession , jealousy and deceit. The setting is in the end of nineteenth century England but it could have been anywhere and in any profession. When the guiding star of a person's life is to really destroy someone else then no good can ever come out of this. The story is that of intense rivalry between two magicians and how they will go to any extent to go one up on the rival, to the extent of killing one's own self. The emotions dealt with are nothing new, I would think they are the most primal but the use of science fiction in the movie is interesting , even though I would have liked it to be purely a trick of human ingenuity. However , the intensity of the jealousy and the deceit that are depicted are really powerful and are moments when one gets really involved in the story. The parallel tracks running in the movie are beautifully inter-woven. The performances are brilliant. The ending befitting to the characters involved. However the thing that stays with one after the movie is over is the power of the human mind when it is driven by obsession and jealousy. The sheer will power a person can have if all he does it is to destroy someone else, but on the way self destruction too is inevitable. Victory and revenge but at what cost? Sometimes victory doesn't lie in getting back but in letting go but how many of us are really capable of doing that.

The Odd one out - Episode 1

This series is a tribute to the indomitable human spirit. The thing that no one can beat - self- belief. The odds against may be stacked high, the goal may just seem impossible, but if you really think you can do it, then YOU REALLY CAN. :)
I will in this series try and introduce characters who are mavericks,crazy,odd at times a little arrogant but deep inside entirely lovable. Some would be figments of my imagination, some ofcourse would be inspired by all the wonderful men and women I have seen and come across and most importantly admired.
Here is the first of the series , incomplete , will add as and when I get the inspiration , till then bear with me. :)

“Forget it, this is not something you can do, I mean, nothing personal, but seriously, think of it, I don’t think it really can be done, you know, what I mean.” Yes, of course, I do know what you mean, do know what that entire sentence means and that is exactly what I want to hear. I was really beginning to think that maybe I could probably not do it, and this is what would have revived me, recharged me and brought me back into the game. I now knew that not only could this be done but I would be the one to do it. I smiled back at him and said, `Yes, I know, and I agree with you’. He looked a little puzzled, he could see the smile on my face didn’t really go with the words I had just spoken but then that was the agenda. My heartbeat had touched 200pm and I was raring to go. I said I have to go, meeting a friend from school and took his leave.

A girl just like you

A smile like the sunshine
Would fill my heart with light
A dimple on her cheeks
The cheeks would feel so right
A little round head
With long and straight hair
Hair the wind would tease
And make me feel aware
Of my helpless helpless plight
A forehead small and smooth
No worry lines to crowd
Eyes so deep and dark
A window to her soul
A cute bit of nose
Would make me want to bite it off
A little nose so pretty
Couldn’t take my eyes off
A laughter so alive
Just like the spring waterfall
Lips all pink and petals
Like the first bloom of rose
And the words that would fall out of it
Would bring back the peace to my mind
Sweetheart, I hope it answers your question
What sort of girl I would like
One who would enter my life
At the first crack of dawn
Just like the forest dew,
A girl just like you.