Friday, February 8, 2008

'Inspired' by movies

I had a dream yesterday about me and my hubby fighting over something I cant remember, I couldn't sleep after that....now its not that we don't fight at all (argue, let's use a polished word), we fight all the time, but....DO WE HAVE TO FIGHT IN MY DREAM TOO??? It so happened that yesterday afternoon, I usually switch to see what is on SUN TV after my kid's cartoons get over on TV. There was this mega serial (dont ask me the name) going on at that time, wife's trying to spoil her husband's sister's marriage, and her husband found out about it, both of them were fighting and he slapped her. I switched off the TV and went on with my day's work, but what made me dream about it that same night?!!?
Before I got married, I used to go out with my friends and watch some random movie, and if we dint like the movie, we would just walk out. It all changed after my hubby came into my life. He has the knack of picking up really good movies. Infact, the only 2 things I let him decide without asking me are movies and restaurants(he, like me, loves eating yummy foods). He does lots of research, reads reviews from movie sites, picks up Oscar nominated movies etc. We had movie nights at home everyday, and almost 90% of the movies that we watched were really good. It all varied from comedy, action, romance, drama, movies from a foreign category......Now with a hyper active kid who sleeps everyday at 11/12 every night, there is just no time for us to watch any movies together. So I am back to square one. I watch movies when my kid takes his afternoon nap.

One such day, I watched a Tamil horror movie, Sivi with my friend who had come home to see me. We watched it on the desktop, reduced the volume and tried to make the movie less scary, but I still had a horrible dream that night. The other day, I was watching Taare Zameen Par, a good Hindi movie about a boy with dyslexia. It made me so emotional that I held my son close to me all day. The list of movies and the effects that it had on me are endless.
There are movies that give you lots of information (some of them are false), increases your awareness, makes you laugh, makes you cry, makes you scared........They are not just for entertainment. They have become a part of our life.

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