Watched this movie in Dubai. Loved Will Smith’s acting.

Every person has a different idea of happiness. For some it is getting their ideal job, a home, and plenty of money to take care of their family. For others it could be something as simple as loosing weight, or getting out of debt. Whatever be the source of happiness, one has to pursue it. It doesn’t come without effort. And in some cases you have to work extraordinary hard to find happiness. You have to fight for it. And it’s not always a walk in the park.

It’s films like these that give you the motivation to keep trying, keep working to get what you want. Specially when it is inspired from a true story. You know whatever is being shown did happen in real life. There is no reason you cannot do the same.

Have you ever questioned yourself? Have you ever questioned what you know, what you believed in? Have you ever doubted your history? Have you ever been curious about your very existence? Have you ever wondered over the myths? What if they are not just myths? What if the myths are real and what’s real is based on myths? Have you ever thought that what you consider as facts are nothing but manipulations? Ever questioned your religion? Watch this movie and you will question everything.

I don’t review Indian movies but this one is worth it. It’s quickly climbing up my list of all time favorite Indian movies.

What was shown in this film has shaken me to the core. I couldn’t sleep all night after watching it. Am I too sensitive? Maybe I am. I watch movies with great concentration and try to absorb as much as possible. That’s probably another core ingredient of mine. Can’t help it.

So is that really the solution to the problems that our country is facing today? Is our system corrupted or the people, or both? The system is improving. It has become better in recent years. But the problems still remain. So it’s got to be the people who are running the system. So, what should be done? Replace them, no, kill them! Kill them and then what? They will be replaced by another equally corrupted. How many will you kill? Something else has to be done. And that something else is only possible when we, the youth of this country take active part in it. Instead of moving abroad, or pursuing high profile executive jobs, we should join the police, civil services, government organizations and every place that is believed to be corrupted. And then set an example for everyone else. Give this stalled vehicle, our country, a big push in the right direction. It will take an entire generation for this country to be a decent place to live, where things are easy to do, where it’s not a hassle to do small things like getting your passport renewed, or opening a bank account. A generation has to sacrifice its luxuries to ensure a better and easier life for future generations. A generation has to come forward and replace the currently incapable.

Now the question is, are we, including myself, ready to sacrifice? Are we willing to give up our cushy jobs and work as civil servants for the rest of our lives? Can we do that so that the people in this country could live a better life? Or are we only concerned about making our life better? Do we only care about ourselves? Does it matter to us if people around us are in trouble, their life has become a joke because of this corruption? Am I happy as long as I am not facing any problems surviving here? Do I care about the rest?

We need to ask ourselves these questions, and come up with an answer. Or maybe I shouldn’t watch such movies. Or maybe I should treat them as just movies and shouldn’t think too much about it.

This is got to be the best movie I have seen this year.

It’s really strange how people from different walks of life and different backgrounds come together and then move on to their separate ways. It’s really funny how their paths intersect each other.

Whenever I am traveling by bus, I always wonder about the person sitting next to me. I wonder where he is from, what he does for living, how his day has been, what his destination is going to be, and things like that. And for a short period of time we are traveling together and soon we will part to go our seperate ways. See how two life paths intersected each other. What if the person sitting next to me is a dangerous criminal. What if he is the most intelligent person on earth. I might never know, but I keep thinking about it until I reach my destination and move on with my life. I have always been fascinated by the way we come across different people every day. I used to imagine how people going through their daily routine would come across each other and then carry on with their lives, never to meet again. And I saw a movie about it and I have been deeply touched. This movie is a must watch for anyone who likes to ponder over seemingly insignificant things.

If you like tennis, and if you believe that one person can inspire you so much that it can change the course of your life, that one person can redefine your destiny, then you must watch this movie. You will not be disappointed, trust me. Forget about acting, forget about the goofs, forget everything else. Just watch it.

I have great respect for Spielberg, and for Tom Cruise. Spielberg movies usually go underrated. AI is an excellent movie but didn’t get good reviews. Similarly, I didn’t get good reviews for War of the Worlds as well, but I thought it would be a good movie; common people just don’t have the vision to understand such movies. Hence I decided to watch the movie. Well, for the first time, I was kind of disappointed.

The movie had excellent special effects. It’s one of the best Spielberg movies in the fields of cinematography and sound effects. But it lacked a plot. It lacked a theme. It lacked logic. And it lacked an ending. Lesson learnt, you cannot make a great movie just by overloading it with special effects and sounds, and ignoring the story. Sure, it was adapted from HG Wells novel, but Spielberg left too many questions unanswered. I am sure the novel would be much better.

One of the biggest goofs of the movie was that when the aliens started killing people, a man was recording the scene with his video camera. Now, how did the camera survive the electromagnetic pulse that rendered all the electronic items unusable, including cell phones, watches, even vehicles. There were other many minor mistakes in the movie that I wasn’t expecting to be so obvious.

The ending was abrupt. Five minutes ago aliens were invading the planet and all of a sudden they are dead. How did all the machines die all of a sudden? Was it the bacteria? If aliens had been observing the earth and its atmosphere for thousands of years weren’t they aware of the bacteria and other diseases that were common on earth? I thought aliens were more intelligent and technologically advanced than humans.

There are some movies that inspire you. Movies that motivate you, charge you up and fill up a new energy in you, making you able to achieve something that you’ve wanted to do for a long time, something that is too important to you, and it doesn’t matter how insignificant that something is to the rest of the world. It is important to you and that’s all that matters.

There are some movies that teach you to smile even through the roughest of times and toughest of circumstances. Not only it shall pass easily and swiftly but it would end up being a memorable experience for you. You will look back to it and smile. You will cherish that time for the rest of your life. You will be a symbol of motivation for everyone else. You will only make friends in the course of your life.

The Terminal is one such movie. There are plenty of lessons behind it’s humor. There is lot to be learned from someone as simple as Viktor Navorski. And no one else could have done it better than Tom Hanks. It’s sad that it turned out to be another under rated movie. But that’s how Steven Spielberg‘s movies are. Most people just don’t understand the point. They just want to be entertained and nothing more. They don’t want to be inspired. They don’t want to be motivated. So movies like The Terminal and Minority Report don’t get good reviews by the viewers. The fact is that Spielberg makes more than just a movie that you watch in a theatre, chew pop-corn, spend a couple of hours and then forget about it. No, you got it wrong. His movies are not for average viewers. It takes more than that to actually understand his movies. Pick any movie that he directed. You will see a lesson in each one of them. Every single one.

I never skip a Steven Spielberg movie and I’ve never regretted. Same goes for Tom Hanks.