How does one
self-entertain when you are immobilized and restricted to a chair, your mobile
phone forced to be in a vegetative state and you are fed at frequent intervals
at 40,000 feet?
One could kill
time by Reading, sleeping, listening to music, watching movies, and working on
your laptop. The choices may be limited and may contain you in your seat, but
still it can be introspective, enriching, funny, thoughtful and restful. I have
done other things too...but that is not for a public consumption.
I was in an
electric chair, sorry, I meant to say an entertainment chair during the 11 hour
journey from Paris to Chennai. Here is a list of movies that I managed to
watch.
1. Side effects - It is a movie about
a psychiatrist (Jude Law), his patient and the drug he prescribes. The linear
story telling gets interesting when the psychiatrist discovers other stories
his patient concocts. As the movie progresses, a cocktail of twists and
emotions leaves you and the psychiatrist bewildered like the psychiatric
medication. Catherine Zeta Jones, a (bi)polar patient in real life, plays the
role of a psychiatrist in the movie. Click here to watch the
preview.
2. The Darjeeling
Limited - Every life is a journey, some seek happiness, some seek relationship,
some seek solace, bonding and closure. The movie is about a family traveling to
India with a hope of getting their relationships back on rails (literally and
figuratively) The movie at times employs cliches about India, namely, snakes
and gurus (sadhus) but still the struggle to connect, heal and move on makes it
a delightful watch. Click here to watch the
trailer.
3. Nina-
An Italian movie (not about violence, corruption, or pizza glistening with
olive oil) that shares a short time period in the life of an artist, Nina.
Stunning camera angles, soul stirring music, simple story line and elegant cast
and costumes leaves with a lasting impression of Italy. It is a must watch for
all art, music and photography enthusiasts. Click here to
watch the trailer.
4. Quartet - Is
there an escape from old age and our baggage from the past? Can love and life
happen in a retirement home? The movie plot is around a retirement community of
musicians and connoisseurs and their life and love. A new entrant, Maggie
Smith, on the wait-list for a hip replacement, arrives just before a big
performance at the retirement community. Did her arrival turn the performance
into a symphony or a cacophony? Did it alter the mood in the Beecham house? Click
here to watch the
trailer.
5. Office Space: It is a
movie about personal and professional unhappiness, boredom, insecurity, and our
reaction to management decisions at work place. Majority of us will relate to
this movie. Click here to watch the
trailer.
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