Of wolves and vampires

I watched the latest Bella movie with colleagues from office. All of who had no idea what the series was about. It was fun explaining why a below-average-girl with no special powers has a Wolf and Vampire in love with her. How a Vampire is Vegetarian. Why are we watching this movie. Did the movie end, I was still waiting for it to finish. He he he he . We were roaring with laughter in the scene where Bella realizes (oh spoiler alert!) that she loves WolfBoy too. So, there’s VampyBoy that she loves and then there’s WolfBoy she just realized she loves. At that exact moment another wolfboy walks in , and someone says “Is she in love with him also?”
Well, the movie was ok in the sense a Mills and Boon is ok. Ie, if you are in the mood for not using your mind and if you just want a teenage love story.

I had watched Inception 2 days before this one and there was definitely a contrast. I must confess I was worried if I would be in the pile of people who didn’t understand the movie at all. There was so much talk about it. So many people talking about mindblowing moments. So much praise for the the elaborate set ups and layers and hidden meanings. I did like the movie, but I wasn’t blown away by it. I think the entire concept of Inception (while it is fascinating and obviously was a labour of love&effort) happens in daily life all the time. You don’t need three layers of dreams to plant an idea and not be caught doing it. A normal face to face conversation with a generous amount of twisting of words can easily help in planting doubts, creating new thoughts and nudging people where you require. It’s called Manipulation.
If I remove that thought from my head, well then, Inception was a nice watch. I loved the scene where the guy figures out it is a dream based on how the carpet feel against his skin. I think the guy from “3rd Rock from the Sun” had some amazing fight sequences in no gravity. And trying to create a “I am falling backwards jolt” when there is no gravity was an interesting question. There is something very captivating about movies where the minutest details have been thought out and planned for. I still hear that there a lot of things that you don’t notice at the first viewing, so I may end up watching it again and try to peel the onion a little more.

The nicest things happen on the way to work .

Couple of days back, I had just gotten the green and had crossed road when to the right I saw this guy on a bike who had combination of tan skin and light green eyes(has to be rare). And he was cute to boot. While I was just realized that , the actual cute thing happened. The girl behind him was talking to him and she must have said something interesting, because he blushed and she actually pinched both his cheeks and he broke into a sheepish smile. It was such an amazing moment. There is something about seeing someone happy that can put a spring into your step.

And today morning, I saw this old lady, the plump grandmotherly type, sitting at her doorstep, drying her hair in the sun. It’s a very normal sight, but she looked so peaceful and she had this smile on her face as she turned to talk to someone next to her. It made me realize that what you actually need in life is just happiness within. :)