Down The Rabbit Hole

Simple yet powerful visual art, a treat for the artist in you. This is easily one of the most beautiful movies I have seen. Simple yet powerful, the visual narrative is breathtaking. By the end, I was rooting for a happy ending, but it wasn't meant to be. This a simple love story powerfully told in an artistic way. One can see the artist's imagination working in the minute details that get captured in each scene. For example, Akari gets up from her seat in her office to go to a meeting, and her chair rotates slightly--empty--as the scene cuts. At that moment, the story is devolving into how Akari has moved on in her life, and this little ending drives the message home. Similarly, Takaki says to himself at some point that he didn't know when he started composing messages on his phone meant for nobody, meaning that loneliness has become a part of him. That standard of storytelling is hard to emulate. In short, a treat for the artist in you. IMDB

When I was younger, I thought my life’s aim was to understand this world. Now I think, it is more specialized than that. The aim is to find beauty. I am drawn towards people and things which seem beautiful to me. I am interested in exploring them.  I spend most of my time with them. I watch movies I find beautiful again and again. I try to write poetry because I feel their beauty. I try to build systems that seem beautiful. I like people who are genuine and truthful, because I find them beautiful. I try to work with people who I find beautiful. Beauty cannot exist without comprehension. To find beauty you have to keep on understanding this world. Ever deeper and beyond. This is why I detest people who I don’t find beautiful. Fake, sycophantic, hypocritical, false, vague and purposeless people. The other thing I really like is clarity. When I find clarity of thought in somebody’s thoughts, I feel interested. I am drawn to them. Clarity is the direct...

A serious letdown, clichéd dialogues and sappy story This movie is a spectacular letdown. You go in with high expectations, get bored with over-the-top clichéd dialogues, hope for it to end before sleep claims you, find an off-color Shahrukh giving life lessons to a confused Alia with adoring eyes, and you wonder, how and why would SRK do this kind of a sappy film. There was only one memorable dialogue from this movie, and it was 'genius is knowing when to stop.' I think if the director had known when to stop doling out the life lessons, we could have had the chance to save some time. Alia tries a lot to play the confused, conflicted young adult, and SRK's is merely the scaffolding the director wanted Alia to build on. But alas, such a sheer waste of talent this film is. Kunal Kapoor is never utilised, SRK seems to totter in some scenes, Ali Zafar seems to come from cheesy-lines-land, Alia seems hysterical in many, and the other characters stay underdeveloped...