Month of May, Movies, and Mayhem...

One habit of mine provides me with the much needed energy and enthusiasm to carry on in this world is the movie watching habit. I never miss a chance to watch a good movie. My movie watching habit is little in-depth and peculiar. After watching a movie I always make it a habit to do some research about the movie. I mainly depend on the Internet and that too, Wikepedia and Rotten tomatoes to satisfy my thirst for trivia on movies.
This month I have seen seven movies so far and most of them are infamous for their content and style. I watched two movies of Alfred Hitchcock, one from Stephen King, a documentary on Iraq and finally some other movies which really made me tense...
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Now to return to my world of movies and mayhem in the month of May, I will start with the Hitchcockian classics – Notorious and Rear Window. There was a hidden agenda when I bought these DVD’s. The first one had Ingrid Bergman in the lead. I was still under the influence of Casablanca where she had cast a scenic magic spell on me. So there were no second thoughts about this one. The second one had Grace Kelly in the lead. I have read the bio on her by James Spada and was waiting to watch her on the silver screen. So these two movies found their place in my movie kitty.

Stephen King is one of my fav authors and I have also enjoyed some of his screenplays – like Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. The Mist is a movie adaption of his short story which had the same name. It’s a tale of a group of shoppers who are caught in a store. They cannot come out since the whole area is engulfed by mist which contains you-name-it –you- have – it-kind of monsters/creatures

I also got a chance to watch a documentary which showcased the failed plans of the US government in Iraq. No End in Sight examines the real cause for this failure and does it in a systematic way. A well documented documentary.

Talking about documenting takes me into the next movie which was really good coz it gripped me in a way that even today as I prepare the effect remains. Cloverfield is a movie shot using a handy cam and it shows (documents) the life of five friends and a monster which attacks their city. The whole movie is told from the point of the camera which I think is the back bone of the movie.