Inception and Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind- similar or not?

Well well well! Big hello everyone! I know I have been extremely lazy. I guess everyone starts the blog with a similar tone now a days. So I shouldn't be so sad. 

I saw Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind yesterday. A very good movie and a must watch. Somehow it motivated me to write this one. Before I jump into the purpose of this post I should remind you that you must have seen both the movies. Spoiler Alert! So if you haven't, go watch them and this post will wait for you. 

I had seen Inception in the theater, right when it was released along with my school friends. Little did we know before going to movie that its gonna be so puzzling and awesome. I still remember the look on everyone's face when we got out. And the question: "Samjha kya?"  (did you understand?)

I had understood the movie in the theater itself. But there was so much fuss and discussion about the last scene that I was forced to think that I missed something. So I watched it again. 

Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind has been on my list for long time. I remember many times I had planned and later cancelled just because I was not in the rightest mood to watch. I give special respect to IMDB top 250 movies. Its like studies for me. You have to be in the right mood. Or there is no point.

So finally I watched it. And it was worth the wait. :)

As the movie (eternal sunshine) progressed I was somehow reminded of Inception. I don't know if you felt that too. Several scenes in the movies were 90 percent similar as in Inception. I thought over it. Their is a striking similarity between these two movies and yet they stand apart. 

Both the movies have beautifully presented in what should be the most complex of the concepts. In Inception, its about shared dreams and dreams within a dream on the other hand Eternal sunshine is about memory erasing. There is a thin line between the two. After all, dreams are projections of your memories. At one point in the movies you see Jim (Joel) in a similar situation as in Inception. He is sleeping and dreaming. There is a machine attached to him..although not similar but to keep track of his dreams. Same purpose. 

Both the movies use some sort of gadgets to get into the brain. The most interesting part is in Inception Leonardo infiltrates subconscious of his targets to extract information and  implant a new idea.  Although not entirely that basically means altering or erasing memory. Puzzled? Further you see that both need a person to take care while the subject gets in and out of the dream. In both the cases, the real world can be felt within the dream. In Inception, its the water and the sound and in Eternal Sunshine its the voices Jim hears. Both carve for there pasts. Both have love issues. Both the main characters cling on to memories of the love in there life, the times they spent together which are basically just there subconscious projections. 

As it happened, since I saw Inception first, now I don't find Inception so great. Mostly after seeing the similar concepts in Eternal Sunshine of spotless mind. 

Christopher Nolan and Michel Gondry both fiddle with the peoples brains and the stuff gets a bit heavy. You don't know if its too much information of less information. You don't want to flip your eyelids just because you feel you might miss something important.  How many movies make you feel like that? Both play with peoples ability to think beyond reality. Its beautiful how they make you comprehend something that surreal. I am happy we have someone so talented and creative. Hats off to both the teams. A masterpiece indeed!

Commitment !

Its been a long battle within. Numerous thoughts have just passed by my mind in the past and I have repented not writing them. Today was a big retrospection day. Realized lot of things. Got my feet back on ground. Well, will elaborate on that in some other post.

This post is only a note in fact an oath to self, that I will come back often to empty my mind here. I will let my mind decide how 'often'.

Goodbye.

Song for today's post: Life of Pi Soundtrack. Can't get enough of it.

What do you want?

OMG!! I did it,i made it to my blog..i am finally here after along hiatus. Its hard to believe this!! Well of course its not that m here on my own. As always, as it has been for me thers gotta be someone pushing me from behind (thnx vish). And fortunately, today i was not in any mood to do anything ...anything(if u got me...yeah this wuld be last thing i wuld do). So wateva i was into i hated it. I started this movie "Good will Hunting" featuring Matt Damon..i left it halfway...(hw can i do tht?) then i startd with Top Gear and i left it too(this is insane)...i turned to DC++...cldnt find it stimulating (total manic)...Music? NO....nt even Coldplay!!?? Something is wrong...really wrong!! You are sometimes in deep shit ...unable to figure out wat is it thats pestering u? You can't concentrate, can't sleep either...b'coz thats not what you want...you think...think...and think...Something is not going your way!! Well ... Its time...the Judgement time ...with ur colleages cracking GRE, some with a super-dream Job, some on their mission 'CAT'...others have got good acad...remaining ones are into GATE, well if some of them r still remaining they dont giv neyting a damn(f*** everything, sometimes i love that)...so everyone is into something...and then its you in middle of nowhere...trying to figure out what is it that suits u...? what am i good at? wht???? pardon me...what am i good at?...umm...chattin? cs ? aoe? movies? series? does that help?...wtf...good at nothing??? dat cnt be...what did i do all these years? and then its call from ur dwelling ..u ans.."everything is going jus fine...justttt fynnnnn!!". And the moment the call is off...everything is pitch dark again...this is scary... well this bugs a lot..and its gets worse...during exams!! You have no option then ...but study. Contrary to this, in my case if i am not into it...that means am NOT into it...screw EGGzam. I wonder whether this happens only to me..?!?

But then hard times do come... and thanx to them tht we enjoy so sky-highly... wen its happy times!!

" A ship in a dockyard faces low storm" ..bt sittin ideal isnt the option.. of course not in today's world. So what you gonna do?? ask your mom...?? then you think its childish...you hav got to make ur own decision.

C'mon give yourself a break, have a coffee, a breath of fresh air and solitude. Think of times when you were most productive...its still in u...the zeal..the dedication.. the will...only the matter is its all a bit rusted....needs lil brushing and polishing...(some senior had rightly said to me, a freshman then...."within three years of engineering, you ll be as dumb as u have never been b4.."i smirked..thinking him as gauche) Well, its the System u know. Leave it...i don't want to get myself started on that....else this wuld turn into a rant.

But you know, its the same friends i mentioned earlier who serve as real motivators in these times...the difference is of the attitude you take to look at them...its them who'll take you to shore....out of this dilemma...and then its just the Apex and you...(do i sound lyk Arjuna?..lol)

So, moral of the story...fill the form for every exam your friends give...!! lolzz

I have always found the answer to the above question in my friends. A simple thanks won't be good quid pro quo.

I started this post with a title 'Absurdity'..and it eventually turned out to be 'What do u want?' after i finished jotting it down ..i found it more apt.I guess this is the way to write a blog, u vomit wateva u want and then u name it. I should have written this one long ago. Anyway, its never so late!! ;)

Is it a college or school???

With 85% attendance in each subject made compulsury in our institute(NIT)....students are getting damn bored attending lectures whole day....On the top there are also rumors of the working days to be increased to 6 instead of 5 now.....all are going nuts in our college.....!!


this is the first time i 'm writing a blog...pls dnt mind on its contents....jst wantd to chk out hw it works...!!

thank you all...
i kno it sucks pretty bad compared to other blogs......but do comment if u care to.....!!
bye, hav a nice day..................