The Ten Movies

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                            The Ten Movies

Last time, I wrote a post on ten favourite books and this time, it is the turn of movies. There are movies that make you feel good, make you jump in joy and then there are movies that are the perfect adaptations of your favourite books and some not-so perfect adaptations. (Abrupt Period) So anyway, let us get talking about the movies.

 

    1) Shawshank Redemption:

How many people have this on their list? I guess, more than half of the world! This legendary movie, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel is a story of a banker named Andy who spends nearly two decades in Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover. During his stay in the prison, he develops friendship with a fellow inmate.

And well, let me not reveal the entire plot here. You got to watch it, to know it.

  2) Pretty Woman:

This movie is just hilarious. Or is ‘hilarious’ an under-statement? This movie is my all-time favourite starring my all-time favourite actors Julia Roberts, Richard Gere. Everything about this movie is wonderful-the star cast, the sound-tracks, the direction etc. Pretty Woman is a story of a prostitute who falls in love with a wealthy businessman. The way she transforms herself is brilliant and Julia Roberts lived upto the role of Vivian, and she is nothing but gorgeous.

  3) Notting Hill:

I am sucker for Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. And this movie is just beautiful. This movie is a story of a mediocre travel book-shop owner who doesn’t make much money. But everything changes after Julia Roberts, who happens to be a famous actress visits his book-store and bumps into him later. One of the best love-stories with wonderful sound-tracks!

  4)  DDLJ:

Nobody makes love-stories like Shahrukh Khan! No, this is not an exaggeration but is sheer truth. DDLJ is one legendary movie in Indian Cinema. The story of Raj-Simran became so popular that many movies came with similar stories but none went closer to DDLJ. With awesome songs, best on-screen couple, and lovely direction, this movie is a feast to one’s eyes.

  5)  A Walk To Remember:

I love Nicholas Sparks’s books and this is the only adaptation that I have liked. Or wait, did I like The Notebook too? And The Nights at Rodanthe, for that matter of fact? But anyway, none of them made it this list except this one. This movie is a story of Landon Carter, a carefree, young man who displays quite a rough nature. And as usual, everything changes when he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan. He transforms himself into a wonderful guy and in the final stretch of the movie, she admits that she is affected with leukaemia and the remaining part of the movie is quite poignant.

  6)  Midnight in Paris:

This is one hilarious movie. I love this movie in spite of having Owen Wilson in it and I hate him. But he did a great job in this movie.

This awesome movie has been directed by Woody Allen. This is a story of a man named Gil, a screenwriter who travels back in time every night. This turns out to be quite a wonderful experience as he encounters Cole Porter, Ernest Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, and many other famous artists. He spends next few nights in the past and gets his first novel reviewed by Gertrude Stein.

It is a must-watch movie.

   

  7) Pride and Prejudice:

This movie is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel. No movie can be as good as classic novels but this movie is quite good. Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFadyen have lived upto the characters of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. And the story-line of the movie is same as that of the book. :-P

  

    8) When Harry Met Sally:

This movie is not just phenomenal but many Bollywood movies and few Hollywood movies draw inspiration from WHMS. Yeah, seriously! Observe, the character of the protagonists, for instance. The girl doesn’t want to fall in love with the man, the man wants to and at the end of the movie, this goes vice-versa. The girl cries, the man acts stupid, and realizes his mistake and traverses all across the city in search of the girl.

The tried and tested plot but hey, it has tried by WHMS for the first time. And that is all.

  

    9) Becoming Jane:

Becoming Jane is an interesting movie which is based on Jane Austen’s love-life. It is said that Jane Austen was in love with an Irishman, Tom Lefroy and she wrote ‘Pride and Prejudice’ during this time. Also, the character of Darcy is highly influenced from Tom Lefroy’s character. It has pretty bad reviews but my obsession for Jane Austen and her life made me like this movie. Honestly, many of you might not like it. Agreeable!

10) Anand (Telugu):

     This is one lovely movie directed by Sekhar Kammula. This is a story of a girl, Roopa. And that is all in the movie. The entire story revolves around her, her parent’s death, her broken marriage, her love-life etc. A beautiful story with beautiful songs and is a feast to one’s eyes.

This movie is so different from regular, irritating South Indian movies and for once, it has been accepted quite well by the regular South-Indians. Nice, eh?

There are many more movies that I would have loved to include but these are the top ten and the best that I have liked. Or loved!

- Sunaina Patnaik