Just Like Magic...

I love this picture. It’s a still from a movie called ‘Before Sunset’ (as is obvious). It’s a sequel to a movie called ‘Before Sunrise’. To put it simply, I’m totally Gobsmacked by the sheer brilliance of these movies. (Thanks to Abhinav for recommending them :) The only movie that I liked as much was ‘If Only’, but that’s in a different league altogether. While ‘If Only’ was perfect and ideal and dramatic, ‘Before Sunrise’ and ‘Before Sunset’ may as well have been out of a day of your life. In fact while watching the movie(s), you forget it’s a movie at all. The acting is amazingly Simple and simply Amazing.

You know why I Love this picture? Because when you look at it you can actually see the Comfort between the characters as a Real, Tangible Force. That’s the beauty of the movie(s). What they’ve been successful in bringing about is the Comfort between the protagonists which I feel, makes the core of the movie(s). Never have I seen such chemistry between the lead actors. Never have I seen Communication being presented so well. The movie, in fact, is all Communication. The guy and the girl fall in Love in front of you, because, for the first time (in my knowledge) has someone actually shown the process of falling in Love. It happens right there, in front of you, scene by scene. To top it, this Magical process is not tainted by any outside element, because for all practical purposes, there are only two actors. And nothing has been captured except for their Love and its Magic.

I feel this movie would give a lot of answers to anyone looking for Simplicity. I wish ‘Before Sunset’ had ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ by Keane as one of its songs. It would’ve been Perfect. I was reminded of the song more than once while watching the movie.

The thing I loved best is- in both the movies, there’s no inhibitedness, no holding back, no pretensions, no games. There’s only Love, Communication, Impulsiveness, Honesty and Abandon. While the first one is more Honest, Pure and closer to my heart, the next one is equally Simple, heart wrenchingly Sensitive and just as Moving.

I’m not very sure if everyone will like the movie(s)… [it touched me, yes, but then I have a weird taste in movies… :)] but I’m sure of this: if the movies does Move you; does Touch you, you’ll discover a Whole New Feeling, a Whole New Emotion, which I simply can’t define, or express… for, like all Joys, and every Magic, it can only be Experienced.