Friday, December 5, 2008

She can change your life…


The key to change... is to let go of fear.

In a sense, yes! She did to mine! May be… just may be… she can change your life too, like she did to mine, though not to the greatest extent. I can tell you how.

In your busy schedules, at times you have the heart to not feel guilty and indulge yourself to a nice hot dinner, a comfy couch (bed in my case) and a TV-DVD all to yourself and no one to judge you about the dress your wear, the angle you are inclined to and the movie you have settled down to watch. Sounds like fun. Isn’t it? In the recent days, I’m seeing more such lucky nights J

And the movie I saw yesterday was Amelie from Montmartre (the English title for the French movie Amélie). I want to write so much about the movie but don’t want to write a review of it and spoil the fun of watching the movie. On any given day, I would recommend this light heart-touching comedy flick.

A one liner about the movie… it is about a girl, obviously named as Amelie (played by Audrey Tautou), who has a cute little mischievous smile throughout the movie. She happens to help a 50yr old man get a glimpse of his childhood through the toys she recovers and how the happy-tear filled face of the man prompts her to help people around her. She goes out of her way to help others but she realizes through another person that ‘self help is the best help’ and finds her love. She understands that letting go of fear can do wonders.

Needless to mention are her wild imagination of things happening around her. The unspoken moments that Amelie shares with Nino (her love) are short and sweet. The extra second that she lingers while kissing on his eyes… is just so cute. And the ‘am happy and contended’ expression on her face when she goes around in the streets of Paris in Nino’s moped seems to make her entire life seem fulfilled.

Coming back to how she influenced me… she made me to realize that helping others is not always the best option… helping ourselves to get what we want is more important, even if the attempts are small and the need trivial.

Definitely a ‘do not miss’ movie… she is out there to change your life forever.