Movies with a difference

I'm not that fond of movies. Having said that, I rarely watch a movie a secondtime. But there are a few movies which I like and are evergreen in my memory. Taking our Tamil movies, once my friend asked me "Why do you hate movies?". I told her "I don't hate movies but I don't love them either. When there is no thrill in watching a movie..why should we? "Love" is the theme of 99% movies. I'll tell u the crux of all movies 1. Love at first sight, parents oppose - lovers elope, face lot of opposition at last happy/sad ending. 2. Love after initial fighting, parents accept but fate kills one..other waits with tears. Second Hero/Heroine comes and atlast manages to marry the heroine/hero. 3. Lovers from birth, parents would be family friends..family problem so lovers are separated..finally happy/sad ending. 4. Triangle love - solli kaadhal, sollamal kaadhal, one sacrifices..blah-blah." This is/was what my opinion on movies. Worst of all, duet songs dancing around a tree would drive me crazy. At home, I'll fast fwd it or (if my sis opposes) just escape to do some other work ..in theatre I just close my eyes to hear the song (if at all song is good). The best "love" movie I liked was "Poovee Unakaaga".It was 10 years back. It was different to me..when there were 2 heroines, I expected a normal ending where Vijay would marry Sangeetha. The dialogues were too good. "Anandham.." song's wordings were hilarious. But, today that film seems so simple to me. "Alaipayuthe" was another movie I liked. Life after marriage (love) was depicted beautifully by Mani Ratnam. Songs made it better. Next was "Antha 7 naatkal" ..story line was different but the same story in "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" was excellent..Ajay Devgan's acting was too good. I've already seen the second part of the film 3 times (that's the only movie (part of it) I've seen 3 times). There were some movies which talked about women's freedom, remarriage etc..but all movies would cling to a fact that for a woman to remarry she should be a virgin..they would make vain attempts like killing the guy just before marriage, immediately after marriage in the altar, before nuptial night, etc. Then what's the point in picturing the hero as making a "sacrifice". "Nayagan" was a movie which I liked most..of all the aspects in the movie, there was one part I liked. Saranya was a prostitute by profession and Kamal marries her. It was the least spoken of part in the movie. But I think, a first bold step. But even after that "Kizhakku vaasal" was near yet so far. Even in "Rythm".. they tried to show that Meena was a virgin. A year back, I saw "Hum Tum", something like "real love" doesn't mind virginity. Today I saw the movie "Kuch naa kaho"..I thought it was similar to "Rythm" or a version of it..but it was different. As a film, both Abhishek and Aishwarya displayed poor acting. (Sharukh and Preity Zintha/Rani Mukherhee would have been better :-)). But, the story was good and I was surprised at the twists of the movie..I was disappointed when the film was suddenly heading towards a traditional finish.."Kanavane kan kanda theivam.." But then the dialogues at the climax were too good. Only minus was they needed a broad-minded american brought-up Abhishek to play the role. May be Indians are not yet mature !!. Right from my childhood...I've always had the opinion that English movies are "A" films. May be becoz that's how the conception is in Indian towns or, the only movies I had seen were that way. But now, I've started liking English movies. I've seen around 15 films in the past 1 month and I enjoyed each one of them. They're all so different that its no longer the same old love stories. Above all, no duet around the trees every 10-15 minutes. Of course, these movies also have romance but it seems more real than silly. Though I still love novels/books better, these movies are surely better than our tamil movies. I missed it all these years !! Konja naal-la bore adichidumaa nu theriyala :-).