Sunday, March 28, 2010

Let's get out of here

Very rarely have I walked out of movies. Compared to the average movie watcher, I can safely say that I have a high tolerance level for movies. I can distinctly remember one movie for which I walked out of within 30 minutes, after the director just wouldn't talk about anything else except knocking the door each and every resident in a village and 'establishing characters'.... It was a Bharatiraja movie, and I think that movie marked the beginning of the end for him in terms of making successful movies.
As young kid, I was told that 'just because I don't like something, I must not assume the same for others', as it might be insulting (i.e. take one for the team; your opinion doesn't count for jacks#@t when you are with others, etc. etc.). I sat enduring a patient 30 minutes, squirming in my seat in silent agony, and finally mustered up courage to say those dreaded words, "Let's get out of here" or something to that effect. I remember feeling guilty immediately (felt like a rebel), but the speed in which my friends agreed relieved me of that guilt.
We actually walked out of a movie, which was an experience in itself to all of us. After that we would have spent an hour sitting at the beach (one of my earliest memories of very many future beach sittings!), generally abusing the movie, while one or two of them sat quietly, more affected by the movie.
There's always a good which would come out of every bad (or in this case pure evil!). The movie eventually provided to be a great platform for us to know each other better, and endure each other over years as good friends. Whenever someone crossed an invisible line in discussions, all that had to be said was the name of the movie, which meant: change topic. As with the movies, as we discussed more over years the tolerance levels went up, with a lot more freewheeling discussions and debates (and more bad movies!!!! that is a different topic saved for another day, but suffice to say that we've pegged down the one who constantly 'selects bad movies' in our group! Any movie suggested/rave reviewed by him, watch at your own risk!!!!).
We've all now drifted apart, pursuing life or lack of it, on our own terms, but still keep in touch. 
Its been probably a decade since this movie happened and a song from that movie, now on TV reminds me of that day...

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