The few films that are nothing short of brilliant, which I want to share my thoughts on. Credits to google and youtube for the pictures and videos respectively.
7. Harry potter series
I'm a huge, and proud, fan of the Harry Potter series. To say that it was my entire childhood is an understatement. I grew up read Rowling's novels and watched every movie and literally grew up with them. Being the sentimental person that I am, I mourned with these fictional characters when Dumbledore died, when Sirius died, when most of Harry'f friends died. (Notice how I'm on first-name terms with Harry?)
6. Scarface
This classic film starring Al Pacino is one of the coolest, goriest, most mind-blowing film that was full of suspense and anticipation. Firstly, I did not imagine Tony Montana would die eventually, or that he would kill his most trusted friend out of momentary rage. No doubt did the film receive widespread criticism for its violence and gore in its portrayal of the gang scene in America: I was so completely disgusted by some of the scenes in the movie too. The film depicts Tony Monata's life from rags to riches, but the unlawful way. He was an immigrant from Cuba who used to work in a burger shop but later became kingpin of a drug cartel, whose previous leader was killed by Montana himself. Eventually he kill his most trusted aide in a moment of anger when he found out he was dating his sister, who died nearing the end as well. In short, in this film almost everyone died.
5. the godfather
This 1972 American crime film is about an ageing Italian mafia boss who tries to pass on his empire to his unwilling son. It is an adaptation of the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo, of the same name. It is considered to be a classic, must-watch movie and has become one of my favourite gang-related movie, similar to Scarface.
4. Moonrise Kingdom
This film is a bildungsroman. Scratch that. It is the bildungsroman of our generation. The narration, the different perspectives through which this story was being told, the symbolisms and the incredible cast were nothing short of perfection. I like how the binoculars was used just so one could 'see better', even the things that are literally right under our noses.
3. Fight Club
This is one of the more symbolic and thought-provoking films I've watched so far. There is more to the idea of split personalities or psychological ails that may have been brought about due to the overwhelming consumerist culture as suggested through the character, Tyler Durden in the film. Durden happens to be the man the protagonist subconsciously wants to see when he looks into the mirror. Though built on a mere figment of the protagonist's own imagination, the main idea of this film is not so much the idea of fighting as its title suggests, but in fact more like dehumanising one another to portray grotesque, sadistic, sometimes masochistic even, conformists, the end product of our own battles in the corporate world.
2. A Few Good Men
This would be one of the better movies Tom Cruise has starred in. I mean, Ghost Protocol was complete and utter rubbish! What stands out for me in this film is how lawyer Daniel Kaffee, played by Cruise, overcomes his low-self esteem, his arrogant facade hiding this fact, and wins a case he and no one else ever imagined he would win. It is the idea of having to choose between doing what each individual feels to be right and obeying orders handed down from higher authorities that really intrigues me.
1. Empire of the sun
Set in the in middle of WWII, Jim, played by Christian Bale, portrays a bratty British boy spoilt by his parents who has failed to discipline their only child. The tight slap given to him by one of his servants just as he thought he'd found security in his home seized by the Japanese army was the prelude to the many slaps reality was about to mercilessly trust in his face. Jim's outgoing personality and abundant of energy, though more than the other prisoners in camp would like to admit, is what keeps him and everyone else alive. Young Jim though aptly described as a "difficult boy" near the end of the war in the film, is the epitome of courage and portrays the purest form of adaptation for survival in any being.