Now you see me- Magic explained in 2 hours

Well here I am, behold!! "the-blogger-who-does-not-get-any-likes-but-still-posts" has posted again. That introduction was not for getting any likes (I swear on river styx), I just wanted to tell you that even if you can't see appreciation even then you can go on, there is absolutely no reason necessary to go on. This can be a quote!! Anyways this review is going to a bit different, because it will be short, I'll try my best. And it's about magic!!


How many people believe in magic? hundreds? thousands? millions? But how many of you actually practice it? practicing in the sense, making it your life, your belief, your heart. Believing even when you know it is only science, misdirection, misinterpretation, an illusion. This movie is about that, believing. The most basic summary of the movie in one line is...Magicians are asked to rob a bank with magic. I know it is not actually believing and does not actually reflect the high ground I put up in the beginning, but read further, you'll know. Magic is not about just flipping cards, disappearing from places, making things appear, it's much more than that. It's about making them believe, give them a satisfaction that if something like this is possible then everything is possible. Magic must be illusion, trickery, deception, but it should be used for applause not for stealing, then it would be a crime.
Anyways, In this movie extraordinary magicians are chosen to work together, put up the biggest distraction to complete a task given by the protector of the "eye" to get the chance to be a member of the eye and possibly be the greatest magicians in the century. Now to clear the confusion, the "Eye of Horus" or "the Eye" is an ancient Egyptian myth which consists of people who are protectors of real magic and the protectors of those who practice magic. The Eye selects people twice a century, that is a hell lot of time and just because of this broad time frame, you are tempted to do it. So four people are selected by the eye to prove their faith by following a series of commands with blind obedience. In this term, these four magicians are specialists in different fields which compels them to work with each other otherwise the task would be impossible. They rob a bank, slip from the clutches of police and entertain people
Now this is a short review, as I said. Just the basic plot. I know, it is not usually welcome, but you will still enjoy it, and I have used a couple of phrases from the movie so that you can relate to them and confirm that you are watching the correct movie. One more thing, there will be a twist which you will not be able to foresee. So that's it folks, the review on a magical movie, which is not really magical ( oh the irony). If you think it worth your time then go and watch it, if you don't think so, then it's just 2 hours!!

The movie's casting is something like this- Mark Ruffolo (An agent who investigated the robbery), Jessie Eisenberg (yup the social network guy, and magician), Woody Harelson (magican), Isla Fisher & Dave Franco (both magicians), Morgan freeman (yes people he is there). So guys, another incentive to watch the movie.
   

Brave - Proof that girls are equals!

hey, so here's a review on Brave. Had time in my hand so I thought I would post something. Quite a time since I've posted, so for the regulars (if there are any) my sincere apologies.

                                     

                                                     BRAVE

Some people think that girls can never be equal than boys, as they are weak in any way. Well friends, if you want to prove them wrong then show them this movie.
The story is about a girl named Merida whose father is a king named King Fergus, who is king of three clans allied together, who has a wooden leg in place of a real one, courtesy a bear named Mord'u. As her mother, Queen Elinor, was brought up a princess and nurtured to be one day be queen, she wants Merida to follow on her footsteps. That is, her mother always tells her to walk straight, eat properly, show grace, don't do weapons as they are not good for princesses. But Merida, doesn't want to be a princess, as you see, since she was a small kid she had a fascination of bows, and archery, as she grew her fascination also grew and she became a fabulously elegant shooter. Her mother as I described earlier does not like that, as she thinks it is not typical princess stuff. So what to do now? Merida makes a deal with her mother that she has to follow her mother's orders and she will get Sunday to be herself. Yeah, I think one more thing this movie taught us that Sunday's can be superbly exciting and refreshing even though you know tomorrow is Monday and you have to go that boring cycle of obedience again! So, she always abides by the rule because she knows, after all the boring stuff she will get to do HER thing. If there was a place for the queen of archery, she would get it. She's even got these three mischievous, adorable and cool small brothers, who help her in the movie! But as the future holds, her mother drops the bomb of marriage to her. Now this is not going well with Merida, as she is not mentally ready with marriage. So she just rides of into the woods with her horse to clear her head a bit. There she finds an answer, and just to be mean, watch the movie to see what the answer is, because that's where the real fun and message begins.

I am not going more into it. I'll try to keep the review a bit early next time. Personal perspective alert - The songs are awesome!!
This movie will entertain you thoroughly, and keep you at the end of your seats the whole time. You will get some feels to. This movie will teach you that girls have limitations and should do things regardless of their choice most of the time, but you can get past them, you only need the support of your family.
So, if this movie looks like worth your time, then please do watch it. If you have seen it then watch it again!! No harm done right??

This above all- To thine own self be true.

Hey guys! I've written another post. This one is a bit different, it is not about any reviews of movies or books or bands or anything. This is actually an essay on a line mentioned in one the play's of Shakespeare namely, HAMLET. I wrote this essay for an essay competition and I thought that I should publish it in my blog also. So here it is, I hope whoever reads it likes it.

Hamlet 

           THIS ABOVE ALL: TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

“This above all: To thine own self be true”, a line said by Polonius written by Shakespeare in the, now and then, sensational plays of his, Hamlet. Earlier this line had a clear meaning but now, it has been given a different meaning, different people think differently of this line. Now they wonder, what is being “true” mean? Truth be told, it can mean countless things and not one meaning will be lies. This line can mean be true to yourself, be firm on your beliefs, not to be a totally different person in front of others. It can mean no matter how much lies you tell or cheat on others, you should feel satisfied by yourself. It can mean it is okay to be someone else when with people so that you have a respectable image in the society but be what we really are in front of yourself. This essay is not going to tell us what the line means, this essay will barely give us a reflection of what being true can mean, therefore defining the line itself so that we can a buffet of perspectives, or better still, make your own perspective.

Being “true” as in Polonius, or Shakespeare’s view is being someone who can protect it’s own image and be loyal to his interests. Amusingly, Polonius’ “interests” are spying on Hamlet for King Claudius. Which is okay to some extent because if him being true to self means having a loyal image in front of the king then so be it.  As the introduction promised, different perspectives.

We can be true in the sense of standing up for our beliefs and not changing it no matter what the world says, voicing our thoughts to others even after they do not like us. That attitude is respecting by some, we can be respected by people and be singled out, and the thing is, it is not such a bad thing. Think it of not as being strange, but being the start of something new, different, a role model for others, starting something other than normal which people can follow, because no matter how much they deny it, they something other than normal, that is basic human nature, that is the reason we were able to progress, were able to from stone age to industrial age, from foot to sky.

We are be true as in having a presentable image in the society, as in keeping up with fashion, wearing latest clothes, keeping a sharp ear on gossips, being all friendly and polite to everybody, cracking jokes and plastering a smile whenever you are in public, and genuinely having that behaviour even when alone with ourselves. Acceptable, because as Charles Darwin says “It is not the most strongest of species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one which is most adaptable to change”. It is all well and good because it will come naturally to us and you don’t have to force it up and most of all, we don’t have to worry about being announced guilty of living two lives in your only one life.

Even if we are being all polite and behave like a gentleman in front of the world and be displeased with the whole universe and disdainful in front of the mirror. Bearable to some extent, because who does not want to be recognised in the society? No one wants a hateful man as company. Everybody wants to be someone who people can look up to, being set up as an sample for following and most of all, for once having a platform where you can look people looking up at you with their heads arched high, which is only satisfying if enough people are watching. Oh the edginess of being populous! If these kind of people can look at themselves without remorse in front of the mirror, have no doubts about themselves in the back of their minds and can sleep peacefully in the night, however unnatural it may sound they are being them, they are being true to themselves

If we see this as having two different personalities you will say that the one with being disdainful is being true to themselves. But we should not look at it as two different parts, we should look at it as one whole thing, even these kind of men are being to true, because this defines them, acting in the outside world but frustrated with everyone around you, they are being them, this is their cycle of normal and being themselves.

               

The Conclusion, these people may sound completely different from each other but they have one thing in common, they are happy, yeah even the one how hates the universe, he may deny it but he just likes to take out his frustration in the universe, have someone to blame who can’t answer back, that eases the mind a bit. All the kinds of people above are being true to themselves in their own way, they all are acceptable because we have a large population which has diverse thoughts and, therefore we have a diverse society. No one can be accepted fully in this world as whatever you do, you will have someone going against you, being jealous of you, not liking you because that’s the rule of the universe - every coin will have two different sides. Fortunately or unfortunately it is through these opposing forces that we were able to progress up and have a diverse ring of thoughts. But the question still remains, what is the right way of being true to ourselves? Or, what does being true to ourselves really mean? The answer to being true is being happy within yourselves. There is no right way for being true because as the rule goes, no matter what there will be opposing forces so it’s better we don’t try to be fully accepted. Be true to yourself by being happy and not to be accepted fully. When that is done acceptance will surely follow and the true meaning of being ‘true’ would be shown to us all.  

SHAKESPEARE

the characters of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

hey guys!!! I hope you liked my previous review of the book, now I think I should have a disastrous attempt at describing the characters in the book. I hope you like this also!! As you know I don't have a wide vocabulary, but I'll try to describe Augustus and Peter van houten as well as I can!!
so just the names of the characters i am going to write about
ISAAC, AUGUSTUS, HAZEL, PETER VAN HOUTEN



ISAAC

A very memorable and an amazing character in the book, not one of the main character, but treated as one, an amazing friend of Augustus waters (the REAL main character). They both deserved each other, not in the gay point of view, okay? they were best buddies, and Isaac makes this book not just a love story but a sample of friendship to everybody in this universe. so if you tell me to define Isaac in less than five words, Isaac : friend, the real one.
He also was a cancer patient like almost everyone in the book, got both of his eyes taken out in exchange for a cancer free body, yyipe!! You might be thinking oh, man this is so sad!! this should not happen, yeah it is, but he did not feel sad, he is okay with it, he is "happy", but personally the author or god (whoever you want to choose) did him a favor, the author (i chose the author), made him blind and did him a favor because..... He had a girlfriend he loved with all his heart named Monica, she dumped him just before he was loosing his eyes just because "she couldn't handle it", i mean he is getting is getting his eyes out and SHE can't handle it!!!, that is the exact same thing Isaac said and Monica was a bitch i think she would've dumped him with or without his eyes, so the author saved him the pain to see Monica again and just drown in his own grief or worse the pain to see her with somebody else, THAT was the favor the author did to him.
The author did another and the greatest favor ever to Isaac, the author gave Isaac the power to see his best friend alive but even the author is not so mean to make Isaac see his best friend at the house of death, the chance that not many unfortunate souls get, Isaac got it. That means John is giving us the message that there will be grief and unfortunates in your life but there will always be a speck of positive in it, and if you believe enough and seize it, it is more than enough to make you happy!



AUGUSTUS

Augustus "Gus" Waters, that's the name of the exemplar of all the things a girl needs in his boyfriend, it's a bit difficult actually, describing him, we both being boys and all, not my natural ability to describe boys as "handsome" or "hot" or "charming" but he is, no denying it, at least hazel thinks he is (Hazel is the other main character if you wanna know). So Augustus is most amazing boyfriend any girl can ever have!!!! he just sweeps tom cruise and other whatnot celebrities of with is broom!!! he is the really honest with Hazel, and loves her truly, does not expect anything from her, his love is example to both boys and girls around the world but apart from being a lover he is a friend also, and he does not fall back on his duties on either of the things. He just loves his symbolic references, he is the kind of guy who does not make hippe comments on somebody and does not have a pick up line starting with "hey baby". His pickup line is  "It's a metaphor you see, u put the killing thing in your mouth but you don't give it the power to kill it" which seriously made girls and hazel fall for him. In the book Augustus is very humble and "hot", i know perfect combination for a boyfriend right?, he says that HE is lucky to love her, but i think, that Hazel is lucky to have him. You will not get one like him in any life u can ever imagine! The most amazing thing about him being a boyfriend is that he is honest, he is humble, he does not like to show of. He has won Hazel purely on the basis of honesty and his character. That's what it's about people, He is open to Hazel all the times, is not afraid to disagree with her will openly tell his opinions to her, be sarcastic without hurting anybody, knows how to do justice to his friends (read the part where they go to throw eggs on a car, and watch it also, the movie one is better, in my opinion). In the starting lines of the description when i said "charming" i don't mean as he is very attractive looking (though he is), he is charming from the from his behavior, it's that kind of charming where first you see his appearance and be like, 'okay he is attractive, so what?' but when you talk to him you are like 'Dang!, this one is something!' and you have a very high chance for falling for him.



HAZEL

Hazel. Oh Hazel! Fun fact : John Green chose the name Hazel because it is an in-between color and she has also an in-between life. she is in-between health and sickness, in-between adolescence and adulthood, in between drowning and swimming. Believe me, it is very difficult to describe her, just because she is Hazel Grace! In the words of Augustus Waters, "she is funny without being mean", she really is! First you look at her and be like, "oh she's got this long tubes in her nose to help her breathe" not very attractive right? but Hazel grace is not about looks she is about character and charm, she teaches us that looks are not everything, your words and thought also makes a difference (but then Augustus finds her beautiful, he's something right?!)
Hazel is beautiful naturally because she lives a monotonous life (before she met Augutus), she reads "an Imperial Affliction" again and again, watches reruns of america's next top model, and thinks about death a lot, but one day when her mother consults a doctor about her behavior she finds out that Hazel is depressed and is recommended that she goes to a support group, she is reluctant at first but goes anyways just because she wanted to make her parents happy(the same reason she does anything now a days) and then she meets the sensational and charming Augutus Waters! She is a big fan of "an Imperial Affliction" because she thinks that book has something about cancer but is not a cancer book, she thinks that the author has gotten as close to Hazel's condition as anyone will ever get.
When she gets the invite from Peter to visit Amsterdam she starts fan girling so hard that a problem in her lungs arises (okay that was blunt, sorry about that, that was not the reason). Then i think everyone reading the books, including me, freaked out very badly because we know, though we may not have experienced it, that how sad and moronic it to have a shot at fulfilling your dream to meet your favorite author and being stopped at it for a reason as shitty as your lungs. She even cares for Augustus and her loved one greatly, as she initially tries to block her feeling for Augutus and as she think and i quote-"I am a grenade, i'm going to burst one day, and when i do i like to minimize the casualties" Oh hazel, I assure you, you are not a grenade to us. and she is so different from others as others wants to be remembered, they want to "leave a mark in the universe" but she understands that it is of no use and the marks try to leave are often scars, and scars fade away
I think I can't describe her anymore, sorry about it, so guys this is HAZEL GRACE LANCASTER, I hope I described her decently because I don't want to portray an excellent character badly.

PETER VAN HOUTEN

A git. no jokes, at least that's how he is portrayed. At first when the author introduces him and you see how he behaves with Augustus and Hazel you are just like, yup definitely a git, because, first he invites Hazel darling to Amsterdam and makes her really excited and get's her hopes up, even though she get's some emergency with her lungs she still wants to go because it is her lifetime dream! When they went to Amsterdam they had a nice dinner and as it was written on paper Peter payed their bill, so then then their hopes rose a little more! But hey! when they really meet him he says he will not meet him!!! He said that he left America never to meet America and even that invitation was a formality kind of thingy and should not have been taken seriously!!! He is the example of a universal idiot to all of us, I am pretty sure Osama Bin Laden would look like a cuddly toy in front of him and I am certain he'll not be able to walk half a feet without his assistant, Lidewij.
But then at the end of the book there is total sorrow in the atmosphere and everybody's heart, then author hints that even Peter feels pain, and we come to know about his past it just dawn on me that the reason he left America was because of his daughter, he does not like to feel pain, that's why he appears so heartless and and like an idiot, when he saw a girl suffering with the same fate, he remembered his daughter and did not give Hazel his condolences because he knows no amount of sympathy he gives it will never match her pain or even ease it a bit. He even offers to clear the doubts Hazel had about the his famous book "An imperial affliction". So in short, he is an moronic idiot but in the end is a decent guy!
 
   

The fault in our stars - Epitome of Love, Romance and Friendship!

This movie just changes your perception about love, romance, the whole freaking universe, same with other books of John Green (or watch). This movie just made me rethink my decisions about my whole life!!
I am telling you, this movie/book will make you cry and laugh at the same time but you will want to come back for more. So I think I should try to make the review more sophisticated (and most probably fail). In this movie both the characters are directly or indirectly related to cancer, but mind you, it is not a cancer book!

Oh, the optimism, truth and love it has!! :') 

                 

        THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

The movie/book The fault in our stars, is a book about finding true love, "I believe that true love exists, and everyone should have it and it should last as long as your life does" - Isaac. (A character in the book,i'll get back on him in the next post). This book gives us a different perception on love and companionship and even transforms a simple and very common word into a sample of love to us, the magical word being "okay?okay." which is the supplement of saying that they'll always love each other, i know, romantic right? not so much, because at first hazel turns down Augustus because in her point of view - "i am a grenade, and when i burst i would like to minimize the casualties", as she is suffering from stage four lung cancer and naturally her lungs suck at being lungs she can just drop dead at anytime so she just wants to cut out all the relationships and just go to the deathbed peacefully. Oh but that does not happen now, does it?

As Hazel's mother decides that hazel is under depression because Hazel just starts living a repetitive life, reading the same book over and over, watching reruns of 'America's Next Top Model', and thinking about death a lot so her mother goes to their cancer specialist and she advises Hazel to join a support group. Hazel is reluctant at first but she joins eventually just make her parents happy, the only reason she does anything now a days.

Now read carefully my friends, because one day  as Hazel has just lost interest in the support group as it is not helping her in any way, she decides to not go one day but her mother sends her anyways. There she meets (THANK HER STARS) a boy named Augustus Waters, he is a charismatic, good looking guy who loves his symbolic references. At first hazel just sees him as a nobody, who is staring at her, just because she is beautiful, so romantic! After the group is over for the day, they just have a short conversation on what each other's names are and would she like to watch a movie in his house, really he asks her out irrespective of the fact that they have just officially met.

At first Hazel, of course, refuses because she has the sense to see Augustus Waters to see as an ax murderer. But Augustus Waters just takes out his trick to pick on girls (not really, he is a natural at those things. He does not need tacky things as pick up lines) that is, he just takes a cigarette and puts it in his mouth. "Seriously? you think this is cool or something? You just ruined the whole deal, you have cancer and you give money to a company to give you more cancer" Hazel says, but Augustus just impresses her by saying "it's a metaphor you see?, You just put the killing thing in your mouth but you don't give it the power to kill it" and Hazel's thinking that he is an ax murdered goes out the window and they just go to his house to watch the movie where they also exchange their favorite novels and after some time Augustus starts loving "The Imperial Affliction" and hazel adores "The Prince of Dawn"and the adventures of max mayhem!!

So fast forwarding it a bit, hazel was just trying for years to get a reply from the author of her favorite book "An imperial affliction" - Peter Van Houten but is not able to do so. But Augustus does some research and finds about the personal assistant of Peter named Lidewij Vligenthart and he gets a reply and after reading her the email and gives her the address and Hazel to writes to Peter to know all about the characters of the book and he invites them to Amsterdam because that's where he lives. As Hazel is overwhelmed as she just didn't get a reply but a formal and official invite to meet her all time favorite author!!When she tells her mother this the realization just hits her that she can't go because her parents can't afford it, and she even used her wish cancer kids gets who are seriously sick. When Augustus comes to know that he get's really shocked at the fact that her crush has used her dying wish to go to Disney land!!(she was thirteen). So he decides to use HIS wish and go to Amsterdam and take hazel with her!!! oh, the love gus has! At first hazel gets serious pain in her lungs as she can't breathe because water filled in them (thanks to the cancer!). So because of that the doctors says that she can't do air travel with her present condition (stupid doctors) and then everyone is really really sad, even the readers, as hazel can't go to Amsterdam to complete her lifetime dream (they go anyways)

When they finally meet Peter, they realize that he really didn't want to meet to him, his invite was just formal and should not be taken seriously. believe me, he was the example of a universal git and no one argued upon it, but in the end he turns out to be the Snape of TFIOS just much less likeable. Anyways, they make him talk about just one character, that too a pet, after so much coaxing and shouting, after that, they get to frustrated because he is being a moron and they leave him alone. When they are going back to the hotel Peter's assistant apologizes for him and takes them to Anne Franks's house where they have a great time (the readers know what i mean).

When they come back, something happens, something very unexpected, we did not want that to happen, now this is for the ones who have not read the story, this part would be unexpected, this would hit you worse than a cannon ball, it would probably secure a place in your heart which will hurt badly but u will want to keep it. So yeah, I recommend you to read it, the above I wrote is just the first half and a brief description of how the book is. No promises, but when i read this book it changed my perception about love, faith and friendship and after you read this book of John green there is a chance you hate him but you will yearn for more. I hope you like the book review, if you didn't, I recommend you to read it anyways! and after this book, you should read his other books also!  

The beautiful, mind blowing, everlasting pick up line of Augustus
All hail Augutus "Gus" Waters

  
 

SHERLOCK

                     

                                                         SHERLOCK

Sherlock Holmes, is being mixed with the modern era of technology! this is directed by Steven Moffat, amazing person i am telling you, if someone just creates the most amazing show ever he deserves to be called that!!! and Sherlock and Watson are are played by Benedict Cumberbatch and martin freeman respectively (Google them, they fit perfectly in their roles!!).
This show will give you an experience how the Sherlock of the Sir author Conan Doyle would survive in the modern world of technology!! The greatest mix ever created, a character of 1800's mixed with today's modern era!!! So whenever the first timers see that show you are like, 'Daaaaamn, this is great!!! gonna download all the episodes and finish it one night!!! Now here's the catch, they actually finish in one night!
I was going happily to my computer to download all the episodes I can, and when the download was finished, I saw that there were only 3 episodes in one season!!! I could totally imagine my torrent being all "HAHA, NOOB" at me. How could they do that to anybody? Isn't this an international crime? Most of the shows are like "see here's 5 seasons of a show and we will give you at least 25 shows, and if you are supportive the numbers can go up"
and then there's Sherlock's team, "LOL, NO!!!, we don't care if you are ready to die for it, we are gonna make 3 episodes per year, so suffer in agony bitches!!!!
I had some pretty decent nightmares after watching the show. (the good ones, not the bad ones) About Steven Moffat hatching plans and all

Benedict Cumberbatch

So i guess that's it, I hope you liked it, and as I said in the whole review, a must watch, great series, the cast knows it's characters. in my opinion, that show is the definition of amazing.
But then again there's this point to consider, they are making masterpieces now if they make more episodes will they be masterpieces because now they are paying attention to detail, script and character indulgence if they make more episodes per season will they be masterpieces? These stories can be viewed as three movies every season as they are one and a half hour long, so that's a decent thing right?

Martin Freeman (Watson)