30th September 2007 Sunday

Just watched this brilliant movie - "Bridge to Terabithia" on a VCD that I rented some time ago. This movie doesn't have much actions and lovey dovey stuff and hence I guess most people might rate it just average or below average in face of the lovey dovey and action movies that are dominating the screens these days. But I found it absolutely brilliant. The movie talks about an average schoolboy, neglected at home and bullied in school and how he came to face and overcome his problems with the aid of a new transferred student who eventually became his best friend. It described how they built a world of their own out of their imagination and naming that world Terabithia. I guess what makes this movie amazing is the fact that there wasn't any fantasy stuff about it and everything fantasy were just fragments of the imaginations of the two children. That keeps the whole movie close to reality, which really brings it closer to the heart. And I love the way they make the movie roll out with nothing spectacular but the acting skills of the two young leads. Loved some of the quotes inside and my favourite are these - "You have to believe it and you hate it. I don't have to believe it and I think it is beautiful", "I seriously do not think God goes around damning people to hell. He is too busy running all these (refers to the world around us)". I seriously finds those quotes close to my heart because that would be what I would say myself under the same circumstances. Don't you find that sometimes when you are forced to believe something, even something beautiful, the beauty diminshes because of the fact that you were forced to? Beliefs should never be forced. Oh and I have to mention that the ending theme song for the show was brilliant and the lyrics really suited the theme of the show. Beautiful song by Miley Cyrus.

I Learned from You

Sometimes I couldn't hear
What you tried to tell me
I thought that I knew all I need to know
I didn't realize that somewhere inside me
I knew you were right
ButI couldn't say so
I can take care of myself
Yeah you taught me well

I learned from you that I do not crumble
I learned that strength is something you choose
All of the reasons to keep on believing
That's not a question
That's a lesson
I learned from you

And you know where to find
All of my hiding places
And there are no secrets from you I can keep
You let me know how you feel
Pulling no punches
And I never knew that kind of honesty
I'm grateful for all of the times
You opened my eyes

I learned from you that I do not crumble
I learned that strength is something you choose
All of the reasons to keep on believing
That's not a question
That's a lesson
I learned from you

You helped me to stand on my own
And I thank you for that
It saved me
It made me
And now that I'm looking back
I can say (oooh~)

I learned from you that I do not crumble
I learned that strength is something you choose
All of the reasons to keep on believing
That's not a question
That's a lesson
I learned from...

I learned from you that I do not crumble
I learned that strength is something you choose
All of the reasons to keep on believing
That's not a question
That's a lesson
I learned from you

And to end, a couple of pictures from the movie......