August Rush - a must-watch for music lovers!

Back to talk about another movie... lol! Some movies strike a chord in us, and I just have to write about them... anyways, it is better than some of my other melancholic writings on this blog... lol!

August Rush is an awesome movie with great music... the music combines the older styles with the modern styles and comes out to be totally soulful... The "Moondance" track was absolutely breathtaking... and the picturisation was amazing too... Sitting on the top of a building, meeting a nice guy and having him sing a song for you... with this haunting music in the background... is that not simply "out-of-the-world" kind of romantic? The other track "Something inside" and "This time" were captivating too. Apart from the music, I was totally enthralled by the voice and the accent with which they are rendered... totally delightful! "Raise It Up" was a really soulful rendition... The duelling of guitars by the father-son duo was so very innovative (maybe it is not... I have not followed the history of how a guitar is played.... whatever the case, this was beautiful) And the final rhapsody... I have no words to describe it... genuinely mesmerising!

The music aside.... the storyline of the movie, performances, conversations... undeniably terrific! Be it the defiance in the eyes of Freddie when he confronts the bullies at the boy's home that he believes he would meet his parents... the total sense of loss and helplessness in Keri's eyes when she finds that her son is alive and she has no idea where he is... the carefree, adorable, gripping character of Jonathan... or the villainous, repulsive character of Robbie... each and every single actor has given his best! Serendipity and sentimentality are two pillars on which the movie stands... and both hold it up well... I was totally bowled over by the movie...

As they say in the movie, music is ubiquitous, everywhere... you just have to listen! We should try to listen to the sounds, rather than just hear to them... and we should just try to follow our heart, never lose hope... a great movie with a good message, with music that leaves us spellbound... what more can we want from a movie... Absolutely loved it!

Enchanted... the real world meets the fairy-tale world!

"Enchanted" is a breath of fresh air. The movie is cheesy, with lots of music. If you are one of those people who hate cheesy movies, it is definitely not for you! I personally loved the movie. It is not real... totally fake! But well, who cares... it was fun!


Amy Adams as Giselle has done justice to her role... she is pretty and innocent, and her transformation from a fairy tale imaginary being to the real world person is well portrayed. Patrick Dempsey as Robert Philip, a father whose wife has run away, who has lost his belief in fairy tales, is credible and handsome... well, the Grey's Anatomy star just gets better with age, huh? ;)


James Marsden has nothing much to do in the movie other than being cute, cheesy and funny... he manages to deliver that with perfection! This photo just proves it... ;)

The other actors are great too... Idina Menzel as Nancy, the girl whom Patrick wants to marry till he finds Amy; Susan Sarandon as the evil queen; Timothy Spall as Nathaniel, the only character with shades of gray... all the actors and the movie as a whole is lovable!

The movie had a great song which I found totally adorable... "That's How You Know..." is totally overboard, but delightful nevertheless! I was almost ready to start singing and dancing with Giselle! lol... totally out of character for me, but well... I've started appreciating art more these days! I really want to attend a live musical or a concert one of these days ;)

Anyways, the movie also had some food for thought... would you be Giselle, who prefers coming to the real world to a fairy-tale existence... or would you choose to be Nancy, who prefers going to the fairy-tale world to the real one? Maybe, it is true that grass is always greener on the other side? ;) But, I guess it does not matter much as long as you are with the person you love and he loves you too... cheesy? of course! hehe... practically speaking though, I would say we need to have at least some bit of a fairy-tale in our monotonous life... it adds on a touch of magic, change, optimism? And it just makes it better! :)