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Movie Review: Uri

It is troubling to see how easy it can be to dupe people into watching propaganda. Stick a pretty face onto the project, add in lots of scenes for maximum emotional impact. Some basic cliches about nationalism, some nonsense about one's blood boiling for one's country, orphaning kids in the course of war, and somehow managing to blame the other army for it. All nuance is immediately lost. Otherwise discerning people completely forget that violence isn't condoned in civil society. Simply because it's perpetrated on "terrorists" of a different nationality, all is justified. Our brave soldiers versus their barbarian hordes, over and over again. I'm all for necessary violence, to be sort of honest. But I've always felt that it should be through the neutral, detached, dispersal of justice rather than blind-rage fueled revenge fantasies. That's how people lose perspective. That's how you start thinking about the people who live down the road,...

Ashes of Winter: Silver Sands

ഓർമ്മകളിൽനിà´¨്à´¨ു à´®ാà´¤്à´°ം പറയുà´¨്à´¨ കഥകളിൽ പലപ്à´ªോà´´ും à´ªിà´¶à´•ുകൾ à´•ാà´£ും. ആരോ à´µേà´±െ ആരോà´Ÿോ പറഞ്à´žà´¤് അവർ à´Žà´¨്à´¨ോà´Ÿ്... à´ˆ à´°ീà´¤ിà´¯ിൽ à´žാൻ പണ്à´Ÿ് à´•േà´Ÿ്à´Ÿ à´’à´°ു à´¸ിà´¨ിമയെà´•്à´•ുà´±ിà´š്à´šുà´³്à´³ à´…à´­ിà´ª്à´°ാà´¯ം. à´•െ à´ªി à´Ž à´¸ി ലളിതയുà´Ÿെ à´šെà´±ുà´ª്പകാലത്à´¤െ à´¸ിà´¨ിമയാà´£ിà´¤് - à´¤ീർച്à´šà´¯ാà´¯ിà´Ÿ്à´Ÿും à´¬്à´²ാà´•്à´•് ആൻഡ് à´µൈà´±്à´±്. പക്à´·െ à´…à´¤ിà´¨്à´±െ à´ªേà´°ോ, à´…à´¤ിà´¨െ à´•ുà´±ിà´š്à´š് à´µേà´±െ à´’à´¨്à´¨ുà´®ോ à´Žà´¨ിà´•്à´•à´±ിà´¯ിà´²്à´². à´¸ിà´¨ിമയിൽ à´•െ à´ªി à´Ž à´¸ി ലളിà´¤ വർണ്à´£ിà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ à´•à´¥ാà´ªാà´¤്à´°à´¤്à´¤ിà´¨െ അവരുà´Ÿെ ഭർത്à´¤ാà´µുà´ªേà´•്à´·ിà´•്à´•ുà´•à´¯ും, à´¸ിà´¨ിമയുà´Ÿെ അവസാനമാà´•ുà´®്à´ªോൾ à´¤ിà´°ിà´š്à´šുവരിà´•à´¯ുംà´šെà´¯്à´¯ുà´¨്à´¨ു. à´…à´¯ാà´³െ വർഷങ്ങൾക്à´•് à´¶േà´·ം à´•ാà´£ുà´¨്à´¨ à´­ാà´°്à´¯ à´’à´¨്à´¨ും à´®ിà´£്à´Ÿിà´¯ിà´²്à´², à´•à´°à´ž്à´žിà´²്à´², à´¦േà´·്യപ്à´ªെà´Ÿ്à´Ÿിà´²്à´² à´Žà´¨്നതിൽ à´¸ിà´¨ിà´® à´•à´£്à´Ÿ à´’à´°ാൾ à´…à´¤ിà´¶à´¯ിà´•്à´•ുà´•à´¯ാà´¯്. ഇത്à´°à´¯ും à´¸്à´¤്à´°ീകൾ à´…à´Ÿിà´š്ചമർത്തപ്à´ªെà´Ÿ്à´Ÿ à´’à´°ു à´¨ാà´Ÿാണല്à´²ോ നമ്à´®ുà´Ÿേà´¤്; à´’à´°ു à´¸്à´¤്à´°ീà´•്à´•് à´’à´°ു തരിà´ªോà´²ും à´…വരുà´Ÿെ à´µിà´•ാà´°à´™്ങൾ à´ª്à´°à´•à´Ÿിà´ª്à´ªിà´•്à´•ാൻ à´¸ാà´§ിà´•്à´•ാà´¤െ വരുà´¨്നല്à´²ോ, à´Žà´¨്à´¨് ഇയാൾ à´…à´­ിà´ª്à´°ായപ്à´ªെà´Ÿുà´•à´¯ാà´¯ിà´°ുà´¨്à´¨ു. നമ്à´®ുà´Ÿെ à´®ാà´§്യമത്à´¤െ à´µിമർശനബുà´¦്à´§ിà´¯ോà´Ÿെ à´¨ോà´•്à´•ുà´¨്നതിൽ à´Žà´¨ിà´•്à´•ുà´£്à´Ÿാà´¯ിà´°ുà´¨്à´¨ ആദ്യത്à´¤െ à´…à´¨ുഭവമാà´¯ിà´°ുà´¨്à´¨ു ഇത്. à´…à´¨്à´¨ാà´¸ിà´¨ിà´® à´žാൻ à´•ാà´£ുà´•à´¯ാà´¯ിà´°ുà´¨്à´¨െà´™്à´•ിൽ à´•à´£്à´Ÿà´¤് à´šിà´¨്തയിà´²്à´²ാà´¤െ à´žാൻ ഉൾകൊà´³്à´³ുà´®ാà´¯ിà´°ുà´¨്à´¨ു. ഇന്à´¨് à´žാൻ à´•ാà´£ുà´¨്à´¨ à´®ാà´§്യമത്à´¤ിà´¨് പക്à´·െ à´…à´¤്à´° à´Žà´³ു...

Reveries V

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Mandaarame - Ohm Shanthi Oshaana Sometimes you come home to find that someone has gone and ruined every single thing for you. And then they've run away, and won't take responsibility, and take to hiding behind little girls. What do you do? How do you recoup losses, or replace damaged property? This song doesn't provide any answers in that department, if that's what you're wondering. It's just an adorable, upbeat song that shouldn't hurt to listen to, but does. The movie itself, Om Shanthi Oshana , is unique for me in that I've probably watched it like 20 times since 2015. When do I ever watch a movie (that isn't Marvel related) more than once, let alone a Malayalam movie? Since Nazriya Nazim, is when. Okay, that's not entirely true - Nivin Pauly is the big draw for me here. (On an unrelated note, does Tovino Thomas look Spanish or something? Asking for a friend.) But what is most important about this film is that it showcases a crush f...

Reveries I

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Soon this will feel like a distant dream.  Until then, may you rest in a deep and dreamless slumber. - Elise, Westworld 2016 and 2017. Two life changing years for me - two years in which growing up has taken on so much more meaning. Even now, I can practically feel  my brain forcing my personality to change, and my perspectives to shift. In the one sense, these two years have been one fucking awful thing after the next. In the other sense, these are the best two years to have happened to me.  I'm supposed to avoid emotional rollercoasters, but that becomes a little difficult when you consistently wake up from nightmares in tears. These nightmares have little to do with my conscious mind or daily life. And yet, I'd spend the entire day smiling and chilling and generally being productive, only to face the nightmares at night. The very wide gap between what my conscious mind is doing, and what my unconscious mind is doing is rather unnerving.  And yet, "reco...