Pretty Woman

Back to back movie reviews- must be the holiday mood. well just that I watched this movie "Pretty woman" today. Out of curiosity by the name and as I was in mood to watch something light today. Turned out that the story indeed had a substance, it revolves around the notions we have woven as a whole in the name of righteousness and wrong, how often we tend to judge people, way out of our job or think area, people we can never understand or relate to, the hardships they bear, the brave fronts they might have kept to, how often knowingly unknowingly we take pride and joy in denigrating the reputation of others to soil just to satisfy that so called societal inculcated germ of self appreciation and deeply cultivated narcissism in us.
     
              Well lets stop the reminiscences for time being and focus on the movie.Well this movie is woven around "Vivian" played by the best actress ever "Julia Roberts", who can fill jaan/essence in any character she plays so to speak. She has that inherent grace and charm that captivates you. So Vivian is a hooker  seemingly carefree, outspoken, though very  much concerned and managed like any other human being on earth and so very alive, lively almost as a fresh breeze through first raindrops- way more pious and regale than any other example you have ever imagined. Yet in a character and role just the complete opposite of regalia. Mr Loius apparantly a very rich guy,  somehow bumps into Vivian and gets intrigued by Vivian and makes her a business offer to spend a week with him. Within that week the similarity in the kind of struggles all around, no matter what profession you are in, emerges.

         I could never think of hooker's life, in any other context than deep pain and torment and childhood abuses till a few hours before but now it seems to me to be altogether a different perspective. How very related are all the parallel lifeforms, I wonder who can depict such a sensitive issue in such a subtle and beautiful manner that it really creates a mark. I donno about the fairy tale, or end it meets but ya somehow we all listen to fairytales in the childhood, imagining all the wonderful things happening to us. Then as we grow up, the process itself demands us to shun any such "stupid" notion and come to accept realities, what exactly reality is - I can't figure out till date. But lets not dwell in that. I doubt somehow we have made a vicious loop of this said cruel harsh realities of unforgiving world, we pump it into young minds as a deep contrast to anything beautiful , live our life trying to understand the contrast and finding/imagining it everywhere and savagely pump this notion in coming generations to save them from this unknown monstar as if that way they will be better prepared to face something which is just a figment of our imagination. It seems to be a collective stupidity nothing else. Well in the movie when vivian says "Somehow its pretty easier to believe the wrong remarks than appreciations" about us, it seems the trap we are lingering on forever. We build ourself according to what people think of us to be, more often than not.

        Well this is a real good movie, definitely a must watch and ofcourse
one which leaves you with something to ponder on and smile simultaneously.
Maybe fairy tales are not real but why are they there at the first place then....donno since, no matter what, they are always so beautiful and captivating that listening to them is single greatest joy and meaning of life.........