The Spectacular Now

To say that The Spectacular Now is one of the best movies of 2013 won't be an overstatement at all  ... :-)
Though 500 Days of Summer didn't leave that strong an impression on me, this time around, the makers of these movies certainly wowed me!
Before i go any further, i must warn you guys that this not a Notting Hill or 300 kinda movie.. It's a movie that you need to see alone/ with your lady love ( provided she has patience for such movies! ;) ) on a sunday afternoon, with nothing else to do..... If these criteria are not met, you certainly are in serious danger of missing the point/ getting bored / banging your head on the nearest wall / vowing to kill me for recommending this movie! Or even all of the above! :) however in case you have fulfilled the criteria and you keep an open mind and (a patient one too) you shall certainly  be "hit like a bullet straight to the heart", as one of the critics describes this movie!
The story is about Sutter, a good guy, who has several emotional insecurities deep within him.. And as a result is a constant underachiever....
He concentrates his consciousness and his thoughts chiefly on others, so that he doesn't have to deal with his confidence crisis...
However, he happens to meet a girl Amie, who is supposedly 'uncool' ( as all the intelligent and artistic school kids are labelled )....
Being a good guy at heart, he could totally identify with her on emotional level and likes to be in her company...
As in any healthy relationship, good points of  both the partners rub on to each other.... Amie learns to enjoy her life and love herself... While Sutter with Amie's loving support ... Comes to terms with his own insecurities and starts actively working for a better future!!
Now, the lead actors in this movie may not be so cute as Hugh Grant or Drew Barrymore, some might call them even okayish, but that is what the makers ar trying to convey!!
Today, we pick our life partner largely on the basis of external appearnces rather than looking for internal purity.... The overwhelming criteria of majority of us guys are -
-is she strikingly beautiful??
- is she cool in dressing up and partying and has a  cool looking social circle??
If yes marry her!!!
Sutter too had a similar kinda girl friend in past which matched him externally ... The couple Looked envious to others... 
but what good was his gf's sexiness when she utterly failed to understand his inner self, his overwhelming insecurities which made him lose the  very desire to succeed and to have a better future... To progress!!
But his 'okayish' looking gf Amie, supports him , encourages him to face his inner demons and to kick them out pf his psyche!! And to have a great life together!!
This is wha one must yearn for in one's love / life partner/ gf ... And this is what the movie is all about!
In today's materialistic world, under the barrage of marketing canpaigns and materialistic and superficial comparisons that.have become so rampant in our social circles, we find ourselves in the race of who has the sexiest looking wife/ gf; the coolest phones; the coolest cars/ the most expensive marriages.....

The characters are deliberately made to look routine ... making the movie
 that much more believable.. realistic.. 

But living life is after the competition when the party is over and you return home, when you have an emotional or a family crisis, when tragedy strikes....
Life is but in the smller things like making a cup of adrak wali chai that your wife loves so much, in watching a romantic movie with your wife resting her head on your chest and you running your fingers through her long hair...
When after a very tough day at work, she instantly understands from the look on your face or your voice on the phone , that something's wrong....
Life's in enjoying the beauty of nature / countryside together holding each other's hand and on a bicycle rather than zooming in your million dollar ferrari with a gf who is more worried about getting her make up all messed up or her pedicjred hands dirty... And you worrying about your investments ... While you miss the beautiful French countryside that is zipping.past you outside the pricey car!!
That is what this movie is about... To remind us that the inner beauty, complete affectiom and understanding  between each other is what you ahould look for in life .... And your soul mate... :-)

Absolutely true!

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