Last weekend i had the oppurtunity to watch a couple of movies. It's been a while since i have just lazed around and watched movies. I normally associate weekends with going outdoors and doing something.

Having no predefined list of movies or preference, i just used imdb and oviguide to try and select what movie to watch. Of course it had to be pertinent to my mood. Early morning meant a subtle movie..then an action and so on.....

One movie that stood out from all that i watched was "Becoming Jane " a movie on Jane Austen. Now i've never read her books and the closest i've come to her work would be Movies made based on her books!(Hey! that was what TV was made for!!!), meaning i came into this movie without any sort of bias.

I guess one of the major reasons why i enjoyed this movie so much was because it did two important things that i believe is what movies are meant for. Firstly, it did a very good job of transporting the viewer to a different era altogether. Thats what a good movie should do, take you out a bit from the world or reality you are in. Secondly, having done that it was still very realistic.

The movie is based on Jane Austen's life and how she subsequently became a great novelist. It gives a very good insight into the challenges she faced and how that shaped her. A glimpse basically of society and the world that was then.

Thats basically the reason why some of my favorite movies are the "Epic" ones. Movies like 300, Rudy, Remember the Titans, Braveheart, Apollo 13 etc to name a few.

I do enjoy movies such as the Departed or Superbad, but i view them more as a reflection of times.

On a side note, i'm glad to be back at blogging, maybe watching the movie has inspired me to write again!!