The Other Side of the Tracks (2008)

Spoiler alert!

Just watched this movie an hour back and I have to say that it is seriously underrated. It's not just a tragic love story; there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. The summary beside the trailer says : A depressed young man struggles to move on and escape haunting memories of his girlfriend, killed ten years ago in a train accident.

I figured out after watching it that the ghost of the man hangs in the fine line between life and death. In other words, he's in a coma. While in this comatose stage, he's visited by his best friend and highschool sweetheart, both of whom are also ghosts. His best friend encourages him to move on in life while his girlfriend pleads for him to join her in the afterlife. Not much happens throughout the film but things get pretty exciting towards the end.

We find out that that he's been lying in a hospital bed for a decade after surviving a car-train collision which killed both his friends. He never wakes up because he dies before he can. His late mother had plans for him but one major accident can not only destroy lives but can also wipe out all hopes for the future.

It makes you ponder over how futile life really is. Even the fact that Brendan Fehr's in it doesnt make the movie less depressing.

Top 5 Convincing Psychopaths in Films

1. Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)

The Movie
An ambitious FBI agent enlists the aid of a criminally insane ex-psychiatrist to help track down a vicious serial killer.
About him
A brilliant, genius psychologist and a vicious murderer at the same time.










2. Jack Torrance (The Shining)

The Movie
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.
About him
Jack is an extremely sympathetic character. His power as a protagonist lies in his deep desire, and great potential, to be a good person – a good father, a good husband, and a good writer. Yet, he's a tragic figure with very specific demons, namely his temper and the memory of his abusive father.


3. Michael Myers (Halloween)

The Movie
A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood escapes on a mindless rampage while his doctor chases him through the streets.
About him
A common characterization is that Michael Myers is evil. John Carpenter has described the character as "almost a supernatural force - a force of nature. An evil force that's loose," a force that is "unkillable".Professor Nicholas Rogers elaborates, "Myers is depicted as a mythic, elusive bogeyman, one of superhuman strength who cannot be killed by bullets, stab wounds, or fire."







4. Norman Bates (Psycho)

The Movie
A young woman steals $40,000 from her employer's client, and subsequently encounters a young motel proprietor too long under the domination of his mother.
About him
His character, suffering from severe mental illness as a result of years of abuse from his mother, appears normal to everyone else, as he presents himself as a humble business owner and son. His multiple personalities and deranged relationship with his mother lead him to kill anyone who threatens his mother’s wishes.






5. The Joker (Batman: The Dark Knight)

The Movie
Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.
About him
Its the insatiable lust for chaos and destruction that makes The Joker so scary. He is flesh and blood, he is not immortal, but it is his disregard and denial of such petty constraints that truly make him terrifying. In one pivotal scene, The Joker quietly but vehemently urges Batman to run him down with the Batpod, a collision that would surely kill The Joker. It is not his own survival that The Joker considers, but the assertion of chaos. To get Batman to break his one rule – to never resort to killing – would be The Joker’s ultimate victory.

What 2012 Means To You

EXAMPLE
Your Birthday is October 10th and the year is 2012
13 December 2011 = 13 + 12+ 2011 = 1+3+1+2+4= 2
Hence your Personal Number is 2

What Each Personal Year Number Means:

1 Personal Year
New beginnings, new ideas, increased vitality

A 1 personal year brings new beginnings and new ideas. It is a time to launch new projects, conceive new businesses, embark on new relationships. You may find that things that have been important in the last decade or so lose their importance now as new ideas take their place. In a 1 personal year, you are setting the stage for the next nine years of your life. This is not a time to sit back and wait for things to happen. You will have the opportunity to start making things happen. The things that you do and dream this year contain the seeds for the plants that will grow over the next nine years. A personal 1 year also often brings increased physical vitality.

2 Personal Year
Cooperation, Continuation, Nurturing, Development

A 2 personal year can be frustrating after the intense energy and excitement of a 1 year. This is the year that seeds start to grow – the projects and relationships you've begun require nurturing and patience. This is a year to keep plugging away, slowly and steadily, while you continue to build on your dreams. In a 2 personal year, the focus may be on relationships of all kinds as well. It's not uncommon for new relationships to start and old ones to end during this personal year.

3 Personal Year
Expansion, Successes, Blossoming

In a 3 year, you'll begin to see the fruits of your labor. The 3 year is a social year full of excitement and creativity. You may find yourself involved in a whirl of activities, social, business and romantic. Your enthusiasm is contagious this year, and others will be drawn to you by it. Successes seem to fall into your lap in every area of your life, and opportunities to expand your circles will abound. The biggest issue you may face in a 3 personal year is an overabundance of opportunities. Keeping your focus may be difficult when there is so much to choose from. The 3 personal year many times can result in a person feeling as though they are having to deal with everyone else's problems, yet are feeling as though they have little time to focus on their own. It's important that the focus go toward the self first, and then if energy and time is left over to bring the attention to others.

4 Personal Year
Foundation, Maintenance, Responsibility

4 is the number of the Square, the four-sided figure that provides a strong foundation for building. A 4 year may seem dull and restrictive, but it's the time when you are cementing your foundations and solidifying everything you've accomplished in the past three years. This is the year that you will become aware of the responsibilities and work required to maintain the momentum needed to build your dreams. A 4 year is an ideal year to take a close look at your finances and physical needs and do what you have to ensure that your needs are met.

5 Personal Year
Independence, Freedom, Personal Rewards, Change

The 5 is the most sensual and creative of all numbers. It is also the most self-indulgent. A 5 year offers rewards that grow from your efforts of the past four years – or deviate wildly from them. Opportunities for travel, enrichment and excitement will often come your way in a 5 personal year. This is a great year to launch yourself from last year's foundation. If you built a solid foundation in the past year, you'll find that this year brings rich rewards.
If, however, a solid foundation was not built you may find yourself unintentionally swept away in the chaos of sudden and/or unexpected change and you may have little to no control over it. Thus, the hard work of the four year is extremely important to ensure that the five year is a year of joy, fun, and pleasure.

6 Personal Year
Love, Family, Responsibility, and Home

Romance, family and friends take on a great deal of importance in a 6 year. You'll find the focus on domestic matters, and love interests are often highlighted during a 6 years. This is the year that many people meet their soul mate (or life mate), and friends that you make during a 6 year will often be friends for life. This is also a year where responsibility comes into focus. You may pick up new responsibilities or you may find yourself completing and letting go of old ones. Chances are both will be occurring in some form or another.

7 Personal Year
Reflection, Spirituality and Self-analysis

During a 7 year, the focus often turns to the inside. Self-reflection and refinement grow in importance. Many people find themselves questioning the purpose of their lives, and turning toward spirituality. A 7 year is a good time to spend time alone, getting in touch with what really matters and how to accomplish it.

8 Personal Year
Health, Wealth and Attraction

The 8 is a double 4, and in an 8 year you could feel a bit stodgy and bound by responsibility. On the other hand, you'll also often find that your foundation and building of the past seven years has borne an abundance of fruit and it is easy to attract all the things that you want. After the personal reflection of last year, however, you may be starting to feel as if it just isn't enough. As the 8 year continues, you may find yourself feeling restless and ready to move on to something new. Be careful of conflict during this year, as power struggles are not only possible, but very likely. It's important, this year, to learn when to "fight" and when to "just let it go." These decisions will largely impact if and when you end up reaping the previously mentioned rewards.

9 Personal Year
Completion, Resolution, End of an Era

The 9 personal year brings you to the end of a personal cycle and invites you to take stock of where you are and where you want to go. This is the year that you'll be resolving many of the experiences and issues of the past in preparation for beginning the cycle anew. This can be an unsettling time, where you feel as if you've outgrown your life, but haven't quite released your responsibilities and ties to the past yet.

5 Vampire Films Way Better Than Twilight

1. The Lost Boys

Recently divorced Lucy packs up her belongings and, along with teenaged sons Michael and Sam, moves in with her eccentric father, who lives in the Northern California town of Santa Cruz. Rumored to be the "Murder Capital of the World," the town is dominated by an old amusement park. Michael, the older of the boys, becomes infatuated with a beautiful girl who introduces him to a strange gang of teen bikers led by David. As it turns out, the teens are vampires and Michael becomes one of them.

2. Salem's Lot (1979)

Salem’s Lot is loosely based on the great Stephen King novel of the same title. Salem’s Lot is a town which a new member, Mr. Straker, has taken as his new “home”, and has a mysterious partner, namely Mr. Barlow. Not too long after Straker arrives in Salem’s Lot, people start disappearing from sight and dying from odd causes. No one is sure why, including Ben Mears who is in town to write a new book on the town’s rumored haunted house, which hides a terrible secret.

3. Let The Right One In

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other peoples blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive?

4. Near Dark
 

Caleb, a restless young man from a small farm town, meets an alluring drifter named Mae. She reveals herself to be a vampire, who "turns" Caleb into one of her kind rather than kill him. But the rest of her "family" is slow to accept the newcomer. The ancient leader, Jesse, and his psychotic henchman Severen lay down the law; Caleb has to carry his own weight or die. However, he can't bring himself to kill. He manages to win the gang's approval when he rescues them from certain death in a daytime gunfight during a spectacular motel shoot-out in which every bullet hole lets in a deadly ray of sunlight. When the vampires threaten Caleb's real family, he's forced to choose between life and death.

5. Jennifer's Body

A horror film with a wicked sense of humor, Jennifer's Body is about small town high school student Jennifer, who is possessed by a hungry demon. She transitions from being "high school evil" - gorgeous, stuck up and ultra-attitudinal - to the real deal: evil/evil. The glittering beauty becomes a pale and sickly creature jonesing for a meaty snack, and guys who never stood a chance with her, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Jennifer's lifelong best friend Needy, long relegated to living in Jennifer's shadow, must step-up to protect the town's young men.

Lilith

According to Jewish Mythology,
When God created Adam, he was lonely, so God created Lilith from the same dust from which Adam was molded. But they quarrelled; Adam wished to rule over Lilith. But Lilith was also proud and willful, claiming equality with Adam because she was created from the same dust. She left Adam and fled the Garden. God sent three angels in pursuit of Lilith. They caught her and ordered her to return to Adam. She refused and swore that she'd weaken infants. The angels overpowered her, and she promised that if the mother hung an amulet over the baby bearing the names of the three angels, she would stay away from that home. So they let her go, and God created Eve to be Adam's mate [created from Adam's rib, so that she couldn't claim equality]. And ever since, Lilith flies around the world, howling her hatred of mankind through the night, and vowing vengeance because of the shabby treatment she had received from Adam.

In Astrology
A little-known element in astrology charts, Lilith is known as the "Dark Moon" and, as such, represents our "dark" or hidden emotional selves. Lilith's placement in the chart is especially important to women, and represents the power of the original woman. In a man's chart, Lilith's placement will reveal the hidden power struggles or other issues he may have, resolved or unresolved, with the women in his life.

North Node in Sagittarius

The theory behind the Nodes of the Moon suggests that we all come into this world with some underdeveloped and overdeveloped aspects of our character. The Nodes of the Moon point us to these specific qualities: the South Node suggests our overdeveloped character traits that are easy for us to fall back on, but that may undermine our lives if we hold on to these traits for security; while the North Node suggests the qualities that we need to develop in order to find inner balance.

 For those who had their North Node in Sagittarius and South Node in Gemini at birth (like me) should be affected the most during this time. The reason for this is that the North and South Node made their move into Sagittarius and Gemini on March 3, 2011 until August 29, 2012.

What we should strive to do at this time:

• Approach life as and adventure and take risks more often in pretty much everything you do. Don't overthink decisions.
• Move away from concerns about the day to day distractions of relationships and let go of superficial and fickle relationships.
• Build your personality and develop a good sense of humour (if you don't already have one).
• Travel, focus on obtaining a higher education, develop profound relationships with animals and teach people what you know.
• Embrace life and let go of self-sabotaging frenetic, nervous energy.

5 Movies I Watched As A Kid

1. Beetlejuice

A childless couple, Barbara and Adam, move to the country only to be killed in a car accident while passing over a quaint covered bridge. Their ghosts return to their beloved Victorian home, and find the HANDBOOK FOR THE RECENTLY DECEASED, which not only lets them know they're dead, but comes in handy when they learn that they can continue to live in their house, even though a new family--from the land of the living--is moving in. The new owners, fresh from the city, are quite a strange group themselves, and include the overpowering hipster mom Delia, her pompous SoHo interior designer Otho, her meek husband Charles, and their morose teenage daughter Lydia, who befriends the ghostly couple. Though the threesome attempt to scare Delia from ruining the house with redecoration and her unpleasant personality, their attempts fail. As a last resort, they call upon the services of the demented, terrifying, but hilarious 'bioexorcist,' 'Beetlejuice'.

2. My Girl

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, a makeup expert, in his funeral parlor, and begins to fall in love with her, Vada is outraged and does everything in her power to split them up.

3. Big

When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.

4. Secret Garden

Young Mary Lennox is orphaned by an earthquake in India and sent to England to live with her uncle in a cold ancestral manor in Yorkshire. Mary briefly meets him, still mourning for the wife who died ten years ago, but she is mostly left on her own. A resourceful and inquisitive girl, she soon makes two exciting discoveries. First she finds an overgrown secret garden, the favourite of her aunt and locked up since her death. Second, that she has a cousin, Colin, a sickly lad who has been told he must remain in bed out of the daylight at all times. Once Mary and another new friend, local lad Dickon, have brought the garden back to life they decide Colin must see it, a decision that will change several lives.

5. Edward Scissorhands

An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl.

Life In Transition

A short film by the creator of the animated television series 'Courage the Cowardly Dog', John R. Dilworth on life, death and rebirth.
Warning : Watch with an open mind.

Top 5 Attractive Men In Films

1. Chris Evans

Christopher Evans is an American actor and model. He is perhaps best known for his role in the films Not Another Teen Movie, Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.


2. James McAvoy

James Andrew McAvoy  is a Scottish stage and screen actor known for his roles in Atonement, The Last King of Scotland, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Penelope, Wanted, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, Becoming Jane, and the British TV series Shameless and Early Doors.


3. Ioan Gruffudd

Welsh Actor Ioan Gruffudd got his start at age 13 in the Welsh soap opera, "People of the Valley". At 18, he won a spot at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He won his first role in the TV film a few years later, in Poldark. After playing Oscar Wilde's lover in Wilde and Officer Lowe in Titanic, Gruffudd became a leading man in the Hornblower series of TV movies.

4. Patrick Dempsey

Actor Patrick Dempsey has lived two charming but separate lives on film and TV. From an exuberant, somewhat awkward charmer in college comedy films of the late 1980s and early 1990s, he has morphed spectacularly into a dreamy, wavy-haired TV hunk of the new-age millennium and this seductive new image has since spilled off into romantic lead roles back on the large screen as a slightly offbeat, self-effacing Prince Charming type.

5. Al Pacino

One of the greatest actors in all of film history, Al Pacino established himself during one of film's greatest decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies.

Last Day of School

I'll remember forever these corridors for various reasons...walks during Interval...the Overnight Camp..Special assemblies...sigh. I can't believe I've got to let go of all this and begin something completely new (College). School taught me a lot of things that I'm going to need to implement in the coming future. More importantly, It taught me about myself. I used to be a timid kid in kindergarten and I still am but it's no longer a handicap. I learnt that despite all my timidity, I was an amazing artist with a love for words and that all I needed to do was to develop those skills further. I made some very loyal friends who'd fascinate me with a variety of topics ranging from Mughal history and Architecture to Music and Love. I'm now leaving school with a heavy heart as well as a number of  precious memories to cherish, for a lifetime.