Last year, almost to the day, a project was begun. It was proposed after a fun day of two back-to-back movies at Inox, one set of air hockey at SGS and long conversations about books and films amongst Landmark shelves – EDUCATE MEHVASH IN MOVIES. It's not like I was uneducated at the start of the project, but I wasn't the most well-versed person either. So the project was looked at as a necessity, an essential act that if not seen through would prove to be shameful. Like most good projects, this one also started with a bang. Lists were prepared in the noisy foodcourt – must watch/have watched/have not watched and I lived the project for a long while after it began – weekend movie marathons till my eyes hurt, making time no matter how busy I was, saving up to buy DVDs, watching a movie every night of my Christmas getaway.
And then the resolve fizzled away. After watching many movies – some of which I liked (Little Miss Sunshine, Johnny English), some of which I didn’t (Beowulf, American Gigolo), some which I understood and liked (Mulan, Ghost Town), and some which I didn’t understand OR like (Atonement). I even watched movies I didn’t really want to, but featured on the must watch list. I don’t know why or how the resolve fizzled away, but I wish it hadn’t. Or maybe I DO know why and how, but I still wish it hadn’t. I’ve lost out on way too much free “should-and-can-watch-a-movie” time, and for me to revive the project now would be a death sentence. I should have (like most things in life) utilized the spare time I had, to facilitate the mission and become a better-versed-in-movies person. Now I’m screwed, like I’ve never been before.
However, I’ve decided that I’m not going to give it up completely. The project HAS to be revived, it’s too damn awesome to let go off completely. I’ve lost the lists (well, metaphorically, cuz there were never actual hard copied lists to LOSE) that were so well thought of and prepared. But I’m creating my own lists now and, slowly but steadily, the project is going to continue. I have many projects to do, which the cause of all the screwedness, but then I figure movies are a fun project to have and do. So why not have ONE fun project in the midst of all this screwedness, right?
