[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

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...I might have to watch it again soon...I like when we watched memento and then had another version to watch straight after that clarified and explained it completely...some movies need that, I think...

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Yeah me too, this one was a great choice though for a discussion. Lots to dissect and think about.

[Ammi]

...I wish there was a way that we could watch the Butterfly Effect, it’s so many years since I’ve seen it ...I know that I’ll have forgotten most of it now and it would be a superb rewatch...

[Niamh.]

Oh yeah me too, I love that film, there's two different ending to it as well

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh yeah me too, I love that film, there's two different ending to it as well

...I will search some more to see if I can find it, even if it means watching in parts like we did with that other movie on YouTube...

[Niamh.]

Great stuff, I need to run now, I'll talk to you later

[Ammi]

...this looks a bit different and maybe a lighter watch, I don’t know if you’ve seen it before...

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[Ammi]

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[Niamh.]

I've seen Level 16 and cargo pretty recently, both are very good though Ammi if you're looking for ones for your own list

I think Blinded by the light might be a good one, like you say a bit lighter? Is it on netflix? I won't be doing a lunchtime viewing today though as I need to go out on my break

[Ammi]

...yeah, I will watch those two as well...I’m loving this thread because it makes me hunt out movies that I might usually miss...I’m coming across quite a few that are a few years old, so they’re presumably previously missed ones...and yeah, it’s on Netflix...I’ll watch it later today, it looks a bit of a lighter one but I like the sound of it...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...yeah, I will watch those two as well...I’m loving this thread because it makes me hunt out movies that I might usually miss...I’m coming across quite a few that are a few years old, so they’re presumably previously missed ones...and yeah, it’s on Netflix...I’ll watch it later today, it looks a bit of a lighter one but I like the sound of it...

I'll try to get it watched tonight

[Ammi]

...Blinded by the Light.......awww and it was based on a true story...

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... the movie was inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen...through his life he saw him in concert over 150 times ....I loved the film...although there were so many uplifting parts, we totally felt the hardships and prejudices of the time as well...that thing of dreams versus family commitments etc...

"Pakistanis do not go to parties."...and they don’t have a social life unless it’s a daylight hours one that their parents aren’t aware of and they don’t listen to popular music and they don’t dance and they don’t have girlfriends and they don’t write poetry or songs ...etc etc...I think we can all relate as well to that first time that we listened to a music artist who changed our lives, who totally seemed to relate to us, to understand us, to be part of us...THAT artist who just knew us... ‘that awakening’ ...and that’s obviously what Javed felt when he first was given those Bruce tapes and his dreams were opened up to something he’d never felt before ...but the reality of his life was his responsibilities to his struggling family...his mother working every moment as a seamstress and his dad’s job loss in the 80’s recession when there were virtually no jobs to be had...and in a world of rising Nationalism and racism as well...and so sad to think that there are still elements of those things now...

....it was beautifully done when you felt both of his worlds...his world of Bruce and dreams and his world of responsibilities and complete love for and devotion to his parents, who had worked so hard for all of their children....

...*sigh*...it was just a really, really great watch and not taxing on the thoughts ......

[Niamh.]

Blinded by the Light

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I loved this one, lighthearted but some serious issues in there too. Terrible to see the racism Pakistanis faced (and probably still do) It's really sad to see humans treating each other that way. And of course the family issues which weren't that specific to Pakistani families I don't think. I mean it's sort of a cultural thing but similar issues do come out in other families too maybe just in a slightly different way for different reasons. Anyway i loved it and so did Gav.

Useless piece of trivia for you is that Bruce Springsteen is one of Eddie Vedders best friends

[Niamh.]

The real "Javed" and his family

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Blinded by the Light

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I loved this one, lighthearted but some serious issues in there too. Terrible to see the racism Pakistanis faced (and probably still do) It's really sad to see humans treating each other that way. And of course the family issues which weren't that specific to Pakistani families I don't think. I mean it's sort of a cultural thing but similar issues do come out in other families too maybe just in a slightly different way for different reasons. Anyway i loved it and so did Gav.

Useless piece of trivia for you is that Bruce Springsteen is one of Eddie Vedders best friends

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...yeah, my brothers wife is a Sikh and she’s had some pretty grim stuff through her life...yeah, I think that the family issues were also a part of that time...(...and other times also...)...but because there was such a recession then and their father had been laid of at the factory, it was even more important that all of the focus was on bringing in income to the home...while still focusing on studies etc so there was a future of education and better job prospects...

...I didn’t know that of a Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder......wasn’t it lovely at the end when we saw Javed and Bruce together and saw how many times he had seen him in concert and how they had bonded as well...gorgeous movie, perfect after all of the more kind stretching ones we’ve had...

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

The real "Javed" and his family

...I haven’t really read properly yet but is his wife the same person that was his girlfriend in the movie, did he go on to marry her or someone else..?..also don’t you think that Javed looks a little like Mark Ruffalo...?...

[Ammi]

...how adorable are their children.....

[Ammi]

...tbh, the movie captured my heart in the first few seconds with the motorway signs for The North...I felt that rush of excitement that I always feel when I’m ‘going home’...and I see those signs...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I haven’t really read properly yet but is his wife the same person that was his girlfriend in the movie, did he go on to marry her or someone else..?..also don’t you think that Javed looks a little like Mark Ruffalo...?...

No I don't think it's the same woman, he says there that he met his wife on a train in 1998 so that would have been well after the movie was set. Gavin said the same when they showed his real picture at the end of the film about Mark Ruffalo

[Ammi]

...Have you seen Lost Girls, Niamh...?...

[Niamh.]

I started it one time but I was really tired so I went to bed and never carried on, I'm up for that though if you want?

[Ammi]

...yeah, let’s do that...it has a reasonable rating so hopefully it’ll be a good watch.....

[Niamh.]

I'll put it on at lunchtime