Sunday, October 14, 2007

21 Movies young adults must watch : Part 1

A movie is just another way of story-telling. I am listing these 21 movies here because they have all taught me something . Some tell lessons on life , some philosophize and some just make one think . You may have seen many of them and learned different lessons for yourselves . And for the uninitiated, I assure , they are all very worth watching ...

Part 1:
Godfather (1972) and
Godfather Part II (1974)


Mario Puzo / Francis Ford Coppola




Wiki : Godfather Godfather Part II

1)
Vito Corleone : Each man has but one destiny

2) Priorities in Life (in order)
a. Absolute uncompromising love for the family.
b. Loyalty and friendship
c. Principles , Truth
d. Anything that we truly desire as destiny - career, wealth, power etc

3) All institutions (the well organised ones, that is ) need buffers . Ideally atleast 3 levels of them.

4) Never utter a word of threat - it is a foolish and compromising display of anger and hate. Do it, dont say it .

5)
Haygen : " Its not personal, its business"
Michael : " Dont let them kid you Tom. Its all personal , every bit of business , everywhere "

6) Sincerity and honesty in actions mark true greatness of a man.

7) Never display your true emotions to a foe . Smile is the best weapon . Both Michael and Vito are famous for chilling smiles - smiles that you fear.

8) Do not fear death. Life is inexplicably beautiful and indeterminably short to worry about death. If you can die saying , " Life is beautiful !" , what more would you want ?

9) Show death some respect ! Do not philosophize on it .

10) Something in life are better left unsaid.
If you know'em , just go ahead and do . Dont wait to say.


11) What goes around, comes around.

12)
Keep your friends close , but your enemies closer

1 comment:

Mr. Commonsensical said...

Watched both, 2 of my favourite.
And I remember all of those quotes, last one's my personal favourite.