Out-of-the-box approach

I had never thought that anyone would love to read the plot of a movie before watching it, until one of my cousins shared this secret with me recently. I realised that there are many such people out in the world.

“Did you see the recently released Hindi movie ‘Singh is Bling’?” I asked her.

“No. But I have read its review,” she said.

I asked her about another movie, but got the same reply. I was very surprised with the answer and asked her why does she read the story before watching the movie.

“I can never watch a movie before reading its story. I get tense whenever the plot takes a twist. That’s why I feel it is better to read the story before watching the film,” pat came the reply.

I didn’t find this idea so interesting, though.

Today, people have contrasting opinions about different things. Everyone sees things from his own perspective. The same is the case with movies. The critics put their own thoughts while reviewing a film. 

It might be helpful for those who read reviews to decide whether to watch a particular movie or not. But on many occasions, the critic and the reader share different opinions. 

Sometimes one may decide not to watch a movie after reading the reviews. But later it might turn out that the movie was an epic. Similarly when one reads that a movie is a hit and that its story is out of the box, it might not be so.

I would prefer watching the movie rather than reading about them. I would not like my views to be influenced by others.

(Published in The Gulf Today on October 17, 2015)