Magic Moment of Cinema
“Have you ever been awestruck by a scene or a dialogue?”
I am talking about a memorable scene in a gripping movie or a TV show.
“But have you ever seen the same kind of reaction from your kid or another generation for the same scene?”
It happened to me yesterday. The 2011 free movie, Rise of the Planet of Apes, is one of my all-time favourite movies. One day I was showing a random scene from that movie on YouTube to my son, and he was glued to it. So we watched the whole film together.
RoPoA is a great pop-sci-fi movie. A gene therapy lab does some experiment which turns chimpanzees and other apes into much more intelligent beings. Apes group together and revolt against humans for their freedom.
The movie is splendid in realistic graphics. It is not like Jungle Book or Lion King kind of movie where the animals sing. There is a crucial scene, where Caesar, the protagonist ape, utters the word “No”. It is a fantastic moment in the movie. When you hear an ape spelling out a word, it is really awesome.
I still remember watching this movie in Bangalore. The theatre (Urvashi Theatre) was in a suburb and it was quite a crowd. It was a 500+ seat theatre. The crowd roared in this scene. We were all taken by surprise in that cinematic moment.
It was exactly the same reaction from my 7-yo son. I was so delighted to see the expression in him. It was like running down my memory lane.