Lines Based on True Stories

Frank Abagnale Sr.: You know why the Yankees always win, Frank?
Frank Abagnale, Jr.(Leonardo DiCaprio): 'Cause they have Mickey Mantle?
Frank Abagnale Sr.: No, it's 'cause the other teams can't stop staring at those damn pinstripes.

Bill White (Woody Harrelson): What are you supposed to do when the ones with all the power are hurting those with none? Well for starters, you stand up. Stand up and tell the truth. You stand up for your friends. You stand up even when you're all alone. You stand up.

Christopher Gardner(Will Smith): I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.

Atto: You shouldn't have come here. This is a civil war. This is our war, not yours.
General Garrison(Sam Shepard): 300,000 dead and counting. That's not a war Mr. Atto. That's genocide.

Faces from My Blog..

CHARLIZE THERON AS JOSEY AIMES
















LEONARDO DICAPRIO AS FRANK ABAGNALE JR.



















AISHWARYA RAI AS KIRANJEET

JOHN ABRAHAM N LISA RAY AS NARAYAN N KALYANI









WILL SMITH AS CHRIS GARDNER

North Country

As heroic as the movie portrayed the entire event to be, it wasnt really so. "North country" is based on the struggle for equal rights in the workplace for women.

Women were getting out of their home to work in the mines, since it gave them a better pay. The men on the other hand resented the idea since they did not think women belonged there. The main character of the story Josey Aimes, a new mine worker goes through a lot of trouble to finally get her and the other women's voice to stop inequality at work place and even more- to stop sexual harassment that was obvious yet went unnoticed by the high authorities.

The movie was overall well made. However, it portrayed the entire event to be way more successful than it really was. Josey did file for a lawsuit as shown in the movie. However it was not an instant win-win situation for her as they show in the movie.

The law suit was in fact settled after 14 years in 1998!!

Good movie that shows the struggle of women at work place. We'd think "Hey it was the 90s hows that possible.." but I guess it is.

SiCKO!

France, Britain, Canada and even Cuba have a better health care system than America. Cuba?? I was shocked but that's what Michael Moore made me realize once I started watching his movie "Sicko" last night.

Like Moore says, the documentary is not about those people who do not have health insurance, but rather about people who have health insurace and yet end up dying because of improper care and most of the time - no care at all.

The documentary gives true life accounts of Americans who lost their and their families lives becuse their health insurance company refused to give them the proper coverage. In one case, a woman who has cervical cancer, is told by the company that she cannot have the disesase since she is only 22. Hence, she is denied the fund.

The documentary also showed how in Britain, doctors hired by the government get paid more for treating the patients better while in France, government sends maids over to the houses with new born babies. In Cuba, medicines were available for 5 cents while the same medicine cost $120 in the the U.S. and so on.

Sad but true. On one hand I reufse to believe that any country can be flawless with its health care system... I bet even France and U.K. have their own concerns, but of course some countries definitely need to work harder on this issue than the rest.

Catch me If you Can

Based on the life of Frank Abagnale jr.(Leonardo DiCaprio), Catch me If You Can tells the story of a man's rise from a small country boy to a millionaire.

Most of the influential movies based on true life stories portray the struggle and obstacles of life and how the central character finally overcomes the situation and achieves success.

However, this movie shows the struggle of a thug who tries to make it big with his shrewdness. Taking advantage of a mature face, Abagnale who is only 17, lives the life of professional people. From Doctor to Pilot, he poses as major professionals and manages to make money. Worse- he is involved in fraud cases against the banks.

Finally after being chased for a ling time, he is tracked down by the FBI agent Carl Hanretty, well played by Tom Hanks. Abagnale is posed with a question then - whether to leave his past behind or to accept Hanretty's offer of working as an FBI helper, checking for bank fraud cases.

The story line, being based on true life, had grabbed my attention initially. However, I relalized the movie was captivating and kept my interest till it ended.

Today Abagnale is probably making more money than most TCU graduates.... lol!!!