No one can escape from fate, from their deeds, from karma.
The last episode 'The Getaway' of Dexter left me in state of unsettlement. Rita, in a pool of blood, right when everythings seemed to be over, was the stoke of a master storyteller. It left a emotional disrupt in the flow, a sudden 'Oh No', something i could hold onto for a while more than if it had been a plain happy ending.
When Dexter killed Trinity, it seemed too mild to be the climax of the last episode of a happening season. The final scene explained it all. Can't wait for Dexter to back in the next season with revenge in his mind. Its a pity though he has already killed Trinity.
Few stories are written well enough to make the reader empathize with the characters. Kite Runner is one of those.
The beauty of Kite Runner lies in the rendering of its characters, detailed finely and realistically. Amir is the character in transformation with whom the story moves, at times representing human weaknesses, of jealousy and cowardice and at others valor and compassion. He justifies the thought that 'Some transformations happen in minutes, and others take a lifetime'. Hassan on the other hand is the undercurrent in the story's flow, that bringd it the tension and depth. He represents loyalty and maturity, with a very straight and simple outlook to life.
Amir wallowed for a lifetime, in his own guilt of not being courageous enough to stop Hassan from being savaged. This was a story of Amir's journey to finally learning to stand up for those he cared about.
For me the best moment of kite runner came towards the end when Amir runs after the kite to get it for Hassan's son Shohrab and turns back to say, "for you a thousand times over".
Sarah Jessica Parker just earned a new fan. She has a uniquely cute smile, an innocent look and a disarming french'ed accent where she at time rolls her tongue. While the rest of the cast of 'Sex and the city' doesn't make such a connection, Sarah's character just makes me fall in love with it. Confused and naughty at times, thoughtful, pensive at others and a New Yorker to the core. The back to back episodes of the serial portray New York in a very 'happening' light, with Sarah's character defining the city as her love interest. Guess I'll now make a conscious effort to fulfill the thought of visiting New York in January.
So what are you gonna do the rest of the day? and Sarah says "Who knows, it's New York".
Let me put in a disclaimer here, I have only seen 2 episodes of the serial till now.
Talking of serials, Dexter keeps me gripped and looking forward to watching TV on Sunday evenings. Dexter Morgan played by Michael Hall is a layered character which is a contortion of brutality, innocence, intelligence, compassion and disconnect all at once. The serial is one of the best i have come across after 'Prison Break'. But while Michael Scofield played by Wentworth Miller was very Supermanish in actions and intelligence, Dexter Morgan still feels human.
On the onset, one thing that struck me as common between Dexter and Sex and the City was that both the serials have a background narrative in the voice of the main protagonist, which helps in driving the flow and emotion to the user powerfully.
