The Darjeeling Limited

Its official: I’m a film buff wannabe hehe. After hoarding dozens of shoes, tons of clothes and eating gazillion sweets and junk, I’ve never realized that I have another love..film. (ahhh pang blog na pang blog ahh hehe)

From the distorted lives of the Tenenbaums in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’..

To the journeys of Bill Murray’s character in ‘Life aquatic with Steve Zissou’..

Jason Schwartzman’s ( yes he’s the vocalist of Phantom Planet.. the song? Ahh the ever famous the O.C opener ‘California, California here we come’) ala ‘Election’ alter-ego in ‘Rushmore’..

..i was in great awe, I never thought I’ve watched so many Wes Anderson film( yah it’s only three, but I got to see the Squid and the Whale..umm which he co-produced duhh hehe do I sound like Blair already??:)) until I got reunited with him :P through his latest creation, ‘The Darjeeling Limited’. it’s a dead ringer already if you see Bill Murray, either of the Wilson brothers, Jason Schwartzman and Anjelica Houston, it must be by Wes Anderson, and it must be good: ))

It starts off with a short film entitled ‘Hotel Chevalier’. Jason Schwartzman’s character before leaving for India is meeting up with ex-girlfriend played by Natalie Portman.. ahhh the joys of brief and bitter encounters..


Come ‘The Darjeeling Limited’, a spiritual journey of the Whitman brothers, played by Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman. A passing I think, from all their heartaches and disappointments, from their lives to their families to themselves. Regain trust from each other and just take life as is it, no hung ups and pretensions. Set in the heart of India, this film takes you in a roller umm train ride? Indian-style. It’s a great feeling watching any Anderson picture. There’s already a hint of melancholy and seriousness yet it will never fail to make you laugh and fall in love with the characters that he’s made. I’m especially fond of Peter. He’s tragic, but he still loves..and maybe because he’s the youngest of the three, like me (palaging inuutusan hehe). I love them three, they’re all well-learned and yet they’re all practically flawed, and crazy, and always high hehe. Whoohooo!!


It is a road-trip of some sorts but in the most poignant and funny way. It’s not your usual dialogue infested flick, there’s a lot of beautiful silences, that’s the good part really, and you just have to sense it by yourself.

…you don’t need a bindi or India to reflect. Just throw your excess baggage.

One day at a time.

Don’t get too high on cough syrup.

Never ever buy a snake, or keep one (literally and figuratively hehe).

Eat ice cream and french fries if you're unhappy.

Go ahead put bindi if you're feeling it man.


P.S.

Try to see any of Wes Anderson's films ok?