Ruchira's Ramblings

In case anyone came over here from any of my Instagram videos, my YouTube channel is here . Once again, apologies for the side trip. And so here we are again. Doing another review, the second on a row. I did one last month, which was more of a rambling love letter to all things Good Omens , that absolutely brilliant, brilliant show which you can read here . Today’s ramble is on the new Lion King live action movie, and it’s in response to casual request from my friend, Alexander Lehtinen. I mean, he said “detailed review” but I don’t know how much details I can offer seeing that I can offer no comparison with the original, but here goes. In 1994 when The Lion King came out, my favourite Bengali children’s magazine ran a cover-story on it. I don’t remember what the article said, only that I was moved enough to tell my mother that I wanted to watch the movie. Compared to a lot of kids my age, I didn’t watch a lot of movies back then, and then usually those that my parents to...

Hi. If you’re here from the link in my Instagram bio following any of my videos, you can find my YouTube channel here . Sorry about the side-trip. You know how IG works. Only 1 link allowed at a time. My revived blog completed 2 years of staying active on the 16th of last month and I was unable to put up a post because, well, it has been a chaotic few weeks. Happy Belated Blog-Anniversary to me and to everybody reading this, because without you I would just be talking to myself which I do quite a lot anyway, but it’s more fun with you. So Thank You. I’ve lately been in love with Good Omens the show. And I’ve been giving some thought to why that is, and have come with the two primary reason why I love the show (and the book) so much. One is the philosophy it embodies, and second, the absolute joy with which the story is told, the love that is the soul of this screen story. Which is why, two thousand memes and fan videos later, it still resonates. Because honestly, all one ne...