Thou shalt not pass...

Thou shall not pass...

"You cannot pass! I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Udun! Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass!"

Holy Cannoli!!...after this scene LOTR series topped my list of favourite movies which was earlier dominated by Matrix (1999). Just the scene where Gandalf the Grey (a wizard by profession) trying to stop a monster (Flame of Udun...i guess the name) was enough to satisfy my inner urges, something i am constantly searching for...


         The will power of a person by which he overcomes great obstacles, seemingly impossible, and thereby brings change.
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"Welcome to the real world" ~ Morpheus

Yes i know its just a movie and they (film-makers) can portray anything they desire.
In our (real) world dominated by Newton's laws such thing may not be possible.
People will argue that an ordinary person cannot defeat today's monsters all by himself, he is powerless and not a wizard for gods sake.

"Unfortunately, no one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself."  ~ Morpheus

Above dialogue is true for us as well, mere words wont be able to convince us what potential each person carries..
Long before watching LOTR...i had came across a video know as the Tank Man

The Tank Man stops the advance of a column of tanks on June 5, 1989, in Beijing

Tank Man, or the Unknown Rebel, is the nickname of an anonymous man who stood in front of a column of Chinese tank the morning after the Chinese military forcibly removed protestors from in and around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

http://www.youtube.com/v/SB70mWXrzEE?f=videos&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01
It is after watching this video i came to realise the power of an ordinary human being.

A simple looking fellow with shopping bags in hand standing up to block a column of chinese tanks. The tank steers right he steps to the right, it tries to move to the left he blocks again by stepping to the left.

You dont get to see this everyday one lone ordinary man standing up to machinery, to force, to a system ( word frequently used in hindi movies :P).

Dont know what happened to the Tank Man after that, reports are that he was executed some say he is still alive and lives in isolation in mainland China. For more information please refer to below link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Man

I am glad to dedicate my first Blog to the Tank Man and thereby to each and everyone's hidden potential.
Looking forward to write on my next fav movie ...and would like to end by the quote
"The Kingdom of God is within you"...