Monday, June 25, 2012

Being Cool


Saw the trailer of the new James Bond movie “Skyfall”. The trailer is impressive; Daniel Craig as always, cool and suave.

It got me thinking. Daniel Craig is not the conventionally good looking. But looking persistently perfect comes easy. Very easy. If the camera focuses on the right profile, lighting hide your flaws, scriptwriter provides you with fancy smartass half phases & punch-lines and you are in control of every situation … cool is the only way to be

Let me explain, we look uncool when we are nervous, unsure and indulging in mundane tasks. Imagine James Bond burping after overeating on parathas; Spiderman getting blasted by his boss for not taking email alignment before fighting crime; Hugh Grant explaining why he is not an insensitive lover for taking late night offshore calls; Iron man arguing during a year end performance review discussion, trying to bag that much needed promotion; Tom Cruise climbing a high rise to dry a freshly done batch of laundry ….

Not cool…right?

No wonder only movie stars have fan, bosses are impressive, rich & powerful men attract women … and paparazzi seem to only love people walking from one place to another in oversize sunglasses ….

Well so I think we are ok for now being awkward, with what we have got …. till we get fast cars, great guns, enviable arm-candies and limited face time in a well-scripted life