My Christmas Weekend...

On 25th Dec, 2006, I complete one year since I moved out from apartment 201 in Casa Grande. Last Christmas was moving time; this year, its movie time. I watched a total of 11 [10 complete ones] movies in 3 days. Well, I stepped out of the apartment twice. Once to go to the library on Saturday and once more on Monday for the laundry. Other than that I was hibernating inside watching anger management, syriana, munich, schindler's list, scent of a woman, vettaiyadu vilaiyadu, jillunnu oru kaadhal [wasn't able to stand for more than 20 minutes], the green mile, antwone fisher, ghosts of mississippi and khakee. What a waste of time?? But such things happen to me occasionally. Ask me to watch TV now, I am disgusted.

I also found that FX was doing ICE AGE marathon. I thought it would be ICE AGE and ICE AGE - THE MELTDOWN would be telecast back to back. But the case was to telecast ICE AGE for 24 hours. World [local FX viewers in this context]! this is not marathon, but a repeat telecast.

Now I am at office brooding over what happened during the weekend :)

Pursuit of Happyness

This is a phenomenal flick that I saw yesterday with "0" dollars spent on it. I used the difference pass that I got while watching DaVinci Code at the same movie hall sometime in May 2006. Since I went around with a colleague of mine, I did not spend on commuting as well.

Based on real life incidents, the movie is about a man named Chris Gardener, who is rendered homeless, and then makes it to the highest offices from humble beginnings.

Finally, within a decade's time, he establishes(/d) a stock broker firm of his own and makes it successful. I understood two things from this flick: If you want something so badly, one should work to get it. And, there is no point is bragging that you can achieve something, you dream something big, etc, until you work to get there.

The climax, where Will Smith expresses his happiness narrating that it was the moment in his life called "happiness", it was moving. There is also a mention of Thomas Jeffersen, stating "pursuing happiness" instead of being "happy". It is correlated that happiness has to be pursued and is difficult to achieve - this is truth.

It is made a point in the movie [and in the real life of Chris Gardener] to show that if you dream of something, don't let anything to stop you from going there.

Lady in the Water

Queued this flick on Netflix and watched the same couple of days back. I think this movie is okay kind of movie, but then the only part that is ridiculous, or even sneering at, is the way in which the people in the apartment start paying heed to the apartment manager who, for no reason believes this lady from the swimming pool.

Well, if this was a bedtime story, why not ask the old east asian lady, who narrates it to the manager, how to save the lady [narf] from scrunts [wolf like creatures], instead of partying around with people??

I feel Manoj Shyamalan's quest for suspense and thrill is taking a tail-spin. I would say, The Sixth Sense was the best. His later thrills decrease in the order of Signs, Village, Unbreakable, and now Lady in the Water. I do not give full credits to Shyamalan's work in this movie [btw, who am I to do so???].

>:D

Role reversal Brits head to India

This reminds me of Matrix scene where the agent [Hugo Weaving] says that humans are like viruses, moving to places that suits him and not evolving to suit the existing ambience.

People who moved generation(s) back from India coming back to India... these people are just parasites that feed on anything that hosts it. So people who end up surviving at the same place irrespective of their opportunity to relocate are jackasses. And these people who migrate are those geniuses who displace natives wherever they go. F*$! you asses...

About me: I am going back to India once I've done enough. I am not settling in any country other than India...

Reading RSS

Google Reader - this new tool from Google [new at least for me...] was the tool I found today... cool thing that I can use it without any kind of installation and maintenance. Best thing is that I can categorize feeds into folders/tags and then let the RSS feed thingy to take care of itself... I love this non-installation part of it, since it has always been my issue, and I was never comfortable with the mirror on Yahoo!, no idea why??

One more thing: I integrated this reader to Google custom home page, so that I open my firefox and look into my feeds without mouse clicks..

Also I found today that Google custom home page has tabbing options, now one can add and name tabs on Google home page and enjoy categorizing things :D

Ode to the Godfather

Saw this Big B flick directed by Ramu which is almost the replica of Godfather except for its Indian sentiments mixed to spice up and serve the Indian palate. However, it was good enough when the movie started with the tribute to Godfather. Ramu had the balls to acknowledge his copy process. Basically, the movie was good enough if one had not seen the Godfather. For that matter, even if one had watched the original masterpiece, this is good. Just that in the original Godfather, its interesting to see how the Godfather gets his work done. It was more appealing and there was no traitor elder son who wanted to kill his dad, instead its the younger son who is shot dead by the middle one to avenge his brother's death. Well, the original climax is bewildering, when his nephew is being baptized, his enemies are killed.

Well, tonight I just might watch the original masterpiece, GODFATHER!!!

Deja Vu

Saw this flick last Saturday and was pretty irate after a while into the movie. People did not know how to end it though the core was good enough, at least to create ripples. However, I will not say that the core of this movie is as deep as MATRIX.

Well, involved a lot of physics and fantasies added together. Half way through the movie, the director has lost touch of the movie and starts planning the climax which was unnecessarily driven fast to shorten the flick.

Will rate it 2.5 on 5. If there is an alternative, do not watch this flick.