X + Y + Z = Hit!!

X = corny formulaic cliche
    eg : guy apparently believes in love. girl apparently doesn't. guy meets girl. *sparks* confusion. clearing confusion. kiss. closing credits

Y = hot women
    eg : Eva Mendes

Z = Humor
    eg : it ain't over till the fat guy dances

Hitch follows the classic formula faithfully. Almost every scene is predictable. The last 20 minutes drag. This was meant to be a shorter movie. The reconciliation (d..uh.. it happens) takes too long.

Now that that's out the way, the movie is FUN

The inital *dating* scenes between Alex and Sara are refreshingly clumsy. Something that most of us would relate to. We don't live in the fairytale world and more often than not our dates spill ice cream on us and dance strangely. It's endearing to watch the clumsy bumbling romantic fools. and the first 1 hr of the movie is super. After that it drags a bit but still worth a watch.

Life is not about the number of breaths you take, It's about the moments that take your breath away

See this film on a lazy saturday afternoon! :)

Mumbai Distress

The title is a bad joke. The script of this movie is worse. I expected more out of Kamal - plain and simple. I cried through mahanadhi and laughed through panchathanthiram. I watched ninaithale innikum 8 times. Now that i've established (as harry would say) that i'm a true blue kamal fan, let me proceed to say that this movie sucks.

It has a flimsy plot based on mistake identity and situational gimmickry.. which sustains the tired cast for about 15 minutes. and then starts the pathetic script stretching exercise.. repetitive punch lines drag the climax on way beyond my patience.

in addition to an absent plot, the cinematographer seems to have been missing an eye or two. i've seen home movies that were shot better than this. [as comments would indicate, so have a lot of people] you'd think a big budget kollywood movie would've been shot better than the blair witch project (arbit comment - i haven't seen blair witch project)

My Take :

Story : MIA
Cinematography : Pathetic
Acting : tired, underutilised powerhouses
Soundtrack : was there one?

Nett Nett : waste of time and money

saving up for sachein and chandramukhi in a week.

New but not necessarily Improved

a k a If the Hindu can do it So can I

I've finally gone in for a redesign. Complete overhaul of the old template which was quite bulky after numerous tweaks and twitches.
This one follows the standard blogger template with some changes. Tell me if you like it.

Happy birthday to me

without me realising it, my blog has turned one year old. and as i said before its been a fantastic year :)
one that i've enjoyed tremendously. I've finished (almost) engineering. A degree that i took up mostly by default but one that i don't regret now. I even look at hell with fond memories. Sitting on the sports ground talking for hours. Innovative ways to cut class. The endless efforts to leave. Getting outpasses signed by hook or crook. And so many things have happened in my life this year.
CAT. The last minute prep for it. I remember anxiously counting answers at De's house after IMS put them up. Waiting for the call letters. The Interviews.
The entire GD/PI process taught me quite a bit. But that.. is another post. I'll save my CAT experiences for another day.

so here is to my blog.. happy birthday.. and here is to my readers who left comments (and those who didn't.)
a birthday redesign is on the cards. vindy complains that he cannot access my blog so will go for a sleeker slimmer template

*glasses clinking*

*exit stage left*

Shopping and Tough Decisions

I've spent the last two weeks contemplating the next two years. Having secured admission into the top two management institutes in India I've had the luxury of choice.. and it's hell :) I'm not even going to begin describing the pros and cons of each, but now that i HAVE finally (drum roll please) made a decision, I'm happy.

In the words of Aristotle... (something tuchchas quote at the drop of a hat) A is A.

So now its long shopping lists and incessant queries from mom.. i'm going to miss home i know.. but i hope the next two years are also fun. Which brings me back to the last one year.. which has been fantastic.. Amazing friends, Tons of books, Parties, Coffee, CATPrep (in miniscule doses), Cram sessions on GDP's and deficits galore, writing eighty different statements of purpose and attending 7 interviews.

With a strike rate of 5/7 in interviews and 10/10 in friendships... it's been a gr8 year.. so i dedicate this post to my awesome friends who don't read this blog but who make my life super fun :)

I went to landmark after an age (age = approx six months) and two days later followed it up with a visit to the corner bookshop.. and bought
Rule of Four (Caldwell Thomson)
The book of laughter and forgetting (Milan Kundera)
Queen of my dreams (Chtira Banerjee Divakaruni)
Girl Alone (Rupa Gulab)
The Curious incident of the dog in the night time (idontremember)

and loads of mags as well.. all set for a good few weeks ahead
except that its been three days and i've finished all the magazines and two books.. Now i finally understand what my dad meant when he said "i wish you'd read a lil slower".. Am filling out vindy's meme and will post that tomorrow along with a review of a movie called mumbai xpress

an A and a B

Finally
The IIM A results are out
I'm in.
want to scream from the roof tops..
that's the A

and i drove my Bike today. this is something i do almost everyday
except today someone else also did (drive a bike that is..) into me..
hence the bike (mine not his) flew in one direction.. while me (not him) flew in another.
I'm fine.. a few scrapes and cuts.. but none worse for the wear. Fainted due to the shock.. (can't believe i did that tho.. so girlish) but took a painkiller and i'm fine..
and happy
and hyper
Yay!