Monday, January 23, 2006

Fight Club

Its strange that I hadn't seen this movie in all these years. Virtually every person I know quotes from it and has told me repeatedly to see it. This weekend, I was in bed with the flu and finally managed to catch this flick.

I loved that I didn't know the twist in the end until I saw it. In today's world of sms and instant messengers, a story's plot is often the first thing to get leaked out. All the movies last summer had no surprises for me. It was just three hours of drooling over a hero and waiting for someone to die.

This was different! and Thank God for all the people who didn't give away the plot :)

Totally blew my mind away and now I'm reading the book

If you woke up at a different place, in a different time, could you wake up as a different person?

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Movie Mania

People react to 'To Do' lists in different ways. Some spend 3/4 th of the time alloted to a task simply making lists and then the remaining 1/4th panicking because they have no time to execute the perfect plan. Still others choose the proactive approach of Procrastinate Now! unlike lazy bums who just waste their time.

Me? I watch movies..

Movies I've seen recently :

The Butterfly Effect
Chasing Amy
A Fish Called Wanda
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
Memento
Requiem for a dream
The Usual Suspects
Love Actually
Shopgirl
Hitch
The Firm

Ghajini
Kanda Naal Mudhal
Adhu Oru Kanakaalam
Kaadhal

Scrubs season 4
Monty Python's And now for something completely different

You can just imagine how much work I got done!!

Monday, January 02, 2006

Kanda Naal Mudhal

Its been a little more than a month I think since this movie was released. I finally got to see it only a few days ago. Unlike your typical run of the mill masala movie, this one has no villain, no hero, no action scenes, no car chases, no songs in the rain, no item numbers and few tears. Its a simple story of a girl, two boys, an arranged marriage and some complications in between. If you haven't already caught this flick, do so! Its worth it.

Prasanna has cropped up in the recent past in some refreshingly nice movies. I enjoyed five star, and definitely enjoyed his performance in this move too. Laila is tolerable after the first five minutes. I only wish they could find actresses who could speak the language without sounding like they had a gun to their heads. Karthik plays the second male lead. For the second time, he is slotted into the urban NRI role, though this time we are spared the 'firang' accent (Unlike his earlier role in Alaipayuthe). His role is small but well portrayed.

The first half of the movie has all together too many songs. The war-scene song for example is totally avoidable. But on the whole, its a refreshing flick and well worth a watch.

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy NewYear

Hope the year ahead brings you much prosperity and joy

:-)