Summer movies’ reviews – Update !

This post is continuation of my post on review of movies I watched this summer. If you have not read my previous post, you can find it in this link. I had mentioned that I would watch following movies:

• Twilight – Eclipse
• The Last Airbender
• Despicable Me
• Predators
• Knight and Day
• Inception
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Salt
• Eat Pray Love

So here goes the reviews for the movies I watched
Twilight – if you are die hard Twilight fan, then this is a MUST watch ( now I dnt even have to say that). I thot this movie was pretty good summary of the book… when i say summary, i need to stress that again .. The book was one of the longest/biggest of the series and when they made it into a movie, they kinda jus showed you a glance of each chapter of the book..Still I think you could watch it once! On a positive note, Jacob was HOT… with all his six pack and stuff ! On a negative (for me personally), I felt that the fight scene in the end which is so described in detail in the book could have been longer in the movie. I was somehow looking forward to it. (***1/2)
The Last Airbender – Went for this movie without much expectations and thus was not really disappointed like many others …the movie was aesthetically well taken and I liked .. may b coz I had not watched the cartoon before (Heard it is much much better). I would not mind watching the sequels but it is not one those movies which is going to be my top fav list. Caution: if u loved the cartoon series, u wud hate the movie .. so dnt bother. (**1/2)
Despicable Me – Went for this movie as it was an animation … Knew it would be cute from its trailer .. Didnt expect it to super cute and fun. Definitely a good watch and fun entertainer .. One of the good releases of this summer (****)
Inception – DEFINITELY a must watch … by the time i wrote this post or u read this post, u wud have def watched it, not jus once, may b even twice… If you havn’t yet tho, then do it ASAP! brilliant storyline with direction and screenplay worth mentioning. Caprio did a good job too … It was like living within dream ! Enuf said already (*****)
Eat Pray Love – You must of read or heard about the bestseller book of the same name .. I have not read the book yet but I am thinking it is a pretty good adaption of the book… .I think the movie is a pretty decent one, at times boring or too long. Loved the way they showed Italy (esp the food) or depicted Bali with its scenic beauty – Wanted to go to eat in Italy and have a vacation in Bali right away … The only thing I didnt love about the movie the way they showed India… I think there was  much more potential to truly represent India but then again I am biased coz I know about India much more than I know about Italy or Bali. Julia Roberts rocks … So if u r a big fan of her work, then definitely go watch this movie. If you prefer books to movie, I would probably suggest reading it. (***)
Yet to watch Predators, Knight and Day, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Salt. Blame it on my thesis! Will definitely watch at least a couple of the above if not all.
So until then, enjoy the rest of ur Summer :)

Beete Lamhe!

Ever wondered why suddenly memories of the past
come flooding back to you one random day, causing
you to frantically look into the tiniest details of those
memories in your head … you start looking for
pictures, videos, movies or books anything tat is
representative of those memories .. you try very hard
to imagine how you felt then and then try to recreate
those moments in your present life …One thing leads
to the other .. you start remembering your school life
and the pranks you played on unsuspected victims,
annual days and sport days, finding out lil details
about your crush(es) …getting excited about your
freedom during summer holidays, climbing tress
without getting caught or playing games for really
long hours till you mom threaten you with beating if
you don’t come “immediately”, preps for boards minus
the TV … you think that is that is best time of your
life when you suddenly are into college, with more
freedom and a new set of friends, ragging by seniors
in your first year followed by you ragging ur juniors
the very  next year, your own gang of friends, the
dhabas and movies and beaches you visited with
them … the long bike/car rides speeding above limit,
remember those days when you would cram for your
exams and have late night teas to keep urself awake
so that you can “pass” the exam, about the times when
you would have long conversations with your hostel
friends about random things in life and of course the
gossips going on in the college … you remember the
long walks in your campus or umpteen visits to the
canteen, running at the last min to enter your hostel
before the curfew, mass bunking classes jus coz you
are bored or want to watch a movie as a gang,
getting ODs for college culturals and  tech fests,
song dedications and proposals and rejections, bday
bump and bday treats, huge mess bills and even
bigger canteen bills, sneaking out to meet your bf/gf...
prepaid sim with unlimited SMSes… regular visits to
archies and CCDs to enjoy the AC, a lil bit of tension
of getting “placed” or GRE/CAT prep ….and off you go
to start another phase of your life offering a new
path…

All this while you see a sea of faces, some of which you
prominently remember, while others are faded
memory, best friends, arch enemies, juniors, seniors
and super seniors… names bounce of your head and
make you wonder where are they and what are they
doing now ...they are others you are in touch with…
you wish for gathering with all the different people
from you past .. wish some one would take initiative
from their busy life to organize  something where you
can relive your past… there are ppl with whom you
never spoke before but are now best friends with …
laughing about all the missed years of friendship ….
then they are others who were your best friends but
now you don’t even have any idea what they are up
to…sometimes you wish you had been more active and
stayed in touch and  other times you wonder wat
exactly happened to cause this drift  …

aahhh .. these memories … bring both a smile and tear
on your face…makes you wonder about the different
paths you might have taken and the results of those
paths…And then you realize that you even don’t
know the future of the path you have taken now…this
realization makes you hope that the
relationships which you have now last forever and
grow stronger by the hour … makes you hope that the
you forge new bonds and also repair some of the old
ones …. makes you hope tat you remember all these
moments in the future as vividly as they are now!!!

Crossroads of my life…

Recently, my life has been real tumultuous… I have been

faced with two or more choices and forced to take a

decision … There is this fear which exists al the time about

whether I am making the right decision … As always, I

think,  I analyze, I discuss, I argue (with myself), I justify, I

rethink before I reach a final decision … Currently, I am

faced with many options … as I told a bunch of ppl .. I am

right now at the crossroads of my life/career .. I do not

know what I would be doing 3 months from now .. But I knw

I would be doing something …I have a lot of open options ..

I want to go down all the roads and check them out … One

day I think one path is right , the next day the same path

looks less attractive … I have been confused like this for a

while … With my internship too, I was confused … I kept

asking myself y did I want to this unpaid intern ? esp an

intern job in which I already had a experience from my full-

time job .. But something in the internship attracted me

and I couldn’t place my finger on that … In the end, I

decided to do it going by my gut feeling and now I am happy

tat I made that decision…With all this confusion, I recently

got very excited coz a new door of possibility opened …At

first thot, it was like ‘oh no, not another road to my set of

crossroads’ but slowly as i explored this possibility,  I got

more excited …It was kinda perfect path for me as

it satisfied a bunch of my requirements .. But once the

excitement began to wear off, I saw how much prep I need

to make before I actually set foot on the path which even

takes me to that road … this road would then take me to

the right door …a new determination has risen inside me …

to make sure i reach the door … and Hopefully, with all the

choices I am forced to make, May this be the best one out

there !

When I am bored at work…

Things I end up doing when I am bored at work !!

1. Graduated high school.

2. Kissed someone.
3. Smoked a cigarette. (May be one day)
4. Got so drunk you passed out. (At my own house party :D  )
5. Rode every ride at an amusement park. (Don’t think I will ever do this)
6. Collected something stupid.(in my case, Greeting cards, trivia from young world)

7. Gone to a rock concert. (I will strike this as I have gone to other concerts)
8. Helped someone. 
9. Gone fishing (Want to but I think I will get impatient pretty soon)
10. Watched four movies in one night. (one too many nights)
11. Lied to someone. (a lot of white lies :D, no harm done! )
12. Snorted cocaine.(No, thank you!)
13. Smoked weed.(Thanks but no thanks! )
14. Failed a subject.   (umm..thinking … cant really think of one!, may b a quiz )
15. Been in a car accident.(Thankfully no and dnt want to b in one either )
16. Been in a tornado. (Does being in a tornado warning zone count?)
17. Watched someone die. (Sadly, but yes)
18. Been to a funeral.

19. Burned yourself. (Still have the marks)
20. Run a marathon.(May be one day)
21. Cried yourself to sleep.
22. Spent over 10,000 bucks in one day.(Wish I could, looks like I need to win a lottery soon)
23. Flown on an aeroplane.(Yup)
24. Cheated on someone. (May be, may be not , depends on how and wat u define cheating)
25. Been cheated on. (Again, depends on high I have defined cheating)
26. Written a 10 page letter. (And never got a reply back. Yes, my life is a tragedy.)
27. Gone skiing. (Someday…)
28. Been sailing. (one of my best experiences of life)
29. Cut yourself. (who hasn’t gotten a paper cut)
30. Had a best friend. (ya and stil have)
31. Lost someone you loved. (I miss u grandpa! )
32. Got into trouble for something you didn't do. (Thanks you, sweet sis :P)
33. Stolen a book from the library. (Nope and will never do)
34. Gone to a different country. (Yeah yeah and looking fwd to go more)
35. Watched the Harry Potter movies. (All of them except the last one.. read their books… does that count?)
36. Had an online diary. (Once upon a time)
37. Fired a gun.
38. Gambled in a casino. (Does slot machine count?)
39. Been in a school play.

40. Been fired from a job. (50/50 would have quit myself)

41. Taken a lie detector test.
42. Swam with dolphins. (One day)
43. Voted for someone on a reality TV show. (Naah)
44. Written poetry. (Will read, not really a poet!)
45. Read more than 20 books a year.
46. Gone to Europe. (Transit :D )
47. Loved someone you shouldn't have. (Who doesn’t love bad boys?)
48. Used a coloring book over age 12.
49. Had a surgery.
50. Had stitches. (My wonderful “fall from the 3^rd floor coz I was looking at guy on the road” story)
51. Taken a Taxi.
52. Had more than 5 IM conversations going on at once. (Most of the time)
53. Been in a fist fight

54. Suffered any form of abuse

55. Had a pet.
56. Petted a wild animal. (Held a python in my hand for 10 mins.. man, are they heavy)
57. Had your own credit card & bought something with it. (One too many)
58. Dyed your hair.

59. Got a tattoo. (Nada!)
60. Had something pierced. (My ears.)
61. Got straight As.
62. Known someone personally with HIV or AIDS.
63. Taken pictures with a webcam.

64. Lost something expensive.
65. Gone to sleep with music on. (Almost every night)

 

Summer Love = Movies !!

As many of you might already know .. I am a movie buff esp when Summer arrives .. Last summer, I didnt watch a lot of movies as I was in India .. But this yr, I am compensating for the loss .. Have watched almost all the movies currently in theatre (Bn to atleast one movie a week for the last 8 weeks).. so thot y not give my take on the movies...and Here it goes

Kites –A complete failure in terms of story line or the hype it has created .. u can watch the movie jus for Hrithik’s dance moves, body and the chemistry btwn Barabara Mori and him… oh ya .. Barbara is hot too ! You would get a few laughs too here and there ( and esp at the ending ) ..I jus thot is was mix and match of different hollywood films (*)

Raavan(an) – Though I didnt watch the hindi one, I wud suggest may b gng once for the following reaons  1.Cinematography, 2. locations 3.music 4. Coz it is Mani Ratnam’s movie … If you are one of the few who understand both tam and hindi (or telugu and hindi) .. then go for the tam/tel version jus to see Vikram’s acting abilities .. He did an awesome job! Oh ya .. it is loosely based on the Ramayana 

Tamil *** 1/2 and Hin **

Rajeneethi – Good acting performances ..have a bunch of well-known actors, ….Katrina does a pretty good job too… story is interesting but start is confusing coz I lost track of who is related to who and how .. def worth a watch  (****)

Sex and the city 2  - Didnt live upto my expectations … wasnt even half good as the prequel …. but the only i went for it for the outrageous dress Carrie wud wear and to check out other designs .. it is one of those movies where the dress plays such as important role  + plus it celebrates girlfriends (** 1/2)

Robin Hood – should have been named how he came to be known as RobinHood .. good  movie tho .. first 2 hrs u r lost on what is happening coz u r expecting something and it is not gng in that direction … the last 10 mins solves the puzzle … unless u r a history buff, u can watch it online (***)

Prince of Persia – loved it … used to play the game when i was  a kid .. so it was nice to see it as a movie .. the movie reminds scenes from the games esp the jumps and the fights he wud have to do each level … loved the story line with its twists and turns … the hero is good too and hot ! a def watch (****)

Iron Man 2 – not one of the best sequels .. but one could still watch it coz of the tech stuff … kinda repeat fights but the villan was brilliant and suddenly looked more appealing than the iron man in terms of knowledge … Downey Jr looked old and wish he has better make up! (***)

Toy Story 3 – LOVED it .. one of the best sequels I have watch in a long while … a def watch … wil make u miss u toys for sure .. a lil long but u wudnt mind it … and will b lost in the world of toys ! (*****)

Shrek 4 – it is one of the sequels where they r using the brand to make more money … Tried to bring in new characters but I think the first movie was the best .. One thing tho, which I loved in this movie where the babies of the dragon and donkey .. they were adorable … one can watch this movie if u have already watched the other 3 .. if u skipped it, u didnt miss much either .. ( ***)

The A team - When I went for this movie, I didnt expect much but ended up liking it .. if u like strategy, planning and plotting, this is one of those movies .. I gen love those funny one – liners in btwn a serious movie .. and this has many of them .. I thoroughly did enjoy the movie .. But not sure if it would appeal to all audiences (*** 1/2)

The Karate  Kid – Dnt go to ths movie coz u loved the original one … Go for this one coz u like Jackie Chan and u r interested to see wat Jaden Smith can do .. Both of them do a really good job … Also it is interesting to see an African American kid stuck in China and how he faces peer pressure .. You could kinda relate to him in this ! Some of the scenes are good .. the movie is very predictable, most of the times  ! (***)

I have a cpl of movies to catch up such as Letters to Juliet among others .. I am also watching old movies in Hulu and Crackle … Also, looking forward to more summer releases .. That list goes something like this

1. Twilight – Eclipse (yuppie gng first day first show at 12.01 am :D )
2. The Last Airbender – looking fwd to the graphics
3. Despicable Me (Animation)
4. Predators – May be
5. Knight and Day – Tom Cruise - May Be
6. Inception – Di Caprio – May Be
7. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Nicholas Cage
8. Salt – for Angeline Jolie
9. Eat Pray Love – heard the book is good (one my reading list)

 

my “Love Story” – the Hollywood style!!

* Key to understand this post – All the answers are movie quotes,
 movies are listed in the bracket.
*Disclaimer* - A little change has been made in the quotes, 
but it doesn’t change the essence of the original quote.

* How did it start ??
          I had this guy leave me a voicemail… so I called him back…
and then he emailed me after reading my blog, and I texted to his
cell, and then we just went around checking all these different
portals (to communicate with each other) (He’s Just not That Into You)

* What was the result ??
         In his own words -  “You had me at hello, Sharanya” (Jerry Maguire)

* How long did it take??
         Three weeks together  (not literally), that's all it took, three
weeks for me to fall for him. (Dear John)

* How did he convince me??              
          Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that
at some time, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this
thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll
regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're
the only one for me (Runaway Bride)

* My eternal question “How can you be so sure”??
         You don't know me, but I know me. (The Notebook)            
         (my reply) You're lucky to be so sure.
         (his reply) It's like the wind. I can't... see it, but I feel it. (A Walk To Remember)

* What do you know about me to like me ??
          All I know is... you're beautiful. (A Walk To Remember)

* What is your fav color :D ??
         Try blue, it's the new red! (Wall-E)

* What did he say in the end ??
          P.S. I love you (P.S. I love you)

* What  did I say to that ??
        And I love you without knowing how, why, or even from where (Patch Adams)

* When we met, what did he say (to convince me again) ??
         I know what I want, because I have it in my hands right now. You. (P.S. I love you)

* His thoughts on food ??
        (me) What is it you REALLY like to do?
        (him) Eat! (your cooking) (Julie and Julia)

* Food – his love??          (him- to me) You are the butter to my bread, you are the breath to my life. (Julie and Julia)

* What do I (we) want now ??
       When you realise You want to spend
       The rest of your life with somebody,
       You want the rest of your life
        To start as soon as possible. (When Harry Met Sally)

Spring Fever

Excited about Spring  for the reasons below:

•  The weather for one reason ( Dear Snow, I do love you still :))
• Ohio Union for the 2nd (atleast for the fee I am gng to be paying for the rest of my term at skl)
• I am turning 25 :D yippie !! (Silver jubilee of my existence on earth and I think I am happy and proud of most of my life :))
• Finally, I am gonna be an Instructor for a course.. Have taught cpl of times here and there but nothing as concrete or intense as this one .. and Dear dad, I dedicate this to you !! :) ( Come to think of it, I dnt think my dad yet knws , need to tel him soon ! )