Tuesday, July 13, 2010

A Troll

1. Some one who does not comment on your post with  words such as incredible, you are awesome, great post.
2. Some one who disagrees with your post.
3. Some one who disagrees with your post vehemently but stays away from any personal attack
4. Commentator who disagrees with you in a personal post on a personal decision.
5. Some one who calls you name because they disagree

Now, who will call you a troll based on the above definitions? 1/2/3/4/5
In real situations, do you still maintain that.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Charity

"It was almost as if she wished those people were blind so that she could help them. "

Friday, July 9, 2010

Tamil Padams

seen over the last few months.

Tamil Padam:
Don't know if it is because friends had quipped all the jokes already or the movie itself, I tried watching the movie twice - online( am an anti-piracy person but for the not so sure ones I like to sample online) and then got the DVD, couldn't get past half the movie. It couldn't sustain my interest. It wasn't that I didn't know what they were doing like it happens with some really pathetic ones, this one just didn't seem interesting enough.

Think I enjoyed the trailer better than the movie.

Goa:
Goa's first half hour did it so much better what the whole of Tamil Padam tried. Especially the chandrasekhar's military role who just launches into an advice rain(advice mazhai pa:)) even when he can't find a situation to fit in.
After which the movie wasnt anything much, it really doesn't have depth or honestly a story line. Weird - post interval one of the guy comes up with a story that was happening all along without anything amiss shown earlier. But then nothing much is happening for you to pinpoint only that as a problem.

These guys are a fun bunch though. Much funner than tamil padam.

Pasanga
Initial portions where the kids launch into a super starry song didnt just have the effect they had intended i.e kids acting like adults -> cute, unfortunately, kids acting like adults on screen is the norm - so got a bit scared that this is going to be one of those movies. It wasnt. After the initial 10 minutes, kids were acting like kids.Small town authentic setting if you must know is my new favorite- and tamil cinema rarely fails me on this, these days. This movie brings alive the ordinary lives where richness is a defined by a house with one more room and a bike - real people, with a quirky love story on the sides are all the good parts. But this over utopian thingy of every one in the class becoming studious so on was too childish to even make a comment on. With too many good things going for it, this just remains a slight skirmish on the side.

Subramaniapuram
This is the usual cinema story set in what is now becoming the usual for Tamil cinema - rural setting with a lot of reality dose. Pretty interesting.

Nadodigal
Aiyoo, a friend told me it isn't worth watching. should have listened. What a load of a pathetic crap. Because a bunch of morons decided to think a young couple in love as one of those psychopathic historical lovers suffering from obsessive disorders( if only romoe juliet had survived into a marriage, madhavan shalini would have kicked their asses) and stupidly jump into a fight without realizing their opponent's strength, two people have to put up with each other for the rest of their life. 

Well, it is getting very clear,  these directors are drawing from their own life experience. Fine. 

To the girl who ditched Gautham menon - you are fine. The guy milked three movies out of one story but they werent really bad you know. 

And the guy who took this Nadodigal's director's help to run away with his girl friend only to separate later - look i am not judging your decision to ditch your wife, but you, my man, you have single handledly ruined way too many people's two and half hours. Choose your friend carefully next time.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

A Tiger,  missing friend - the groom i may add, missing tooth(!), a baby, stitches on the wrist, a cop car, typical vegas impromptu wedding to a stranger, undamaged without a scratch mercedes, a chinese man without clothes in the trunk- hello? you want more?

I am surprised I enjoyed this movie. Recent American comedies gross me out - this one does but not as much as say a 40-year old virgin. Either that or I am getting used to these comedies. And some one said this movie is like one of those mindless Hindi comedies(obviously, they havent tried watching ten minutes of Golmaal 3 because it was available on netflix) so that put me off. But this was hilarious, well directed.

So, only hindi comedies are bad.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Ambani charity - oxymoron.

It is strange, when people topping the Forbes top 5 rich list from the land of honey and whatever are doing as much for charity while the names of the ones from India figuring in the same top 5 list are to be hardly found anywhere near charity. 
What does the Ambanis plan to do with all that money?

On the other hand, when reading the first few pages of maximum city where I read something that I have only read/heard many times before and have been annoyed all those times at the writer/speaker, that how in Mumbai it is disgusting that at one side you find all these riches - the tall skyscrapers, the BMWs and at the same time the slums and people without any basic amenities - it annoyed me because it is no different from a part of the world living in excess and while other part lives in heart numbing poverty. Just like the people in new york dont really worry about the poverty in Africa, it is the same in Mumbai. The rich in New york aren't any less guilty than the ones in Mumbai, no?

Besides, if some one doesn't really feel like giving away for charity, there isn't any obligation, isn't it? It is their hard earned money - they can do what they want. Or so I thought. 

But as heart warms every time I read Bill gates tweet or the news that Warren buffet gave away one more installment of his money - it does make me judge the people back home. All that money and not a mentionable charity act?  It sounds disgusting now.

Ps: People who want to comment how do I know if they aren't secretly involved in charity, stay away. Seriously!

Friday, July 2, 2010

Ketch up colonel

"If he could not kill anyone, then at least a "fake" encounter should be staged. An NDA cadet and brought up under the culture of obedience, Kohli made, what it seems now, the mistake of his life.

He dressed up five men and made them lie down on the ground. They were sprayed with ketchup and pictures were taken of them."
  
Source: timesofindia
Taro roots
to be boiled and steamed just like sweet potato.

- Read the card description next to chepankizhangu at the grocery story. Blasphemy I say, probably more than danish cartoon.