Fight Club - Movie
This one released in 1999, but I got the opportunity to watch it only recently on DVD. Its a 'different' movie to say the least. I liked these quotes from it:
The things you own, they end up owning you.
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. We are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.
We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives.
You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else, and we are all apart of the same compost heap.
We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession.
Stop trying to control everything and just let go.
(Mis)Fortune Cookies!
Long ago, we decided to have some group event in our office. From our team, we decided to distribute some fortune cookies to other teams. Trying to do something different, I came up with these following wacky sentences...
You not only screw up yourself, but also spread the virtue…
You are a gift to mankind. Unfortunately, not all gifts are blessings!
You are a born leader – but, got screwed up after birth.
There is no tunnel at all, forget the light.
Fortune favors the brave, not you!
You don’t like spam mails. Others don’t like yours!
Radical ideas are not bad ideas. But, yours are!
There is a tunnel, but it is totally dark!
Not to mention, the guys were overly pleased with what they saw in their cookie and gave us (especially me) some special treatment! :)
Dashavatharam
After the kinda hype this movie generated before its release, I, like many, was very eager to watch it at the earliest.
I was pissed-off at the initial bad reviews in the newspaper. "How can Kamal in 10 different roles go wrong?", "You must be nuts to call it as just an 'average' movie" - These were my thoughts. Finally, got a chance to catch the flick myself. Here is what I thought about it...
The movie starts off with Kamal in the Brahmin priest character. I never imagined a noble priest bashing up so many gundas! It was strange to see someone sing at such a high pitch tune when getting beaten up so badly!. But wait, I am watching Ravikumar's movie, time to mute the 'logical' side!...
Next, the movie takes us to the main hero (scientist) in the US. Nothing great about this role to talk about...so, lets move on! The acting and comic skills of Kamal was brought out by the Balram Naidu character (Telugu guy). Kamal has pulled it off nicely. The villian, Fletcher (Kamal) reminded me of Arnold in Terminator2. I liked the make-up, but, after seeing the Kalif Ullah character (Kamal), I was baffled...those two looked like identical twins :( I think the make-up man ran out of ideas!
The movie in the middle looked very flaky. It was clear that the director was confused on whether to make an action film or a comedy one. He has successfully ended up making 'none'.
The make-up and mannerisms of the old lady character (Kamal) was noticeable and should be appreciated. The natural dumbness of the George bush's character doesn't disappoint either. The japanese guy's make-up looked realistic, but, unfortunately he had no real role to play :(
Apart from a few, the remaining Kamals just come and go. Fill in the gap types...
The Avatar singh (Kamal) character, a punjabi pop singer who talks tamil with an accent, sings a poetic song in tamil!...good job, director! :)
To please Kamal fans, who pronounce him as 'World Hero', our 'masala' director had added a special scene...
Bad guy: You want to save all the people in this world...you think you are a World Hero?
Kamal: Yes, I am. [and then a long pause - Kamal fans are supposed to clap loud and whistle here!]
The movie ends with nothing remarkable. In fact, I didn't even care how it ends, I just prayed it does!
Now to postives and negatives...
+ Make-up
+ Kamal's effort and workmanship
- Screenplay
- Graphics
- Creativity
- Direction
- Most scenes! :)
Letz call the movie as '-'avatharam!
It is a must-watch for hardcore Kamal fans. For the rest of us, its just a waste of time! I give it 2 out of 5.
Quotes to ponder!
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.-- Baz Luhrmann (Wear Sunscreen)
QOTD!
Ok, today I was discussing a public issue with someone and suddenly this one popped off my mind...
"Sometimes 'majority' just mean that most people 'didn't get it'!"< 2008+ copyrights reserved! >
Trip to Kuala Lumpur!
Well, I took a break from my dull work routine and flew to Kuala Lumpur, on a 3-week 'official' visit! :)
The official work went on well. I also had time to roam around the city. I found that the places were cleaner than India (surprised?!, nah!), but, not as clean as Singapore.
I think KL can be called as a 'Mall-City'. I've not seen so many malls in such a small radius anywhere else. I personally liked the 'Mid-Valley' mall and the 'Times Square' mall. For computer related stuff, nothing can come close to 'Low Yat' Plaza.
It was an awesome feeling to see the mighty Petronas twin-towers live for the first time! The KL communication towers was also good, but, not that impressive. I really loved the visit to Batu Caves. The 'Eye on Malaysia' glitters at night! Wanted to go to Genting Islands, but, time did not permit that.
Overall, the experience was a good one. May be I will go there again! :)
Characters on my bus!
As we moved our office building to a 'village' outside the city, I have no option but to take the company bus for my commute. In the bus, I've been witnessing some strange characters, who were the inspiration for this blog entry!
The
'I_know_this_city_better_than_anyone' guy: This guy brags that he knows bangalore roads better than god! Asks the poor driver to try different routes each day and makes the rest of us suffer on his adventurous expedition!
The
'I_can_gabble_all_day' lady: This one talks non-stop to someone or the other. I wonder where she gets her energy from! At the same time, she is the one more reason for me to put on my ear phones!
The
'I_don't_like_this_city_at_all' guy: I think he has come back from US recently. He keeps bickering about the traffic, bad roads, people etc from time to time. Dude, If you can't do something to fix the problems, then just shut the hell up!
The
'We_will_not_lift_our_ass_off_till_the_bus_stops' guys: These idiots are so inconsiderate to others that they won't even try getting up their seats and move towards the door till the bus comes to an absolute stand-still in their stop! One more varient of this is a guy who won't get down even if the bus stops 10m ahead of his stop! Wonder how our company managed to hire these nuts!
The
'I_will_sit_near_the_window_but_won't_open_it' lady: This lady always finds her way to a window seat, but will never open the window to let some fresh air come in. I think she's allergic to wind or something! You think she likes to watch the roads, buildings and landscapes on the way? You are wrong, she just sleeps!
The
'I_cannot_turn_off_my_laptop' guy: I bet he is a manager of some sorts. Always doing something on his company laptop. The way our driver drives, I am sure the laptop is gonna break in few days!
The
'I_carry_my_world_with_me' guy: This guy carries a back pack, a laptop bag, and a lunch bag! He needs two seats, one for him, one for his 'stuff'. I don't blame him, but, I think he should 'shrink' his world a lil bit!
Until I bump into some more new creatures, this is
'the_guy_who_make_fun_of_his_fellow_commuters' signing off! :)
