Dairy Of A Mad Bad Indian

My goodness it's been ages since I've written anything on here.  So here are two pieces of random pieces of scribblings I have done in the past week or so.  Will add a few random pics as well to the site, so keep a look out.

 

 

 

Alone

 

Sad, you may say

Unfortunate, is the word I use

I’ve become accustomed to it.

 

Walking, strolling, occasionally running

But ultimately always alone.

 

A smile, a false dream, a false hope, a false tear

But continually alone.

 

You may convince me

I may truly believe you

But we can’t change the truth

 

You go off now, with your chorus

I’ll stay here

Standing alone.

 

Am I too nice to be a Professional Hitman?  Thats what someone told me, according to her, I'm too nice to be a hitman, but I kept being adamant about it and manage to scare her off.....good one Alpesh!!

 

I think I would be a good hitman, and being "nice" is the perfect disguise.  No one is ever going to suspect me.  Plus I'm like a stealth Ninja!

I could have a double life, average accountant by day, professional hitman by night.  My weapon of choice  triangular cut toast. HYA!!!!!

 

Okay, so all of that is not gonna happen.  But here is what I hoping for

 

1. Going to Australia

2. Meet .....

3. Drive

4. Get my own place

5. Get married (yes, I know this is probably never going to happen)

6. Qualify as an accountant.

7. Write and direct a short film

 

I don't why it is, or when it began, but I have realised that I'm very much afraid of my mobile phone, in particular using it.

 

I always suspected this, but things got confirmed last Friday.  I sent a text to someone, probably for the first time in ages, one of those best of luck messages.  Anyways the reply made a very good point, I should have texted her ages ago.  Which got me thinking, why haven't I sent her texts before.

 

The reason I gave her was cos I love reading her e-mails and you can write so much more.  Which is a true reason.  Her e-mails are amazing to read, and I when I write mine, I get the chance to waffle and ramble on....something I do alot....when writing.

But I think deep down, I'm just afraid of sending texts.  As for phoning people,  that is an almost no-no for me.   I reckon 95% of my phone use is just to find out what time it is.   There is something else, I'm ok with replying to texts or returning calls.  But I just bring myself to make a random text......I'm Alpesh and I seem to have a problem.

 

So Aoife, if you're reading this, you kind of know why......and even though I know it's unlikely you are reading this,  where the hell is your e-mail????

 

 

It has been ages since I wrote anything on this.  well anything of significance.  Well the latest updates to my life are....

I'm back working at Severn Trent

I'm hoping to become an accountant.

 

Yes, I am a sell out.  But somethings, unfortunately, aren't meant to be....no matter how much we want it.

I do hope future career aspirations is the only thing I have to give up on.  There is other stuff that I want, and hope for, that I desperately want to happen to occur.   Am I the only one confused by what I have written?

 

Oh, guess what.  i-tunes are selling hindi film songs!!!  YAY!!! no more piracy, with regard to music.  And I will keep an eye on a certain someone, on where she buys her music from *aherm*Priya*aherm*

 

I have already bought the new Don album, a few songs from Jaan-e-mann (which are suprisingly good) and a song from Socha Na Tha.

 

Someone drop me a line.  have been a little lately.  don't fooled by the sad face thats on my MSN screen name.  it will pass, hopefully within the next few weeks.  And I'm not gonna offer an explanation to that sentence.

 

Oh and one very important last note.  It's my birthday on 5th October.   I WANT PRESENTS THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!

The first poster of Mani Ratnam's new film Guru.

 

I can't help thinking that it's a remake of Iruvar.  And that his next film Lajjo would be a remake of KM.  Neither film have appeared in hindi, whereas all his other films have.  Though it could be unlikely because Mani Ratnam has said that he doesn't like to return to his films, hence why he doesn't like to do directors commentry on his dvds.

 

I do wish the title was a little different, because everytime I hear it, I keep thinking about the Mithun Chakraborty film.  That was classic.

what on earth has happened to this? it looks too wierd....its too white  me no like.

anyways off to Edinburgh for a couple of days.  will be uploading photos.

 

The worst poem in the universe

The dead swans lay in the stagnant pool.

They lay. They rotted. They turned

Around occasionally.

Bits of flesh dropped off them from

Time to time.

And sank into the pool's mire.

They also smelt a great deal

This world cup is fast turning in to a really bad world cup. 

It started off pretty well, the group stages were really good, say for a couple of matches, all the games were entertaining, even the ones which didnt sound so promising (Mexico-Iran comes to mind)

However this all changed during the second phase, the game which chaged the nature of the whole tournament was Holland - Portugal, that game was shocking, poor behaviour by the players, an attrocious referee, and personally I would have loved to have seen the dutch progress.

 

The next shocker was the France - Spain match, Spain had been playing some amazing football, the second best team in the tournament in my opinion, and they got beat by a bunch of cheats.

 

So now we come to the quater finals, Argentina, the best team in tournament, get knocked out by hosts, which you could say was ultimately a fair result, but Germany arent a great team.

 

Italy go through, which was good, but along with Germany can only be considered an average team.

 

England - Portugal game was an even game, England had been playing so badly that could only be considered an average team.  And Portugal are just an average team period.

 

So thats 3 average teams in the semi's

 

Then came the last straw.  Brazil getting knocked out by the cheats.  Brazil have also been playing poorly, but they were coming good, and ultimately a tournament without Brazil is only half of a tournament.  France were so amazingly poor in their group, they should have been knocked out in the first round.

 

So you have 3 average teams and a bunch of cheats.

 

Can you just imagine what the final will be like.  I can only imagine that it would be as disappointing as the 2004 European Cup Final (Porto - Monaco)

 

So now whats really the point of watching the world cup?  There isn't a team that look amazingly good.  I'll support the Italians because out of whats left they are the only team I like.

 

But in the end, some shocking refereeing decisions, some of the major teams under-performing, most of the top players under-performing, has in a way made this World Cup a damp squid.

 

Who is to blame?  FIFA primarily, their instructions to the referees have created an atmosphere where yellow cards were being handed-out.

But as for teams and players under-achieving, who knows, maybe the nerves got the best of them.  It is a shame, as the amount of talent on show would have made this an outstanding tournament.

 

I doubt I will look back on the 2006 World Cup with fond memories.  What could have been would have been amazing, what is, is absolutely piss poor.

Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure as heck not picking anything up.

Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to assure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric staple gun and fasten your trousers securely in place around your waist.

Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate: when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I WILL kill you.

Rule Five: In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."

Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process which can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places lacking parents, policemen, or nuns. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her chin. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chainsaws are okay. Hockey games are okay.

This is just another one of those random blogs I just feel like writing.  Except I can't think of anything that I want to say, I'm feeling tired, but thats cos its late.  I'm on hols at the moment, it actually took me literally 4 hours to get bored of Sky tv after missing it for 4 months.  I think that has to be some kind of record.

 

I just thought of something I can say, someone asked a rhetorical question, why is it that all relationships result in separation?  Interesting question, I had asked her to write something profound, and thats what she stumps me with.  So what is the answer?  Well, its rhetorical, so there is no answer.  But I had figured that it all came down to a birth and death process, where its difficult to meet new people without losing touch with other people.  Perhaps I'm wrong, but it does tend to happen, prime example is when you go off to uni.

 

I am currently being convinced that April is an expensive moth, as I know a few people whose birthday falls in the month of April, but I hardly ever buy presents or get cards, mainly cos I never get anything.  Yes I am bitter about it and yes I am being small.  But hey thats me

 

 

Next week I'm off to London for a day to see the recording of Have I Got News For You, hopefully I will be in the audience.   I say hopefully, cos the whole ticketing arrangement is pretty stupid, they over book the venue, so u have to queue up early to get in.  But hopefully next week, I will be within the same vicinity as Paul Merton, Ian Hislop and 3 well known figures.  I just hope Chantelle isn't one of them.

 

I want to finish by saying

I like this cheek, but I like the other one just as much,  I like this eye, but I like the other one just as much.

 

Can't sleep, the time change has messed me over big time, not that I was Sleeping...err... Beauty??? before the time change, but this is worse, It's 3:15am, my body thinks its 2:15am, I am truely buggered.

 

Okay, so apart from that what else is wrong.  Well, as I walking to an unimportant meeting, I happen to walk past a little bookshop, I just happened to glance at the window, saw a book, carried on walking and then stopped.  Something wasn't quite right with that book, I turned around back to the window and looked at the book again.  The book looked a lot like one of the Harry Potter books, same kind of sleeve, same kind of lettering of the title, same kind of picture on the front cover.  Only problem with this book was the title instead of HARRY POTTER AND THE....... it was called BARRY TROTTER AND THE DEAD HORSE.   The first few words that came to mind were, "what the fuck!"  So, seeing as I couldn't sleep, and just happen to remember this little book, I decided to search for it, and this is what I find http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Trotter

To me that just seems wrong!

 

So, what else can I write about?  Well, I watch Being Cyrus yeserday, a very interesting and good film.  But I do have to admit, I'm still trying to figure out whether it is pretentious, at the moment I'm thinking no, and hence its a good film.  But there are a couple of moments which just yell pretentiousness.  The film also confirms for me how poor Salim-Sulieman are as background musicians.  They do ruin the atmosphere in a film, always going for something overly dramatic when something subtle or just silence is needed.  They need to take lessons from either A.R Rahman or Ilayraja.   Saif is very good, Naseerudin is very very good, i like Simone Singh, she's kind of like Cameron in House, it's hard not to like her.  Boman Irani is good, but I do think his gujarati is a little off.  Dimple is good at times, okay at others.  If you fancy something different then go watch it, it is only 90 minutes long.

 

I also read the play "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf"  which I have to say is very very good, but also a little worrying, the central two characters do kind of remind me of my parents, maybe it means then that I'm not real.  Read the book or watch the play or film to find out what I mean by that.  Though I will warn you that it is a little outdated.  But still brilliant.  I've now moved on to "A Streetcar Named Desire" so if my next blog is titled "STELLA!! YOU'RE PUTTING ME THROUGH HELLA!!" you'll know why.

 

I don't know what else to write, easter hols are from next week, one month of doing absolutely nothing....as opposed to doing nothing instead of uni work. 

 

Caio for now

A'ha!  It has been a while, mainly because I'm on the run from the police.  That and because someone has found out my secret, my real name is Ted...Ted Hitler, Adolf Hitler is a distant relative of mine.....two generations.....straight line......okay, he's my grandfather, you've got your scoop, happy now??  Sorry, I couldn't help write that, its from The Daily Show, which I think is officially the funniest on tv at the moment.  I've been watching clips/segments online and its kind of making me wish I was at home so I could watch it.

 

So what have I been upto?  Nothing of importance or significance, hence "Being Me"

 

Did you know that Akira Kurasawa said "Never watching a Satyajit Ray film is like never seeing the sun or the moon"  bold statement don't you think?  I thougt so too.  So I end up watching Pather Panchali, his first film.  It won Best Human Document at the Cannes Film Festival, not a bad thing to do with your first film.  I also watched Aparajito, his second film as a director, that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.  So do I think Kurasawa is right? Probably.  One thing is very evident, how beautifully the film is shot.  Virtually every shot is beautiful enough to be made in to a giant poster to have on your wall at home.  The films themselves are so simple while having an underlying complexity, so mesmerising, that within the first ten minutes you cannot help but be transported to another world, so alien yet so familiar.

 

"Beauty is something that can haunt us, either an image or a person is enough to bring a smile on our face everytime we think of it" - Alpesh Patel, 14:55, 24th March 2006.  

 

I have no idea exactly why I wrote that, for some reason it felt apt,  last night, while struggling to get to sleep I ended up thinking of an entire short story and now as luck would have it, I have forgotten it, all of it.  But if I had of gotten up and started writing it down, I never would have gone to sleep, its the vicious circle of life.  I can remember short and simple stuff for example, here is a little scene which I came up with, featuring me and a girl called A.  This is totally made up (either that or I heard it somewhere, forgot it, and then remembered it as my own)

 

Me:  You know, I have Jedi powers

A:  Oh really?  what kind of powers?

Me:  You know the Jedi Mind Trick?  I can do that

A:  Go on then, prove it

Me:  (while waving my hands in a Jedi-like mystical way) You will go out with me on a date and then fall in love with me

A: No I won't

Me: Ah the force is strong with this one.

 

I couldn't help but laugh when I thought of it, though I have to admit, it just seems too good to be my own creation, so if you have heard of anything similiar let me know where you have heard it.

 

I'm kind of dreading Mani Ratnam's next Guru, a part of me is kind of wishing that the reports that he will be shooting in the UK is false, it would be the first time he would shoot outside of India.  Also Aishwarya Rai is always off putting, though she was very good in Iruvar, it is Aishwarya who cannot really act at all.  But lets wait and see.  I had always always resisted the temptation to watch Thiruda Thiruda because everyone had said it wasn't great.  But I ended up watching it, okay it's not Mani's best, but its still better than alot films that are out now!  Brilliant songs though. 

 

One last comment, the song is Fanna from Aayitha Ezhuthu

At what point do you decide a film is pointless? Is it before you watch the film, and you go by word of mouth? Is it halfway through a movie, where all the plotlines are still open ended and a twist may occur? Or is it after the film has ended when you make a clear and learned decision?  You should, I guess, always wait till the end to make a decision on a film, but with Syriana, I couldn't help make my decision half way through.  It's not that Syriana is a bad film, on the contrary, it is a very good film, just utterly pointless.  The US government have a middle-east policy which is driven by a lust for oil.  Oil Companies are bad, these are two of the points Syriana is making, my reaction; NO SHIT SHERLOCK.  There are three plotlines, two of which are kind of connected, and the reason for the inclusion of the third plot line only becomes apparent till the very end.  The problem is, that the way these three plot lines unravel, is done very poorly, and it is precisely this reason why I just ended up thinking that the film was pointless, I can actually pinpoint the scene when I just thought "Yeah, this film is completely pointless"  It happens when the Prince is not allowed to see his father and then has a talk with Matt Damon.  The acting is very good, though I don't quite understand how Best Supporting Actor award went to Clooney, yes he is good, but was he really the best person this year?  I wouldn't know, but somehow I do doubt it.  Syriana is probably the best film on at the cinema at the moment, so if you do decide to go watch something, you will struggle to find a film better than Syriana.

 

This Is A Brilliant Song, I've add the video to the song to the site as well, and here are the lyrics so you can sing along......don't forget to clap your hands

 

 

Recently a friend was asking everyone which music album, that they had bought when they were 16-18, had defined their youth.  I wasn't asked because I would have come up with an answer which none of my friends would have heard of.

 

But if I had been asked, my answer would definitely have been Dil Se.

It is a fantastic all round album, there isn't a bad song on it all.  Of course everyone who has heard of it instantly thinks of Chaiyya Chaiyya, but I don't.  I think of the title song and A.R Rahman vocals blasting out DIL SE RE......

I can still remember the first time I saw the teaser trailer

 

India Talkies presents

 

Mani Ratnam, Ramgopal Varma, Shekhar Kapoor

 

A.R Rahman, Lata Mangeskar, Gulzar

 

Dil Se...

 

 

It just captured my imagination.  

 

Chaiyya Chaiyya is just a brilliant dance track

 

Jiya Jale has Lata Mangeskar on full form sounding as young as ever, the Malayam lyrics adding an exotic feel to the song, and Shivamani giving it his all on the percussions

 

Dil Se is mind blowing, sung with so much passion

 

E Ajnabi is a brilliant meloncholic song, the lyrics have so much power in them that the music takes a back seat, and lets the lyrics touch your heart

 

Thaiyya Thaiyya is a folk-songy version of Chaiyya Chaiyya, not as up beat as Chaiyya Chaiyya, but definitely sung better by Sukhwinder Singh

 

Satrangi Re is probably Sonu Nigam's most under-rated song, it is definitely my favourite song by Sonu Nigam.  Again sung with so much passion.

 

I have Dil Se Re to the media player thing, the quality of the file isnt that great, but you should get the idea of what I mean.

So far I have seen 3 Akira Kurosawa films.   I watched Throne Of Blood first because I knew the story (based on Macbeth) so I knew what kind of things to expect, I thought I'd ease myself in to Kurosawa films.  It was a good film, the story was well adapted, the screenplay was pretty tight and solid, the direction was pretty impressive.

 

I then watched Stray Dog, again a good film, very very well written, screenplay was decent, could have done with some editting, again direction was pretty impressive.

 

I've just finished watching Ikiru.  OH MY FUCKING GOD. WHAT A FUCKING AMAZING FILM.  Every single aspect of the film is just brilliant.  It is easily in to my top 5 greatest films.  It is hard to know where to start when describing this film,  the story is of a man who has gone through life without ever really living, he finds out he has cancer which causes him to re-evaluate everything, he feels sorry for himself, he then goes off to try and live his life to the fullest, yet he is still left unsatisfied.  He then sets himself the task of having a playground built for a school.  Having read that short summary of the story, you would expect something very very sentimental, and something very melodramatic.  Yet you hardly get that, you get something that is very sincere and very touching.   This is essentially down to two reasons Takashi Shimura and the screenplay.  Shimura's portrayal of Watanabe is mesmorising as an already broken man who now has to deal with the weight of realisation that he has wasted his life, his expressions will just haunt you, specifically the scene when he sings at the party and the scene where he is on the swing.   The screenplay is cleverly written, normally you would expect the second half of a film to show the hero go through his struggle to get the playground made.  We don't with this film, we see the aftermath of the hero's struggle as the second half takes place after the playground has been built and after Watanabe has died.  This will definitely move you, I have no doubt about that, how great you think this film will vary.  But I know, that I will end up watching this film on a regular basis.  I'll finish with Roger Eberts comments about the film; "Over the years I have seen "Ikiru" every five years or so, and each time it has moved me, and made me think. And the older I get, the less Watanabe seems like a pathetic old man, and the more he seems like every one of us."

 

 

 

 

So out the terrific trio of Block E, I appear to be the only one single......BUT I'm still waiting for Jessica Alba or Amrita Roa to give me a call, though I might be waiting for a very long time, seeing as they don't know who I am, and I have never met them, and in all likelyhood never will,  but you never know.....miracles can happen    Or I can just do the easy thing, and stalk them.  

 

Ok, revision has picked up, and I am feeling a whole lot better generally.....I reckon it was stress, which would make it the first time I have been that stressed out.   But I think I know what cured me....two words.....JESSICA SIMPSON....I just kept watching her video "These boots are made for walking" what a brilliant video!!!  It certainly de-stressed me.  I have added the video to the blog, it should load up

 

 

And so it goes, back to revision........

I'm regretting something I said four years ago......"Ok, I'll do maths at uni"

It is so amazingly obvious that it is a pointless degree and even more amazingly obvious that I have no idea what I will do once I graduate.

 

The reason I'm saying all of this now.....EXAMS.....revision is not going as planned.

 

I hate maths, its the pants

I hate maths, its so crass

I hate maths cos I stink at maths

I hate maths

 

Aherm

 

 

Anyways the song that you are hearing...or should be hearing is the title song from Kannathil Muthamittal, its one of my favourite songs, and I love the video to it as well, the one with Madhavan in it.

 

Oh, as for the question in a previous blog, where I put up 3 posters and asked what they ripped off

Zinda is a rip off of OLD BOY

Ghajani is a rip off of MEMENTO

Holiday is a rip off of DIRTY DANCING

 

I am so unbelievably stressed, at the moment listening to DO KADAM AUR SAHI from Meenaxi is providing some relief, cos its giving me hope that the end is near. YAY!!  but till then

I finally figured out how to add a windows media thing on to the space....yay for me.....and the first thing I have added is this little sketch from Saturday Night Live.  Its a parody of rap, but some people have said that its not showing what is wrong with rap music, but rather showing what can be right with rap music.  Anyways enjoy

Best Wishes For The New Year

Did anyone else think that King Kong was an hour too long?  I read an article once saying that when directors make a film they are passionate about, it tends to become very self-indulgent, some examples were given, but I can't exactly remember them, I'm pretty sure "Gangs Of New York" was one of the films mentioned.  I bring up the article, because I get the feeling that the samething happened with King Kong.  Peter Jackson had wanted to remake King Kong for a long time (apparently) and after he made the film, I'm pretty sure he forgot to hire an editor.  The original film was around 100 minutes long, some how Jackson managed to add another 80 minutes and believe me, they are a LONG 80 minutes.  Thinking back on the film, I can easily cut about 20 or 30 minutes and thats me! Someone who knew what they were doing would definitely be able to cut more.   King Kong isn't that, the action sequences are very good, especially the stuff on Skull Island and I geniunely felt sorry for Kong at the end.  But I think scenes between Kong and Watts dragged on just a little too much (especially in New York) and the climax was definitely too long.  Added to that, you have unneccessary characters, a love story which kind of gets left unexplained.  You just get the feeling that this a film that Peter Jackson had wanted to make since he was a child, and now that he had the chance, he wanted to make it exactly how he imagined it.  This isn't exactly a good sign for me, cos I've been sitting on a story that I have ear-marked as my first feature film (HA! As if thats ever gonna happen) for the past 5 years.  Am I doomed to make a self-indulgent film like Jackson, like Scorcese?  Actually at this moment, thats the least of my worries, the bigger question at the moment is will I make a feature film?  I'm not sure about feature, I'm planning a short film, it is all planned out in my head.  Now I just got to write it (says he who has yet to start writing his own version of the lost Clerks scene)

 

 

I was reading something on Rediff.com a couple of days ago, Raja Sen (who is kind of a prick of film correspondant) keeps harping on about how it is such a bad idea to remake Sholay, and I keep thinking "Hang on, this isn't the first time Sholay has been remade.  You have had films like Karma, Army, Fateh, Faristey, China Gate which have all been based on Sholay.  The only difference is that Ram Gopal Varma has been honest with everyone by telling them that he is remaking a film, rather than denying it, (Though Rajkumar Santoshi did admit that China Gate was a homage to Sholay) so why is Raja Sen and Rediff becoming so disgruntled?"

 

As I am bored and I can't sleep, I thought I'd post a little game.  I have upload 3 film posters, Ghajani, Holiday and Zinda, and you have to guess, just by looking at the posters which films they have copied.  Though I admit that one of them is very hard to know, unless you have seen the trailer for it, then you figure it out within a minute, because not only has the film been copied one of the songs on the soundtrack has been copied as well!

 

Anyways I'm now off to listen to Nilalinai Nejamum from Raam (its funny what this song makes me imagine, I don't even know what is being sung!)

 

 

Half way through watching Bluffmaster I suddenly realised, that it is actually a bad film.  There isn't any other way to say it, it is just plain bad.  But three-quaters of the way through, I also realised that dispite being a bad film it was actually quite entertaining.  So by the end of the film, while walking out of the cinema, I was just left confused, here is a bad entertaining film.   Can such a thing happen?

My main problem with Bluffmaster is how amazingly obvious the plot was.  It was annoying, you knew what was going to happen, but you were made to wait, sometimes you didn't mind waiting, other times you did.  The strong references to "Oceans 11" and "The Game" didn't really help matters.  Okay, it wasn't as obvious as "Road To Perdition" where I actually guessed what the next line was, but still, something amazingly unexpected could have happened.  Maybe it's why I don't like horror films, I'll just be sitting there watching a death sequence saying "come on, kill her already......look, stop wasting time, just stab her a couple of times and get it over and done with......look, I'll do it for, it won't take so long"

 

So the good points about the film, Abhishek Bachchan looking stylish.  Priyanka Chopra looking sexy.  Nana Patekar being incredibly funny. a handful of funny moments

 

 

As for the trailers, Dosti just looks shit, any film with Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Bobby Deol and music by Nadeem Shravan, has to be shit

 

And OMG Neal n Nikki, is that some kind of joke?  I was aware of the film before hand, i've seen the title song on tv as well, but thats the first time I have seen the trailer, bloody hell.  And that title song!!! EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

The Rang De Basanti trailer I have seen before, I will definitely see this film.  Though I don't think it will be a good film.  I wasn't too keen on Aks and I've read the preview for the film, and its one of those that can go amazingly right, or catastrophically wrong.   I do have to wonder though, how the hell did Siddhart get a part in this film I have no idea.  I think he was ok in Boys, I wasn't paying much attention to him, I was more concerned with the brilliant songs and Genelia (her photo should be added to this to help explain why) and he was probably the worst thing in Aayitha Ezhuthu, its only cos of Sujatha's dialogues that I can bear to watch his story in the film. Also despite being the lead character in Boys, his career hasn't exactly taken off, so its just a little wierd that he managed to get to star in this.

 

 

One last thing, I was watching Sky One this afternoon, and there is this really really really freaky sitcom called Baby Bob, where a six month old baby can talk.  The sitcom itself is not funny, but it has kind of creeped me out, cos that baby just looks wierd

 

I'm beginning to love "Right Here, Right Now" from Bluffmaster, the normal version, not the hip-hop version (christ! that would be bad!)  I can't really blame anyone else for this,  "My Humps" and "Jal Jal Ke Dhuan" were "recommended" to me by a friend (in other words, she liked the songs, so I though I'd check them out)  but this song from Bluffmaster....is my own undoing.  I think the reason I like it so much is cos of Sunidhi Chauhan's voice, and also, in some ways, it reminds me of "Piya Basanti Re"  cos the song has a really lovely vocal and a really rough vocal, and somehow they both compliment each other.

 

 

Also on the music front, there is Rang De Basanti, which I like.  My favourite songs from it are Rang De Basanti, Tum Bin Bataaye, Khoon Chala, Roobaroo.

 

I was going to do somekind of Top 10 best films of the year list, but I actually can't remember what I saw this year (not a good sign, early onset of Alzhiemer's?)

 

Also playing Rocky Legends on PS2, yes I am behind the times on stuff like that but damn its a good game, frustating as hell, cos Rocky just aint a good fighter.

 

I'll finish with a poem

 

"Me, We"

 

by Muhammad Ali