Great Movies - Comments Invited

I'll just fire away
English
Meet Joe Black
Scent of A Woman
Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Stargate
Finding Forrester
October Sky
Terminator - Judgement Day
Bourne Supremacy
Die Hard 4.0
Rambo
The Last of the Mohicans
To Sir With Love
The Color Purple
Home Alone
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Dog Soldiers
Contact
Ice Age
Daylight
School of Rock

Hindi
Dil Chahta Hai
Hum Saath Saath Hain
Taare Zameer Par
Hum Apke Hain Kaun
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le jayenge
Bawarchi
Anand
Sholay
Vaastav
Sarkar
Jab we met
Others
Cinema Paradiso
No Man's Land
Amelie
Das Experiment
My Sassy Girl

I intend to make a list and own orignal DVDs of these some day. So add movies in your comments which you think are must watch. There are only two criteria - Do not add movies by what critics, go by what you think is great. Do not search any online sites for movie names. The movies have to be top of the mind recall...

My new love - Pearls Before Swine

You know what is the best part of working...You get paid!! :-)
I have been doing some spending.....After I completed my Calvin and Hobbes collection, I thought - this is it..I am not going to like any other funnies....Thankfully it is not so.

There is still a lot of sarcastic humor left (if that kind was ever in short supply!). Pearls Before Swine - by Stephan Pastis..I find his humor good and interesting..

His drawing style is simpler to Bill Watterson, his language is however one up. I guess he specializes in twisting popular phrases and sayings. His characters are straight(pun intended) and simple - Pig, Rat, Goat and Zebra with a couple of friendly crocodile neighbors thrown in...

I already have three books (1. This little Piggy Stayed home 2. Nighthogs 3. The Ratvolution will not be televised - from his collection...and am having three more delivered..oh boy life is sweet...

Taj through my lens

Hi,

Had been to Agra recently while on a trip to Vrindavan. One good thing is that there is a 1 km embargo around the Taj which allows only non polluting vehicles to come within the 1 km range. It may be too little too late. I couldnt help but notice that our national heritage had blackened considerably since the last time I saw..Any way, I had my digi cam and could not help but take some snaps....Some turned out ok, some I liked a lot..Have posted two of them here. The third one is exceptional...It is of a couple visiting the macabre. What amazes me is the expression on their faces....

Green Street Hooligans

so...what does this title make you think..? I was completely blank when I watched this movie. Hence I enjoyed it so much...

Well, you pretty much guessed it - I am going to let it be that way for you as well.

Cant help but tell you

1. This is not your regular film ( thats pretty easy, or it would not have been on my blog)

2. The blood shown is pretty real and the fights are not done by stunt men...

I think I have spoken enough....Enjoy this one with a twist.

Lord of War

Nicolas Cage delivers a powerful performance in this battle crazy feature film. Nicolas Cage is an arms dealer who supplies to all high and low with the luxury of having no conscience.

The film is not gory and does not have the in your face documentary charm, inspite of dealing with a subject so controversial. RUF, blood diamonds, massacres, dictators - you can imagine it. I cannot help but compare this with Blood Diamonds......and if you liked Blood Diamond, oh my - will you be blown by this piece of work.

What really works for me is the so suttle display of guilt and emotion worked into the parts of the movie. Thought provoker and oh yes, a must watch!

The Inheritance Of Loss

I read this book (which won the Man Booker Prize). Must say, all the judges on the panel would have been sadists. Not a single person in the entire book is ever happy. Everybody is cribbing and has enormous griefs of their own. Too much sadness for me. I think even rage has not been depicted properly. There was one time in the book, where I felt that things are going to pick up pace, but I guess the tempo just fizzled out..I thought at a number of places continuity was also an issue.

To be honest, I had actually thought that this book should be burnt right away. But as Chandni has started the book, the bonfire will have to wait...

Contemplating an Idea

Its been long since I have updated my blog. I guess since the time my laptop was stolen I never mustered up the zeal to write a blog. ( Yes, there was a robbery at my place and no i do not wish to write about it at all)

My marriage date is nearing its final countdown ... I think I will go cuckoo when the countdown reaches single digits ( No, this blog is not about that either)

For a long time, I have had an avid interest in the advertisement business. I view ads very critically and try and judge the impact of an ad on the consumer market. Even at work I cannot help but interfere with the marketing team, it just excites me. So I have been thinking about it and wondering. Maybe I should have a blog that talks about the various ads in the market (obviously I will write about those ads which are worth a mention). These could be print, tv or even radio.
There is one problem which I am facing when I consider the possibility of this site. I want to put up the ads on the website so that my readers can experience the ad first time. Sourcing material would be real tough. The best option which comes to my mind is TV grabs and online adaptations of successful offline campaigns, but in this process I feel I would be spending more time collecting the ads than commenting on them.

What are your thoughts?