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Posted on 03 Jan 2012 under Essays
After seeing the trailers of the original Sherlock Holmes, it was with much trepidation that I watched the film. Holmes is supposed to be an intelligent man, extremely refined and gentlemanly, with an air of dismissive irreverence towards social norms. I wasn’t sure if Robert Downey Jr’s macho portrayal of Holmes would do justice to [...]
Posted on 29 Dec 2011 under Essays
As of the moment of my writing this, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol enjoys a 7.9 rating on IMDB. Needless to say, I was excited about it, particularly bearing in mind the low standards set by its prequels, particularly the absolutely brainless M:i-2. Ghost Protocol is simpler. It’s got a very linear storyline involving nuclear [...]
Posted on 20 Nov 2011 under Essays
Happy Feet was a delightful, charming tale of an adorable little penguin that’s different from the others. It’s heart-warming and I felt empathetically connected to the characters. It had a decent story (which did wander off aimlessly a bit in the second half), but there were plenty of good moments. Robin Williams’ comic relief was splendid, [...]
Posted on 15 Nov 2011 under Essays
This is a movie made up of a series of bad clichés one after the other—predictable, dull and annoying. My roommate tells me this movie’s budget was a whopping $200m, but what’s really astounding is that it generated revenues to the tune of $219m—holy cow, how many dumbass people paid money to watch this movie? [...]
Posted on 13 Aug 2011 under Essays
When I saw the trailers of this movie, I wondered to myself how brave it would be. Reservation is one of the most polarising topics in recent history. This movie could be controversial, yet brave. It could cause a sensation or riots…or both. It could present this difficult topic in a particularly clever way. The [...]
Posted on 10 Aug 2011 under Essays
I’ve read a lot of opinions about how musicians need to keep reinventing themselves and not stick to a formula. There are quite a few bands who’ve managed to do it. Metallica, from the Speed/Thrash metal Kill ‘Em All era to the simpler, more hard-rock sound of Load/ReLoad, the tin can drums of St. Anger [...]
Posted on 30 Apr 2011 under Essays
This one’s about a couple of books I’ve just read or am in the process of reading. First up, Joseph Heller’s Catch 22. The supposedly funniest book of all time, according to me, was a little overrated. For most of the book, I found myself asking “Why?”. Why is this book so hyped up? Why has [...]
Posted on 22 May 2010 under Essays
Pick the top 3 superhero movies of recent times. Spiderman, Batman and Iron Man. All 3 were wildly successful blockbusters, and all 3 brought something new to the table. Spiderman, for the first time, took us to the man behind the mask of the superhero. We were exposed to Peter Parker, the kid, the loser, [...]
Posted on 17 Feb 2010 under Essays, Random
If there’s one universal truth that all bloggers will accept, it’s this: we’re all comment whores. All bloggers love receiving feedback on their posts, and these come mostly in the form of comments. If you offered a passionate blogger a choice between getting a steady stream of comments on all his blog posts on one [...]
Posted on 03 Jan 2010 under Essays, Random
Prince of Persia has been one of those games I’ve been waiting to play since I saw the trailers and watched the video review on Gamespot. Actually, it’s been a game I’ve been waiting eagerly to play since I heard of it as a successor to the Sands of Time trilogy I’ve written about so [...]
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