I have finished This Charming Man and loved it to bits. It is hard to decide which book to start now that I'm on such a fiction high. I think I'll go with Ruth Rendell's The Water's Lovely but may turn to Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - I love Murakami but this book is not fiction and I don't know how appropriate it will be to self, reading while going on the treadmill during lunch break at work (now that I'm fasting I take speed walks on lunch break)
Worlds Within has arrived thank God and can't wait to give it a go since it is highly recommended by a blogger I regularly read. Let's hope that I like it as much!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Cried (2000) Directed and written by Sally Potter,
It was not a good film but I liked it. Clean and nice visuals, good costumes and excellent actors. The storytelling part was the weakest and it hurt the whole film.
Meanwhile This Charming Man is so good that I think it is her best novel.
It was not a good film but I liked it. Clean and nice visuals, good costumes and excellent actors. The storytelling part was the weakest and it hurt the whole film.
Meanwhile This Charming Man is so good that I think it is her best novel.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
My Sister's Keeper and I'm Legend
My Sister's Keeper (2009) Directed by Nick Cassavettes, written by Jeremy Leven and Nick Casavettess, adapted from Jodi Picoult's novel.
It was a weepie film and I wept, and wept, and wept.
I'm Legend (2007) Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman, adapted from Richard Matheson's novel.
I liked it. Will Smith is hot and a good actor.
It was a weepie film and I wept, and wept, and wept.
I'm Legend (2007) Directed by Francis Lawrence, written by Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman, adapted from Richard Matheson's novel.
I liked it. Will Smith is hot and a good actor.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Suhaag and This Charming Man
Suhaag (1979) Directed by Manmohan Desai, written by Khader Khan, Prayag Raj and K.K Shukla
I loved it. There is not an iota of logic in the film but it is very very entertaining. Amitabh Bachchan is so sexy in this film despite dubious fashion choices.
I finished Stephen King's Just After Sunset and started Marian Keyes' This Charming Man. It is very very entertaining, Mrs.Keyes is a very good writer and so far there is not one book of hers that I didn't enjoy (I think I have read them all)
I loved it. There is not an iota of logic in the film but it is very very entertaining. Amitabh Bachchan is so sexy in this film despite dubious fashion choices.
I finished Stephen King's Just After Sunset and started Marian Keyes' This Charming Man. It is very very entertaining, Mrs.Keyes is a very good writer and so far there is not one book of hers that I didn't enjoy (I think I have read them all)
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Maine Pyar Kya
Maine Pyar Kya (1989) Directed and written by Sooraj R. Barjatya, story by S.M Ahale
I was eally suprised as it dawned on me that one of my favorite films Nuvvostanante Nenondantana is a remake of this film! I had no idea.
Anyway this film is a total trip, and the whole WTFness escalates towards the end. But it was very very entertaining (I hope they intented the film to be like this but I suspect they were not aware how ridicilous the whole thing looks)It is a long film full of songs and a disembodied "I loooove youuu" comes out at every opportunity and sometimes "twinkle twinkle little star" - not kidding yaar. Oh also music director must have loved the intro The Final Countdown since it is often repeated too! And one must not forget the dove (I nearly fell out of bed when we get to watch dove's memory!!!!)
The actors were good and the performanes totally in sync with the film's tone. Heroine's glycerine tears to Salman's Zoolander looks were hillarious.
And I'm such an easy crier that despite all the fun I had, I couldn't help but shed a couple of tears in the end.
I was eally suprised as it dawned on me that one of my favorite films Nuvvostanante Nenondantana is a remake of this film! I had no idea.
Anyway this film is a total trip, and the whole WTFness escalates towards the end. But it was very very entertaining (I hope they intented the film to be like this but I suspect they were not aware how ridicilous the whole thing looks)It is a long film full of songs and a disembodied "I loooove youuu" comes out at every opportunity and sometimes "twinkle twinkle little star" - not kidding yaar. Oh also music director must have loved the intro The Final Countdown since it is often repeated too! And one must not forget the dove (I nearly fell out of bed when we get to watch dove's memory!!!!)
The actors were good and the performanes totally in sync with the film's tone. Heroine's glycerine tears to Salman's Zoolander looks were hillarious.
And I'm such an easy crier that despite all the fun I had, I couldn't help but shed a couple of tears in the end.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Jism
Jism (2003) Directed by Amit Saxena, written by Manesh Bhatt and Niranjan Iyengar
I finished it last night and it was ok. Nothing to write much about except that Bipasha Basu and John Abraham are very good looking people.
I finished it last night and it was ok. Nothing to write much about except that Bipasha Basu and John Abraham are very good looking people.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Namak Halaal
Namak Halaal (1982) Directed by Prakash Mehra, there aren't any writing credits at IMDB and I don't remember the name shown in the credits.
I liked it a lot. Amitabh Bachchan is an exceptional actor, both comedic and drama and that is rare. I loved the story, the costumes and most of all that jubilant naivete old Indian films have. The songs were good too. Kishore Kumar and Amitabh is a good match.
I liked it a lot. Amitabh Bachchan is an exceptional actor, both comedic and drama and that is rare. I loved the story, the costumes and most of all that jubilant naivete old Indian films have. The songs were good too. Kishore Kumar and Amitabh is a good match.
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