Madhumati

Madhumati I really liked it but I can't say I'm bowled over. Vvjayantimala was very good and I do like Pran but the lead, Dilip Kumar is not my type of actor. All in all it is a good film but not one I'd be wanting to watch again soon.

Revolutionary Road, Miracle Cure- End, Middlemarch

Revolutionary Road I would have liked this one better if I had not seen so many films. I admired the cinematography and the increadible acting though. Leo and Kate were both AMAZING.

Miracle Cure finally ended and I'm not sad. It was a lacklustre sorry ass of a book.

I have started Middlemarch and I'm pleasantly suprised with the beginning. So far so good.

City Hunter - End, Invictus, Black Swan and various US Shows

City Hunter ended up on a higher note than it began and I was really curious in the end. They managed an ending that will probably satisfy everyone. There was very little skinship in this drama and it was a bummer of sorts.

I have finally managed to watch Invictus completely and once again I loved it. Eastwood films almost always bring tears to my eyes. The man is a master of melodrama and one of my favorite directors.

Second viewing of the Black Swan was as compelling as the first one and I liked it very much this time too. Well Natalie Portman is a fave of mine after all. I wonder whether I'd share the same feelings if the film starred Katherine Heigl. Probably not.

Which brings me to the fake out "what if" episode of Grey's Anatomy which I didn't like. Despite having an Alex/Meredith kiss scene (they are the people I'd love to see ending up together) it just ended up stalling the momentum the series gained this season.

Also The Good Wife was, uhmmm predictable this episode. There wasn't any wow factor that I was used to in almost every other episode. Plus I was thinking why I like Josh Charles. No reason really but I feel sympathetic towards him ever since watching 3Some for the first time.

Revenge on the other hand got down and dirty with this episode. Amanda is alone now but I hope not for long.

City Hunter Eps.13-16

Well well, I still am not emotionally invested in City Hunter but they sure managed to wring tears out of me in the mother & son meeting scene. It was touching.

Also I like it that we get some amount of makjang with the President being the real father of our City Hunter and I guess this means Jin Pyo's revenge is an ultimate revenge - kind of Korean drama version of Old Boy. Ugh. I just hope that things will not come to it.

City Hunter Eps 10-12

Well, I like where the story is going but still am not emotionally invested in this. It is entertaining though and I'm having a good time (I have found myself singing a song from the soundtrack - Hello Hello You Shiny Boy!!!!!!)

Miracle Cure is also not very good. But I keep on reading it.

City Hunter Eps 7-9

I still don't really care for City Hunter that much but it is getting more interesting with each episode. No emotional involvement on my part though.

City Hunter Eps. 5 - 6

Well I still am not very keen on City Hunter. I don't know what it is but somehow I can't seem to get into it. Is it because the female lead who is really dirt poor (she lost her parents house and her current salary to execution lien) is using an Iphone - the same one all the rich characters are using- and wears short shorts bordering on hotpants with designer bags. Usually suspending disbelief comes very easy to me but here I just can't get past these details and feel nothing for the female lead. (Especially after Robbers where his poverty is obvious and they have found a good reason for dressing him up in designer clothes) It doesn't take much to deal with situations like this and it is possible to make you female lead look poor but nice without making her seem slutty (Secret Garden did this very well). The worst thing is that the female lead looks and acts really nice (especially crying) despite the bad nose job.

Lee Min Ho is handsome no doubt but he just doesn't work for me in this. His action scenes are sloppy and seem to be filmed and edited to make him look more of an action star than he really is.

And the lady who plays his mother is the evil step mom in Brilliant Legacy and her performance there as an evil baddie was so good that I can't seem to conjure any sympathy for her in this one (yet)

The good news is that my new dvd player is working very well - there was a strange shakiness but I have mistakenly pushed a button in the remote and it went away, thank God. Now I don't have to wait 40 minutes just to watch things in colour.

Also I have done major cleaning last night. Thank God since dustbunnies started to invade everywhere. I need to change everthing in this room and soon!