My 20 favorite Movie Characters of Noughties

(In chronological order)

01. Leonard Shelby played by Guy Pearce in 'Memento' (2000)

02. Amélie Poulain played by Audrey Tautou in 'Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain' (2001)

03. John Anderton played by Tom Cruise in 'Minority Report' (2002)       
04. Gollum played by Andy Serkis in 'Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' (2002)

05. Jason Bourne played by Matt Damon in 'The Bourne Series' (2002 - 2007)

06. Beatrix Kiddo played by Uma Thurman in 'Kill Bill Vol. 1 & Vol.2' (2003 - 2004)

07. Jack Sparrow played by Johnny Depp in 'Pirates of the Carribean Series' (2003 - 2007)

08. Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle in 'Hotel Rwanda' (2004)

09. Maggie Fitzgerald played by Hilary Swank in 'Million Dollar Baby' (2004)

10. Kumar Patel played by Kal Penn in 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' (2004)

11. Frank Costello played by Jack Nicholson in 'The Departed' (2006)

12. Borat Sagdiyev played by Sacha Baron Cohen in 'Borat' (2006)

13. Chris McCandless played by Emile Hirsch in 'Into the Wild' (2007)

14. Daniel Plainview played by Daniel Day-Lewis in 'There Will Be Blood' (2007)

15. Juno MacGuff played by Ellen Page in 'Juno' (2007)

16. Otilia played by Anamaria Marinca in '4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile' (2007)

17. The Joker played by Heath Ledger in 'The Dark Knight' (2008)

18. WALL•E created by Pixar in 'WALL•E' (2008)

19. Randy 'The Ram' Robinson played by Mickey Rourke in 'The Wrestler' (2008)

20. Wikus Van de Merwe played by Sharlto Copley in 'District 9' (2009)

2009: A Retrospection

What an amazing year this has been. Haven’t got used to writing ‘09’ in the date and the year is over already! Here’s a look back at the year that was my best yet.

                 

I clocked record number of hours sitting in front of my computer, doing stuff that has made this year a memorable one. Kept thinking about this girl who barely knows i exist. Wanted to shoot a short film, but couldn’t get past an idea. Downloaded stuff worth a million illegally. I spent very little time with family, especially with mum and dad. I know i should talk more with them but talk about what? Okay not gonna talk any more about this stuff as it demands a blog entry of its own. Have improved considerably with my English. And my hair-line has been receding pretty fast now. If i continue with this pace, I’ll have to opt for hair-transplant surgery at the age of 22, yikes! Haven’t grown a mm over the last 12 months, have reached the pinnacle. Lets get to the top things that happened to me in 2009.

facebook & twitter:

                              

I had been using Orkut for quite a while now and wanted to give facebook a try. I signed up and i hated it. It found it to be really confusing (now i wonder why?) compared to the no-hassle Orkut. Then it slowly grew on me and guess what, I can’t but visit it at least once a day. I’m addicted to this baby and no longer enjoy using Orkut. And jus when i thought this was the ultimate social networking site, i had a tryst with twitter. My facebook page.  

                            

twitter is the coolest site to literally follow the people you adore. I would be very happy if more people start using it actively as it is a great medium to stay connected. I don’t update my status often (jus like this blog) as no one’s following it anyway but i read others’ tweets. My favourite tweeters: Roger Ebert, Chetan Bhagat, Rajeev Masand, Kris Tapley, Anne Thompson and Jason Reitman. Seriously, is there a better way to start a day than Genelia wishing you Good Morning! ?

Follow me on twitter. But my page is so dead. Can you hear the echo?

Avatar:

Yes, you read it right. This movie was one of my top obsessions this year. That doesn’t meant it’s my favourite. The wait for the movie was sweeter than the movie itself, but that view of mine may change after i watch it again on 30th. Spent a lot of my time over it. Wasted? maybe, but its jus like being in love, you live for present.

                

Thought of putting up the poster here, but they are all pathetic.

Linsa:

Umm.. nothing happened actually, nothing significant. But a day hasn’t gone by without me thinking about her. My friends are gonna give me dirty looks for saying this but seeing her was the only thing i looked forward to in college. It was an on/off thing for the last few months but after a lot of thinking I’ve made up my mind, It’s over (like it ever took off). She’s not gettable and i think i am wasting my time here.. Was i barking up at the wrong tree? Maybe. Jus like thalaivar said, “Kaadhal oru kadal maari da, athey maranthutu tumbler’kul neechal yenada?” But what will i do when i see in college when classes start again? Fall in love all over again? I couldn’t help myself till now. Let’s see what 2010 has in store for me. For now i have my fearless Taylor Swift to give me company, she belongs with me.

                        

Wanted to put her picture here (yeah i have loads) but, it would be way too audacious of me. And quite indecent.

Priya’s Wedding:

Okay let’s start with a confession, you are the first person to read it.

“When i was staying in Jammu with mum and dad i missed my sister so much i used to cry at nights.”

Now that I’ve told someone about it i feel different. I’ve never told her how much i love her, and now it struck me that I’ve never said “I love you” to anyone in my life. Never to my mom & dad either. Even to the girls i proposed all i said was “I have a huge crush on you”. Back to the point, my sister getting married was a high point this year. Really happy for her. Here’s wishing her a long and prosperous wedded life.

                   

Movies:

This year was a very good one for movie buffs. Almost all the blockbusters released in India with not too much of a delay. All the movies i saw in theatre viz. Watchmen, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Up, Inglourious Basterds and Avatar, were at Sathyam Cinemas. Except for the last one, I saw all the movies with Arjun and to make up for it I am watching the same movie with him again anyway. And all the countless movies i saw alone at home. And with the Oscar race that has already started, I’ve begun watching all the movies that are in-contention.

 

                  

Hope the year was great for you too.

                           “WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!“

2009: What's on your mind?

All my status messages of 2009. What a year this has been!

JANUARY

· Vicky Cristina Barcelona 8/10

FEBRUARY

· says Jagshemash...Borat style.

· is afraid of watching 'The Shining' tonight.

· wil watch Alien tonite

· wants to bunk college 'morrow for Oscars.

MARCH

· has a gut feeling 'Watchmen' wil rock!!

· will study hard today...

· is downloadin' Gomorra

· saw a very pretty girl

APRIL

· is so guilty that he isnt doing much to improve his gpa that he wants to watch a movie...

· What's on my mind? Hmmm....linsa!!!

· College Sick....no no...Sick of my college

MAY

· 6 days since i last saw her...hope she'll be back tomorrow.

· Its Movie time....yet again!

· One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 10/10

· Has booked tickets for watching 'Watchmen' this sunday at Sathyam.

· Time to kick some Catalan a**

JUNE

· is glad that Hostel is vacated and hopes she's somewhere out there facebooking...

· You're way too beautiful girl That's why it'll never work You'll have me suicidal, suicidal, suicidal...

· "In my dream she's mine..but in my life, she's still a dream."

· Screwed it all up!!!

· "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine." - Casablanca (1942)

· the new iPhone is sexier than ever...

· has fallen in love with 'Revolutionary Road'.

· Marty Scorsese's Shutter Island trailer is out. Dicaprio and Ruffalo star.

· Milk (2008) 10/10

· Now has a crush on Rachel McAdams..!!!

· is loving 'Aayirathil Oruvan' Soundtrack..!!!

· I gotta feeling - Black Eyed Peas

· As Good as It Gets (1997) 9/10

· yay....my 'super-movie-watching' days are back..!!

· happy birthday Meryl..!!!

· Butter naan, Chicken Chettinad with some Cola.Heaven!

· Vertigo (1958) 9/10 "Hitchcock, One of the best directors ever. And Kudos to James Stewart."

· booked tickets for 'Star Trek' tomorrow's show, Sathyam. Yay!!

· Heat (1995) 9.5/10 "God bless Pacino & DeNiro"

· The Notebook (2004) 6/10 "Whats so great about this movie? I felt like i was watching a stupid tamil movie with a pretty actress."

· The Kingdom (2007) 9/10 "I am bloody impressed."

· Trainspotting (1996) 8/10 "Danny Boyle is a genius."

· MICHAEL JACKSON IS DEAD!!!

· MJ's no more. The Era that defined American Pop Scene is over. We love you.."Billie Jean is not my lover.." Oh i wil miss him dearly.

· "The Way You Make Me Feel, You Really Turn Me On. You Knock Me Off Of My Feet, My Lonely Days Are Gone." Awww!!...watching all the old videos on youtube. He's god.

· The world will be a sadder place tonight.

· In Bruges (2008) 9/10 "Funny, dark, intelligent and entertaining all at the same time."

· Crash (2004) 10/10

· Toy Story 2 (1999) 9/10

· Johnny Gaddar (2007) 8.5/10

· David Fincher is in talks with Sony Pictures for directing a movie that traces the evolution of FACEBOOK!!! All Hail Hollywood.

· The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 10/10

· Blade Runner (1982) I didn't understand the movie.

· Rachel Getting Married (2008) 7/10 "Its so realistic that it never got me involved."

· reading the Watchmen Graphic Novel...

· Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 6/10 "Not funny at all..."

· the curious case of BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008) 9/10

JULY

· GREAT NEWS: A.R.Rahman has been invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to join the exclusive Hollywood Club that votes on the Academy Awards a.k.a Oscars.

· "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A Stately pleasure dome decree." - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

· Here without you - 3 Doors Down

· Yippie!! It's FedEx vs. Roddick yet again in the Grand Finale of Wimbledon.

· "You see in this world there's two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig." - Blondie

· "We're in the Nazi killin' business, and cousin, business is a-boomin'" - Lt. Aldo Raine

· Rorschach's Journal:October 12th, 1985. Tonight, a comedian died in New York.

· Half Blood Prince is gonna be the best movie in the Potter franchise...!!!

· 'Dhan Te Nan' - Sukhvinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani - Kaminey OST

· 'The Sound of Silence' - Simon & Garfunkel (Watchmen OST)

· prepared tonight's supper and to my surprise it turned out pretty well...

· July 11 - A red letter day in the history of St.Joseph's. yippie!!

· had great fun today...thank u pals.

· The English Patient (1996) 9/10

· Suicide and Redemption.

· has bunked college today...\m/

· luving Love Aaj Kal Soundtrack!!!

· Results results go away, Come again another day. Little Prash wants to see Potter 6;

· 'Here I Am' - Bryan Adams btw Math paper out.

· Vaazhvey Maayam - K.J.Yesudas

· "Years ago, I knew a boy who made all the wrong choices. He seemed a student like any other. His name was Tom Riddle. Today, the world knows him by another name: Voldemort" - Albus Dumbledore

· 'Sweet Home Alabama' - Lynard Skynard

· The Reader - 8/10 "Very strong movie. And one helluva performance by Kate."

· Watching Bruno... Vassup!

· 'Brüno' (2009) - 6/10 "Very Disappointing

· ‘You Belong With Me' - Taylor Swift

· is watching 'A Few Good Men'

· A Few Good Men 9/10 "Wow! Long time since I enjoyed a movie so much."

· Mission: Impossible III (2006) 8/10 "Great Fun"

· Does anybody have 'The Sopranos' full series collection???

· Black Sabbath - 'Heaven and Hell'

· zzzzzzzz!!!

· Metal music??? I'm all ears.

· 'Nothing Else Matters' - Metallica

· is watching 'Insomnia'...

· Insomnia (2002) 8/10 "The weakest of Nolan movies, yet a very good one."

· hate these relatives...was watching 'Coraline', movie was nearing climax wen BANG!...walks in the herd. damn..!!

· 'Coraline' (2009) 9/10 "One of the best movies of 09 till now "

· "Jesus loves you no matter what race, whether your straight or gay. He will save you no matter what." –

· Sean Penn as Harvey Milk.

· is watching 'The Hangover'...!!! effing crazy..!

· 'The Hangover' (2009) - 9/10

· 'The Thing' (1982) - 8/10

· 'Sex On Fire' - Kings of Leon

· "Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And dont criticize What you cant understand Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command Your old road is Rapidly agin. Please get out of the new one If you cant lend your hand For the times they are a changing.

· turned down dad's FB friend request...

· 'Aadungada' - D.Velmurugan (Nadodigal OST)

· Yeh doorian In raho ki doorian Nigahon ki doorian Humraho ki doorian Fanna ho sabhi doorian..

· Potter atlast... Booked tickets for saturday's show..

· 'Heaven and Hell' - Black Sabbath

· 'Dont you want somebody to love' - Jefferson Airplane

AUGUST

· "So close, no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters..."

· has switched to Apple's Safari browser..!!

· Nadodigal (2009) 8.5/10 "Very long time since i saw a good tamil movie."

· 'Happy Feet' (2006) 7.5/10

· Happy b'day Dustin Hoffman.

· m'kay!!!

· Christopher Nolan's Inception and Jim Cameron's AVATAR trailer to be released on 21st August. Cant wait...

· 'Dove Of Peace' - Bruno Feat. Bono, Chris Martin, Elton John, Slash, Snoop Dogg and Sting. Now that's an ensemble...Funniest song ever.

· 'Rashômon' (1950) 10/10

· 'Chinatown' (1974) 10/10

· 'Snatch.' (2000)- 10/10 "Whoa!"

· Yeah! It's Official. 'AVATAR' is gonna release on 18th December 2009 here in India too.

· 2 Days 13 Hours and 13 Minutes to go...

· '17 Again' (2009)- 6/10

· Bought a new guitar...the first song i tried, 'Wonderwall' by Oasis. Felt really good..ouch my fingers hurt.

· 2 Hours 22 Minutes to go...

· 'Hasilie Fisiliye' - Karthik & Harini feat. Dr. Burn (Aadhavan Soundtrack)

· 'Hauru no ugoku shiro' a.k.a 'Howl's Moving Castle' 9/10

· Chris Nolan's Inception teaser out..!!

· Is it happening for real or am i seeing things? Exclusive footage of AVATAR to be screened at SATHYAM CINEMAS for a select few...!!!

· Math II PASS! So this is what they call divine intervention eh?

· Drillbit Taylor (2008) 7/10 "Very cliched but fun nevertheless."

· 'Being John Malkovich' (1999) 10/10

· Adventureland (2009) 8/10 "It's official. I'm in love with Kristen."

SEPTEMBER

· Federico Fellini's 8½ (1963) ??/ Groundhog Day (1993) - 10/10

· The Hurt Locker (2008) 9/10 "The best war movie of this decade. And i doubt basterds can beat that.."

· Skipped my favorite cousin's wedding for math test..life sucks!

· OOPS! I did it again.

· The Ten Best Films of Summer 2009: 1. The Hurt Locker 2. Public Enemies 3. Star Trek 4. Inglourious Basterds 5. Thirst 6. District 9 7. Up 8. Moon 9. Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince 10. (500) Days of Summer

· Listening to the soundtrack of (500) Days of Summer!!!

· 'Run This Town' - Jay Z ft Rihanna & Kanye West

· is watching 'Duplicity'.

· 'Oldboy' (2003) - 9/10 "Immensely satisfying.Oh Yeah, Strongly Recommended."

· Is sitting in a boring ADC class right now and desperately waiting for the lunch break..and yes got two papers. One pass and one fail. Great success!

· BLUE!!!

· 'The Elephant Man' (1980) - 10/10

· Juan Martin del Potro ends the great Roger Federer's 41 match winning streak at the US Open. Great match..!!

· Patrick Swayze RIP.

· Dan Brown's new book 'The Lost Symbol' is out now!!! Get yourself a copy.

· Hell Yeah!!!! After 3 hours of googling i finally found the ebook of Dan Brown's 'THE LOST SYMBOL'!!!

· is travelling home in his rickety college bus listening to Greenday...beautiful weather!

· Quequ'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni. Quite surprising, the French President's wife can sing!!

· is going 'Up' with Carl Fredricksen on a 3 Dimensional adventure of a lifetime. Journey begins at Sathyam Cinemas..!!

· Up (2009) 9/10

· Staying up for no reason at all...

· 'The Untouchables' (1987) 10/10

· the horror!!! my dad is following me on twitter! gotta go block him.

· Windows Crashed. Reinstalled a fresh copy.. used Internet Explorer after a long time, to download Firefox ;)

· Couples Retreat Soundtrack!!!

· 'About a Boy' (2002) - 8/10

· 'Hotel Rwanda' (2004) 9/10

· 'A Beautiful Mind' (2001) 8/10

· Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus (umm...trust me this one's not like this Hannah Montana ones...)

· 99 luftballons - Nena (Watchmen Soundtrack)

· Happy birthday ma.. bday wishes to my bro Vishnu and my buddy Girish too.

OCTOBER

· Had a great evening @ The Residency, mum's b'day treat.

· Splurged US $520 and completely revamped my wardrobe..!!

· 'You Make my Dreams' - Hall & Oates

· 'Pineapple Express' (2008) 4/10 "This one sucked big time."

· 'Sweet Dreams' - Beyonce'

· 'Spider Pig' - Hans Zimmer (The Simpson's Movie OST)

· 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy' (2004) - 4.5/10

· is now using http://lite.facebook.com/

· Screw facebook lite! It's got no chat.

· 'Pather Panchali' (1955) - 8/10

· "Hon, prowler needs a jump!" - Marge Gunderson in Fargo.

· Is out, SHOPPING!

· To beer or not to beer?

· Happy Birthday John Lennon!

· 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1962) 8.5/10

· WTF! Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize???

· Fireflies - Owl City

· 'Fame' - Naturi Naughton

· 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' (2009) 4/10

· Double Indemnity (1944) 9.5/10

· I've made it a point watch a good movie every Diwali. 2007- It was Shawshank Redemption,which started it all for me. 2008- It was Kung Fu Panda. Wat's it gonna be for tomorrow???

· Happy dWALL•E!!

· Happy Birthday IMDb

· Russian Roulette - Rihanna

· Upgrade to Windows 7??? Still in love with XP.

· "I'll Eat You Up, I Love You So"

· Nobody else is home. Sang along bsb's incomplete at the top of my voice. Felt great..

· Can't stop thinkin abt Avatar..now that the new trailer is out and many agree it kicks ass!! "It's going to be phenomenal." -Ridley Scott.

· Windows 7 is breath taking! I'm so much in love with it already. Kissed good ol' XP gudbye.

· ROADTRIP! Going to Yelagiri.

· somewhere around vellore..was so hungry. Walked into this biriyani joint and they say food's over. back to the yelai sapadu...

· reached yelagiri, got into this swanky cottage. beautiful weather. listening to (500) Days of summer soundtrack.

· 'The Graduate' (1967) 8.5/10

· is going to meet Col. Hans Landa, Lt. Aldo Raine and the other basterds on 30th October at Sathyam Cinemas!!!

· Inglourious Basterds - 9/10

NOVEMBER

· Was day dreaming about organizing a Quentin Tarantino film festival in Chennai...

· Long time since i saw a movie and felt compelled to give it a 10. :(

· A f**king rat chewed off my Home Theater's rear left speaker's wire...now i totally agree with Col. Hans Landa's views on rats.

· '4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile' a.k.a '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days' (2007) 9/10

· read the first issue of this comic book called 'Kick-Ass' written by Mark Millar and published by Marvel Comics. Its an ongoing series and only 7 issues have been published till date. A movie is in the works..Its awesome and really kicks ass!

· I'm singing in the rain Just singing in the rain What a glorious feelin' I'm happy again I'm laughing at clouds So dark up above The sun's in my heart And I'm ready for love Let the stormy clouds chase Everyone from the place Come on with the rain I've a smile on my face I walk down the lane With a happy refrain Just singin', Singin' in the rain

· 'Dissident Agressor' - Judas Priest \m/

· is downloading 5 of Billy Wilder's classics viz. The Apartment, Stalag 17, Some Like it Hot, Sunset Blvd. and Witness for a prosecution.

· '(500) Days Of Summer' (2009) 8.5/10

· 3 Idiots Soundtrack!!

· rode cycle for like after 6 months, felt great when i started from my place but almost fainted due to exhaustion before i reached my destination. Returning back was even worse.

· 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' (2007) - 7.5/10

· OMFG! Jus finished reading all the 7 issues of Kick-Ass. The movie is gonna be friggin awesome!

· 'Shukran Allah' - Kurbaan OST

· It seems that a Battle was fought place jus 11 km west to my house in Chrompet in 630 AD between some Narasimhavarman and one Pulekesin (Pulikesi i reckon) of the Chalukya dynasty!!!

· "A critic at a performance is like a eunuch at a harem. He sees it done nightly, but is unable to perform it himself." - Brendan Behan

· surprised himself by stayin up so late and studying hard..

· 'Wait Your Turn' - Rihanna - Rated R

· Will somebody jus shoot those 2 pricks Bal Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for me please? Will do us all good.

· Apologies to Arpit Rathi & Prasana Venkat for keepin you up for so late, while all we got to see was lightning like stuff sans thunder...

· 'Tik-Tok' - Ke$ha

· Martin Scorsese will be honoured at the Golden Globe Awards on Jan 17 with the Cecil B. DeMille in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution’ to entertainment.

· feels so good to hav friends around.. had a great day with school buddies.

· feels like running away from this miserable existence, have to do some serious thinking and get this life of mine back on track.

· Pratheek Reddy Held Sony Ericsson Aino™, Satio™ and Yari™. The first 2 were amazing..

· 'Bad Romance' - Lady Gaga

· “If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.” - Billy Wilder

· 57 movies in 7 days. Will i be successful?

· 'Die Fälscher' (2007) 9/10 "A great movie to start holidays with. One of the best foreign language films I've ever seen."

· 'Gomorra' (2008) 5/10 "A big bore is what it is."

· 'Training Day' (2001) 7/10

· 'Twelve Monkeys' (1995) 8/10

· 'Die Hard' (1988) 9/10 "John McClane is the man! 122 mins of pure awesomeness."

· 'Antichrist' (2009)

· 'Casino' (1995) 8.5/10

· 'Public Enemies' (2009) 8.5/10

· 'New Moon' will be released in India on 11th December in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Its Tamil title is 'Digilan'; Telugu title is ‘Amavasya’. WTF!

· A year since that horrific day but the first page of the newspaper shows a granny sitting in cockpit and last page shows a turban guy shooting tequilas with Steven Spielberg. What's wrong with this country?

· 'Superman Returns' (2006) 4/10

· End of Mininova!

· has started his Google Wave account!

· New Speaker for my PC, Altec Lansing 2.1; Sounds great!

· 'A Fistful of Dollars' a.k.a 'Per un pugno di dollari' (1964) 7/10

· 'My Hands' - Leona Lewis (from the album 'Echo' which is Amazing)

· 'Shichinin no samurai' a.k.a 'Seven Samurai' (1954) 9/10 "Akira Kurosawa's finest hour."

· 'Ghost Busters' (1984) 7/10

· listening to Daniel Powter's 'Bad Day'...

· Avatar haters can he really funny at times, but screw them the movie is gonna be awesome!

· 'Nest' - Steve Jablonsky feat Linkin Park - Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Score

· 'Gran Torino' (2008) 10/10

DECEMBER

· Overslept. Missed college bus.

· 'L.A. Confidential' (1997) 9.5/10

· 'Ed Wood' (1994) 8/10

· 'Per qualche dollaro in più' a.k.a 'For a Few Dollars More' (1965) 7/10

· is on cloud nine after wishing you-know-who happy b'day. And yeah, shook hands too.

· :)

· jus treated his friends to some good good and is back to reading his awesome book. bless Chetan Bhagat.

· '2 States - The Story of My Marriage' - Chetan Bhagat - 9/10

· "2009 is one of those magic movie years like 1939 or 1976." - Roger Ebert

· 'District 9' (2009) 8.5/10 "Prawns pwnd humans."

· Today's Guilty Pleasure: Soundtrack of Vettaikaran.

· What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? I don't know, and I don't care.

· 'Alive in Joburg' (2005) - 7/10 - The short film by Neill Blomkamp which inspired 'District 9'.

· 'Stalag 17' (1953) 9/10

· Sweet yedu...kondadu!

· Tauba tera jalwa tauba tera pyaar, tera emosanal attyachar!

· started reading 'Five Point Someone'..should i finish it off or wait and watch '3 Idiots' instead?

· Separate Telangana state? Mad or wat?

· 10 days left!!!

· 'Some Like it Hot' (1959) 8/10 "Marilyn Monroe is the ultimate girl! I sat thro the movie taking snapshots

whenever she was on screen. I am so in love with her."

· downloading 'The Sopranos' Season One.

· "The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades!" - James Cameron.

· they tried to make me go to Rehab but i said, "No, no, no".

· India's entry for Golden Globes 2010: Harishchandrachi Factory, Delhi 6 & Chandni Chowk To China.

· saw the pilot of 'The Sopranos'. Christ the thing is a movie, a lil editing and it could have won an oscar or raked in millions. James Gandolfini is amazing... Tony Soprano \m/

· is very happy..trigger happy :p

· "The Hurt Locker might be the best film I've seen in a decade." - Robert Duvall

· 'Titanic' (1997) "Perfect. So long since i wept at the end of a movie. Watching it for the n'th time and it never ceases to overwhelm me."

· Verdict is out! AVATAR is FUCKING AWESOME!!!

· Waiting for a movie for well over a year and then getting to know that it was well worth is truly an amazing feeling. Avatar \m/

· Christianity is too preachy, Islam is too radical and Hinduism is plain stupid. How many people have i offended?

· 'Apocalypse Now' (1979) 10/10 "The Ultimate war movie?"

· "Good luck in getting your Avatar ticket before February. 4 Stars." - Roger Ebert

· "There is still at least one man in Hollywood who knows how to spend $250 million, or was it $300 million, wisely." - Roger Ebert on Jim Cameron

· "At end of INVICTUS, blacks and whites of South Africa put their past aside, look to common goal: killing the prawns in District 9." - Matt Dentler

· 'Leon' (1994) 9/10 "I totally dug it. Really cool movie."

· 'The Weasley Stomp' - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Score

· Singin' in the Rain (1952) 9/10 "The Greatest Musical Ever."

· 'Donnie Brasco' (1997) 8.5/10

· 'Kaminey' (2009) 7.5/10

· 'The Blind Side' (2009) 8/10 "Sandra Bullock is Amazing."

· booked Avatar tickets for 17th December 3 PM show.

· 'Moon' (2009) 9.5/10

· jus discovered that he is kinda cynical about others' relationships, his too.

· Golden Globes 2010 nominations being announced right now..

· love my mom. told her about 'you know who' and all she told me is to "hold on till you turn 20 and then do whatever you want."

· "You know what it's like getting up every morning? Feeling hopeless, feeling like the love of your life is waking up with the wrong man. But, at the same time hoping that she still finds happiness, even if it's never going to be with you." - Albert in Hitch (2005)

· is flying to Pandora tomorrow with Prashanth Shiva, Vishnu Reddy & RAMP!

· What a glorious feelin', I am laughin' again!

· After months of waiting & endless countdowns for poster, teaser, trailer and reviews, I am finally going to watch it tomorrow. Now that the wait is almost over i am feelin' sad. What now?

· 'Avatar' (2009) 9/10

· so badly wanted the Vijay jokes to come to an end. Looks like that's not gonna happen anytime soon.

· Iron Man 2 trailer looks badass! Hope the franchise doesn't end up Transformers 2 way.

· Julie & Julia (2009) 8/10 "Bon Appetit!"

· Movies to watch this Christmas: A Christmas Story (1983), It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Love Actually (2003), A Christmas Carol (2009) & Home Alone (1990).

· You teach me how to see all that’s beautiful..

· <3

· Let's band together and see to it that movie talkers STFU for good.

At the Crossroads

Life is so funny at times, but its not me who’s having a laugh. My semester exams are almost over and I haven’t done even a single paper well. I jus may flunk in every subject but I try to think positively and hope for the best, a lesson i learned from Rhonda Byrne’s book ‘The Secret’ which i still haven’t read fully. My obsession with movies was taking a toll me and i told myself its high time you start taking life more seriously and do some thinking.

I posted a message on my facebook account that read,”feels like running away from this miserable existence, have to do some serious thinking and get this life of mine back on track.” Got many wonderful comments that cheered me up a little. The next thing i did was opened my browser and deleted all the bookmarks of those famous movie sites where I spent most of my last year viz. IMDb, IMP Awards and HD-Trailers. I promised myself that i wont visit any torrent site and download a movie ever (the duration of that ‘ever’ is open for argument)again. Lets see how long i can stick to this promise.

Then another thought occurred and hit me harder than the earlier ones and a voice spoke to me, “Movies have been the only thing that you’ve been decent at and now you are running away from that too? Back to your mediocre life of doing nothing?” I thought for a moment and came up with a solution. It goes like, ”I am not going to stop watching movies, not that i can’t but i won’t. But i would instead finish off the ones i have on me before downloading another one. And as far as the movie casting gossips are concerned, i guess i can survive without them.” Sounds good? To me, it does. I even thought of deactivating my social networking accounts but that would be taking things way too far and would result in my death caused my boredom… 

Well that’s all for now. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping better times are round the corner.

"Oh! Thank You", she said.

Today began jus like any other day. I saw chandra anna standing in the corridor when i shut the main gate of our house and something told me this day will turn out to be a lucky one. Till lunch nothing out of normal happened. And then as I and Prasana were going back to class from mess hall we saw Nasser bending over and looking at something on the ground. When he saw me coming he was like,"I thought about uou just now and here you are!". I bent down to pick the ID card that was lying on the ground and to my surprise it was Linsa's, the girl I fancy. Prasana suggested I keep it with me. Then as I looked up, there she was, beautiful as ever. And I walked straight to her, my heart pounding, and she looked at me coming. I said,"Your ID card". And she looked at me, unaware that she had dropped it and said,"Oh! Thank you."
You must be thinking "what an Idiot!, exagerrating such a silly thing" but for me it is something i always dreamed of but deep inside knew would never become a reality. Temme what exactly is the probability of the girl you fancy dropping her ID Card and you picking it up in a college with more than 4000 people??? Almost Nil (Yes I am very weak at math). And it happened for me. Am so happy you know. You may argue its just a coincidence that i found the card, but i call it destiny. Anyway 24th of march will go down as an important date in my history book.Cheers!

Girls..phew

"You're way too beautiful girl
That's why it'll never work
You'll have me suicidal, suicidal
When you say it's over
Damn all these beautiful girls
They only wanna do your dirt
They'll have you suicidal, suicidal
When they say it's over"
-Sean Kingston
That's the problem that comes along with a beautiful girl. One cannot live with them and neither can they live without 'em. I have been seeing (yes, literally seeing) this girl called Linsa Susan Philip for quite sometime now, and can't muster up courage to go up her and say something. Yeah, I am not the only one in my college wooing her.Half a dozen have already proposed :( Each week my trustworthy friends spring up a rumour that she's seeing him or seeing her( its not a typo, well intended). This is what i don't like about indian guys. They propose and then hangout instead of being a friend and then bringing up the L word. They get to eat thier share of cake anyway. It's only guys like me who cry foul about the system.
Had I had the courage, Life would have been a lot better. huh....dream on!

Change

Hey! Guess what. Its my birthday tomorrow. I will be 18 in a few hours and I dont look like an 18 year old one bit.But looks can be deceptive. I have matured a lot from last year and it is quite evident in everything i do. Still a boy at heart? Definitely not. I know myself better than anybody else and am sure i ain't a kiddo anymore.
When i look back at all these years of my life which i lived (quite well,shall we say), I see i have done nothing that has made this world ( to which am greatly indebted) a better place to live. I want to do something, for which I will be remembered even after am gone. It doesn't really have to be a scientific invention, it can be anything. But it should be ground-breaking.Life is not permanent and nobody knows when one would kick the bucket. lemme cut the bull shit and get to the point. DO SOMETHING.NOW.CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE GOOD.
start with being non-violent. tat wil help a lot i guess.