Movie Collection

I have made a rough list of movies that i want to watch/buy. Most of these movies, I have not watched yet, but some i have seen only in parts and others so long ago that i don’t remember. But i sure would like to make all of these a part of my collection. There are so many other movies that’d make the list but I have not included, either because i already have the DVD or I have seen it too recently to watch it in the near future.

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Amelie (2001)
American History X (1998)
The Pianist (2002)
Trainspotting (1996)
Love Actually (2003)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Dogville (2003)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Notebook (2004)
Dead man walking (1995)
Twelve Angry Men (1957)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
My Life without me (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
When Harry met Sally (1989)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Se7en (1995)
Requiem for a dream (2000)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Mystic River (2003)
Run Lola Run (1998)
The usual suspects (1995)
Goodbye Lenin (2003)

This list is by no means exhaustive. I will probably keep adding here, so that it could be useful to me later, and maybe to others too!

‘Ghajini’ better than ‘Memento’ ?!!!

Actor Aamir Khan has his own blog, and it really is an interesting read, as one gets an insider’s perspective of things. But one thing that really bothered me was his take on Memento.

“I got to know how the story came about. Murgadoss (Director of ‘Ghajini’) had heard about a film called MOMENTO and the concept had really fasinated him. Without having seen the film he went ahead and wrote his own version of the script and screenplay. Having finished his script he then saw MOMENTO, found it very different from what he had written, and went ahead and made GHAJINI. I had not seen MOMENTO myself untill then and was very curious to see it. On seeing it I thanked my stars that he had not seen MOMENTO before having written his script. I preffered GHAJINI any day. Momento I just couldn’t understand. For those of you who have asked me why I don’t have any problems doing a remake of a Hollywood film…, its NOT a remake. Watch both films and see for yourself. In my opinion this is a GENUIN case of ‘inspired from’, and nothing beyond that.”

Now, two things irk me. First of all, even a cursory look at the plot outline of Memento, is enough to convince anyone that Ghajini’s storyline is a shameless rip off of Memento. Secondly and more importantly, calling Ghajini better than Memento is sacrilegious! It’s like saying Sarkar is a much better movie than God Father or claiming Kaante to be better than it’a English original, Reservoir Dogs. Shudder!!!

But all the same, i’d really like to continue reading his post, if only to know more about what goes into making films!

Retro is the ‘IN’ thing….

… and in movies too. Closer home we have Rajinikanth, Big B eating up all the other young talent. And in Hollywood, we have 61 year old Sylvie and 52 year old Brucie doing Rocky Balboa and Die Hard 4. 

And now, not be left behind, 65 year old Harrison Ford is all set to don his hat again in the latest Indian Jones movie .

So what next? The Governator in T4 and Sean Connery as the next Bond?!

Boss gets his own space!

Rediff has a separate tab for Sivaji! This includes all latest information on the film, with interviews, photos, features and message boards about the movie. You say, so what? well, to tell the truth, i just needed an excuse to post this really awesome picture of his from ‘Sivaji’. Super ‘Style’ Star!!!

Absolute Trash!

Managed to catch a few scenes of Thamizhan at my friend’s place. But those few scenes were more than enough to drive me up the wall. They had all the makings of a badly made movie: Cliched dialogues, bad acting, really sad cinematography !

When you see the Miss Universe Priyanka Chopra in her designer wear and manicured self and in all her glorious make up trying to console the people in the ghetto after the villains have set fire to their houses, she sticks out like a  sore thumb!

And Vijay (with the emoting skills of a dead duck), a lawyer whose blood boils when the evil inspector sets fire to the IPC book, is really stale stuff!

I wonder for how long these people making such substandard stuff think that the movie going audience has a single digit IQ and assume that they can shove any trash up their throat!!!

Such people should be tortured to death by strapping them to chairs and making them watch their own movies until their eyes start rolling up, they twitch uncontrollably and froth in their mouth! Ah! just the thought gives me immense satisfaction!