typical me!!!

The last time I read an Ironman comic was years back when I was a kid and probably when he makes special appearances in Spideyman and the Fantastic 4 comics. But only when it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. will play the role of Tony Stark, I was syked.

And yeah, I saw IRONMAN yesterday, one of the special screenings due to the Labour day holiday and oh boy, The movie was a perfect entertainer, funny Super hero movie with pretty good gadgets too. Downey was amazing as the charismatic-playboy billionaire owner of the Start Industries, Tony Stark. He pulled off the role easily.
The suit was amazing, especially after the suit evolved from the rusty unfinished first suit made at afghanistan to the shiny armour with red. Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane was good too.

I guess the Marvel franchise is back especially after few debacles after X-men: The Last Stand, Ghost Rider, Fantastic 4 movies. A total entertainer comes close to Spidey 2(realized that after prestidigitator asked me whether it is better than Spiderman 2)

Like Nicholas mentioned, ” ..I dare you not to get entertained”

Now I’ll have to wait for The Dark Knight and The Incredible Hulk. Dark Knight is gonna be a joy ride for me(I think, I hope) and I wish Incredible Hulk is good for Edward Nortan’s sake.

EDIT: It seems that after the end credits Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury talks about the Avengers…damn! . Is it true? Did I miss it? Looks I’ll have to see the movie again.

Spideman III

Ok…Spiderman III wasn’t as good as the second part, but that did not mean that this is a bad movie. It had awesome graphics, cool looking villans, Sandman and Venom. I liked the Green Goblin character unlike Spiderman I, the costume of the Green Goblin was more than satisfactory.

I’d give this film a *** 1/2

Shrek the Third

Shrek the third is fun, but not that much as the previous two movies. It has some of the good laugh, like the death of the Frog King and some of the sarcastic funny moments when Shrek encounters Arthur and Merlin. Shrek the third was just satisfactory, but shrek is supposed to satisfactory.

I’d give this one ***

Tomorrow I will see Pirates of the Carribean: At World’s End. I don’t have my hopes high, but Cap’n Jack Sparrow will be good and Barbosa is back. I see no reason why it let me down.

Prediction: ***3/4

But most of all I think Oceans 13 is gonna rock. Atleast by the trailer I think so.

Predictions: ****

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

– V’s introduction to Evey

(courtesy wikipedia)

Not that I don’t like it, but this was totally not what I expected.

http://soorajrox.wordpress.com/2006/11/17/everybody-listen-up/

After a look at the fake picture which was done with the help of Adobe probably, I expected a cool, dignified, a-wide-grin-on-the-face ,probably Armani suited Joker. This one blew my mind off……but I think it’ll be ok. With only a piece of jute, the Scarecrow’s costume turned out to be the coolest in the previous movie.Therefore I have faith .

->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joker_%28comics%29#The_Dark_Knight_.282008.29

Now I can’t waith to find out how this movie is gonna be.

On the 1st of May, I decided not to go out roaming to any malls or to the movie theatres. So for the first time in Mumbai I did not go out of the apartment(except for buying my dinner). Got up in the morning at around 1030 hrs(late ‘cos I watched ‘The Inside Man’ the , switched on the teevee and got so engrossed in the movie Oliver Twist (a Roman Polaski film) that I forgot to eat my Breakfast. After that I read the ‘Hush’ (again), and yeah(…….Dorene, Merin, Punnen and Swen !!!(if it all you guys are reading this)….I know it’s too late to write this, but thank you for ’Hush’….I wanted to write a thank you post and all…It is the best b’day present I could get and I read it in the office and whenever I have nothing to do ( I have nothing to do most of the time)).

After getting the pizza from the delivery guy, I watched 5 episodes of the ‘The Hollow Men’ in my roomie’s laptop

NOTE TO SELF: Do not try this again, as you would puke the off pizza your stomach due to continous laughter.

Then switched on to the teevee again and watched a Malayalam film, crappy it was and for about half an hour I was just changing the channels searching for something interesting until Spidey man 2 came to rescue(else maybe I would have thrown the remote outside the window or maybe not…it’s not my teevee)

After having dinner, I watched 5 episodes of ‘Arrested Development’….I think this is was the most overlooked tv-series. Witty and Wicked. So far I found ‘Bringing up Buster’ the funniest.

Watched ‘Annapolis’ after that,….I thought it is another version of the ‘The Officer and the Gentleman’. And after all that it was 2 am in the nite.

NOTE TO SELF AGAIN: get a life

It was at October 17th,2006, I read this book. I wanted to read it because then it was going to be made into a movie.

Later the movie released at the U.S and it was to come to India the next week. I couldn’t wait to see how this comic book is made into a movie.

Last Saturday I went in the morning to see this movie and yeah….It was not bad, it was good. It stayed faithful to the comic, except for some additional parts on showing how strong at heart the Spartan women are through the Queen., the council meet and a traitor in Sparta. Still there is a slight difference on how Frank Miller depicted than the Spartans than how Zach Snyder show the Spartans in the movie. Or maybe there was no difference, maybe it was just me.

The movie was made well, the digital backlot tecnique (like SinCity) came out really well. The fight sequences were awesome and found out after that battle scenes+rock music=nice.Even though it was rated ‘R’ because of violence, I didn’t find the movie gory at all. If it really is , I need a to see a doctor I believe. I found Apocalypto and Passion of the Christ more bloody and shocking.

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Two days ago after landing at the Bus depot of Andheri West from the Infinity mall in Versova after reading a comic “Hellboy”. It’s a series of short stories which had ‘Right Hand of Doom’, like the Batman-Black and White graphic novel. I never thought that the HellBoy novels were good. Before going to Infiniti, I just came back to Mumbai from Pune after meeting TM and attending a Christian Rock Concert-which I could have enjoyed more if wasn’t tired, because I was standing for two hours in the train (lot of people go to Pune for the weekend) and walked around M.G Road and played pool( ah!! I won TM). “btw TM I had a premium, premium time man, I enjoyed Pune. We eXtremes should probably get together in Goa.”

and Yeah…back to the bus depot, I thought I could cross over to Andheri East through the train bridge ..and I didn’t have a ticket. I was lazy to go to the other common bridge and I thought it would be a good feel if I cross the station’s bridge without buying a ticket . So I went to the station and…….(screech, my mind was out) I landed infront of the the guy who checks for tickets (can these guys read our mind or something) and he asked for my ticket and I acted as if I was searching for my ticket( why did I do that….I know I dont have a ticket and I don’t know Hindi too to convince him that I lost my ticket). So I gave it up and I thought that since I’m caught I’ll rather pay the fine with a little honour(no comments on the honour thing….even I didn’t know why it’d be honourable to pay a fine). The fine was Rs. 258. Should have taken a ticket….it was only 7 bucks.

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1 more day to go….then I’ll be on the train to Kerala. In the past 15 years, I’ve never had this feeling of ‘wanting to go home so badly’…previoulsy I’ve I liked it better staying at school/college, even though college sucked then(now when I think about it, it wasn’t so bad at all). I want to go home and probably after two days it’ll get boring at home, but I don’t think I’d like feeling of coming back here. Why is that only I hate Bombay?….I know adjusting is never the problem, it’s only that I don’t want to. Why don’t I want to adjust ?
Anyway….Go home, go attend cousins engagment(which I wish I don’t have to), attend a friends wedding(I got the invitation…yay!!) and I wish I wish Iwish I don’t be approached by any of the Eunachs(higidas I meant….am I being rude? I dunno) on the way home.

Last weekend I read Batman: Dark Victory(contd. of Long Haloween) and saw Kabul Express.

Dark Victory :Story follows after the investigation and the capture of ‘The Holiday’. It begins with funeral of Carmine Falcone and a riot happens in Arkham Asylum where all the convicts escape including ‘Two Face’, except the serial killer Alberto Falcone, The Holiday. Based on his actons Alberto Falcone is released, with the help District Attorney Janice Potter and influence of his brother Mario Falcone who was under exile in Italy and his sister Sofia Falcone who is confined to a wheelchair due her encounter with Catwoman in The Long Halloween, under the condition that does not leave his mansion near Wayne Manor….then a new serial killer is on the loose,’The Hangman‘. As that happens, there also is a war between Sofia Falcone who is out to seek vengenance for her father’s death and Two Face. Over the war between them, death of the Graysons happen, leaving Dick Grayson behind who is adopted by Bruce Wayne after the incident.

I think Batman forever is a lil’ inspired from this book. I liked Dick grayson’s character in this book and this book like it’s predecessor, The Long Halloween has a lot of twist. Good book.

Kabul Express: This is not a bad movie actually, atleast it is better than Dhoom2. Two Indian reporters with the help of a Pakistani, goes to Kabul in search in the hope of getting some breaking news . They meet up with an American reporter who is in search of a interview with a Taliban. Everything seems fine until a Taliban comes in their way, but towards the end the audience finds out that everything is not what it seems to be. The movie has it’s laughs here and there. John Abraham and Arshad Warsi gave a decent performance…..but the best part of wat ching the film were the seats. hmm cushion seats like the one Joey had in friends.

Anyway…thats it for now…

me going home the day after tomorrow and before that I gotto finish all my work.

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