Sunday, July 26, 2009

The world this week (20 - 26 July)

Movies:
1. Terminator salvation (2009)
Being a Christian Bale film, i was expecting a lot from this movie. This movie is a combination of all the cliches found in almost all the sci-fic movies. Judgment Day still rules and this latest sequel is not even a smallest temple of the cult. This is Neeraj Jadaun and if you are reading this then don't be a part of the Resistance ;). 6/10.
2. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Yet another film of the legends, this time Christian Bale meets Russel Crowe in a western flick. Worth watching to see Crowe and Bale reviving the magic of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne. 8/10.

3. The office (2001)
Its the original BBC series and quite funny as well. But i will still prefer Michael Scott over David Brent and Jim over Tim. Anyways a funny time pass. 7/10.

This week also got a rare chance to meet the cast of Abhimanyu movie (it was shot at Kormangala and M.G. Road in Bangalore) courtesy my childhood friend Amar Kaushik who has now become Asistant Director and working with the likes of Anurag Kashyap and Onirab. I found Sanjay Suri a very humble, polite and friendly person and we discussed few things about Indian IT industry and the weather of Bangalore. On the other hand Onir was bit reserved during that meet. Anyways a good rendezvous with Bollywood and my old friend.

News:
We are celebrating the 10th year of our "victory" in the Kargil war against the Pakistan and Mujaheddin. They died for strangers and we are those strangers. I have few words of advice from John Buchan to Dr. Manmohan Singh "The hasty reformer who forgets the past is condemned to repeat it".
We are now nuclear submarine capable nation. Its a proud achievment of DRDO and BARC combined together. Time will tell how INS Arihant fare against the odds.
Signing off for now. See you next week or may be in between. Stay healthy, stay hungry and stay foolish.

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