Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time

                                                     -a Review

at the offset, let me say, Jake Gyllenhaal - Bravo!!

Gemma Arterton has certainly come of age...a noticeable improvement over Clash of the Titans, where even the role wasn't giving her justice....anyhow....

brilliant performance by all the actors...brilliant FX...wonderful sound tracks, that transport you to the appropriate point of time in history...and of course, grandeur above par...as expected from Shri Jerry Bruckheimer...!! ;)

the story is nothing new, as we all know it from the games et al...although there are a few elements of "Warrior Within" and "Two Thrones" inculcated in this story...but yes, no major screenplay surprises there..

but let me tell you, no matter what you go in expecting, it blows your mind harder....wrecks your nerves wilder...and sets your heart beat thumping that one notch higher, with the brilliant FX and finishing....


a must see, for any direction and photography aficionado...

and finally, we turn to the highlights >>


1. the first war, where Dastan climbs up a fortress wall, with a battering ram serving like a sort of pole vault, followed by a soldier driving arrows into exact spots where Dastan's hands go, acting like supports...damn, i simply CANNOT describe it!! this has to be seen to be believed...

2. all the free runs by Dastan....outdo any free runs hitherto witnessed....but somehow seemed animated at some points...but i am not complaining!! :P

3. Gemma Arterton's entry was flawed...to the extent that i was about to write her off...when she comes back with such amazing acting, that i was amazed...and somewhat dumbfounded (that might be partly because of the minimal clothing too :P )

4. Nizam, played by Ben Kingsley....this guy, no matter which role he plays, brings such finesse, as can never be brought by anyone else to the table....wonderful actor....

5. Afro-speaking white pirate / "free trade aficionado"...Sheik Amar (played by Alfred Molina)

this guy deserves a completely separate paragraph.... :D

man, this character is SO funny!!!!

e.g.  dialog :

"your brothers have kept such a high reward on your head, that i could have killed my momma for that!!....*afro slave gives wierd look to the Sheik*....What? You Don't know what she was like!!"


and plus, he says the best dialogs evar!!!

must see movie, even if just for his dialogues..!! :P

i wont divulge further for fear of spoiling your fun ;)


all in all, i would give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars....!!!

this was one experience that was worth everything...

until next time....


NjoY LyF bloggers.... :D

... manu chao - me gustas ...

(translation below)

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el brilliante de song prendre moi.... :D

meaningful ads....

you don't get many nowadays, do you?

wat with all d "aam-sutra"...and "ree-tone", tone ur lower body by wearing some special shoes (?)


found this advert really interesting and entertaining....








and i was really happy...

and of course, we can't forget the zoo-zoo's, can we? ;)

wish there were more people out there able to make better and interesting advertisements as this one....or let ME do it.... ;)

NjoY LyF bloggers! :D

... Kites Review ...

well, we went in with huge expectations , what with the international release having so much hype...and the big advertisement expenditures....


but then i am only at fault...seeing the huge advertising, i should've known it will be a flop :P

the cinematography is good....camera work is also good...barbara mori looks ravishing....kangana ranaut, after getting out of the size zero obsession , also looks pretty hot....the locations are brilliant...

so where did it go wrong, u ask?

the story.

predictable is an understatement...

i mean, for one, this is the gazillionth movie i have seen, where they have used the "mount-the-car-carrier-truck-and-throw-cars-at-chasing-cops" plot....i mean....really? :O

and the story is damn damn...DAMN predictable!!! :-|

the only saving grace, if that can be enough, is the chemistry between hrithik and barbara....especially the scene where they make hand-shadow-animals-thingies.....

nice cars are also used...but then...haven't they been used in all recent movies? why not see K3G then? :P

but one thing cannot be denied....awesome music!!

plus, the first song "fire"...the "dance fight", something akin step-up....was brilliantly choreographed...and hrithik has danced exceptionally well....(though i doubt it being him, in the upside-down-head-spin)



so, on the whole, i will give it a 3 out of 5 score....


and while we are talkin about kites, here are some really awesome ones i found....

NjoY LyF bloggers....!!! :D

blogging one-o-one...

ROFLMAO :D


i dunno wat blogging is about...but as i have oft repeated, it is a form of expression for me...

and an avenue for cribbing about small/big things...

and a place to bash stupid films....or praise some really good ones...

and of course, a nice place to vent my fury on any unlucky earthling to attract my ire.... ;)

Njoy LyF bloggers!! :D

Ironman 2

man oh man!! oh man!! :P


well, this is a DO NOT DARE TO MISS movie for action fans....and gadget geeks....and ppl who like to see scantily clad "attractive" female species......errr....BOYS...??!! :D


dayyam!!

totally kool flick....

scenes i loved -

1.i've successfully privatised world peace!!

2. hell-raiser scene @ f1 race.....and d comic edge to it, thanks to Robert Downey Jr.....and of curs the character that is Tony Stark...and a grand entry by whiplash..played by Mickey Rourke...man, this guy is awesome....loved his persona....dunno why, but found it damn attractive!! (maybe it was d tattoos....and NO, i m not turning gay :-| )

3. scene where hammer industries' "super weapon" goes....floop....P*WND!! :P

4.Drunken antics by tony stark, while wearing the suit....i can has the suit for a night? please.....pretty please? :P

5.new element discovery...gotta admit....a triangle looks much better placed than the round energy source...good thinking there scriptwriters... ;)

6. Scarlet Johansson's entry....*drool*....*bucket full a drool*.... :P


7. court scene where Tony through his ultra-cool see-through transparent phone, hacks d projector, and starts screwing Hammer Industries' image.....the phone looks somewhat like this >>

but me hates as to why they had to replace Terrence Howard with Don Cheadle for "Rhodey"s character....for a minute i was like...who's this guy? :O

and yes, as many have already said, lack of chemistry makes d romantic side of the film fizzle out completely...


but i would recommend this movie if >>

1.You're a guy.

2.u like sci-fi action flicks.

3.u like awesomestest gadgets etc...

4.you're a guy wit a beer belly, scratching ur bald head sitting at home on a saturday evening, wondering what to do after having ur n'th beer of d weekend...might help wit d pot belly too, me thinks....

:P

5. err...well....go cuz i said so!! :P


all in all, i'd give d movie a 4.5 stars out of 5....

yes, now m rating em too.....join in....even u can rate em....i don give a rotten egg fart bout it..... :D :P

complications....

yeah...

that's how one of my friends' relationship status reads....it's complicated....

made me think....when did all these grey areas come into being???

when did people stop being good / bad, and become - he's smart but dorky(is there a diff.really?) , that girl is hot, but stupid... that uncle is boring, but rich.... etc etc

when did we stop being "right-winged" and "left-winged" to communists...democrats....and d best and latest (latest cuz i got to know it 2 days back) british concept - liberal democrats....i mean.. wtf!! cant it just be democrats? or liberals (whatever that means)...

and then there are those who make simple things complicated...!!!

 don't ask which is which though :P




and in the same vein, happiness and sadness have also become so complicated!!!


and so is success...

and then add to it the stupid things called social networking sites...to just add onto the performance and peer pressures...as if trying to prove your virility by cheap antics and stunts wasn't enough, we got SNS :-|


ok ok...i m on fb....but i at least don't do stupid stuff like this (unlucky) guy here..!! >>

PawnD! :P






and add to it the subjects in my syllabus...and the problems we are required to solve...sheesh! 


for e.g : wat is the time required by a project to be completed if each of the 7 activities can be run with, but not concurrently with, each other if each activity takes 4 minutes 34 seconds and the resultant following activity is not having the initial activity as a pre-requisite.....blah blah blah blah (that's all i can read, after 2 mins., really)




i have, on numerous occasions, inadvertently ended up ordering food like this >>

:-|




and as though taking a cue from all of this, my parents started thinking that maybe, i have a fetish for complicated things....and this watch was presented to me by them >>

i mean...i was still ok with the day of week, month and date.....but wtf's up wit year....decade...and some weird thingie on d top that i don't even know what it stands for!!  ftw is dat 64-32-16-0 thingie yaar!! koi batao mujhe!! :O






at the end of it >>

yes, this is my conclusion :-|




as a parting note, here's a funny one i found somewhere on d net >>

ROFLMAO!!


or shud i say..... Oh Snap!! :P




NjoY LyF bloggers!! :D