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Yesterday late in the night i decided i had had enough of wasting time , so i thought of utilizing my precious time by watching a movie. Trust me i have watched every single hindi movie that has been released during the past 8 to 10 weeks , so i was undoubtedley in mood for something non-desi. Unfortunately, I had only two unwatched hollywood flicks on my system , 'The mummy something' and 'Quantum of solace' , latter being my obvious choice.
So, I sat down under my 'rajai' with a packet of 'hide n seek' on my ultra 'luxurious' chair.First 15 or so minutes of the movie were full-on action , bam here n a dhish there ! , but i was patient and held my nerve hoping against hope that sometime soon i will understand as to what was going on. Finally some peace , but not for long , fighting again , a chase , and suddenly Bond was in some diffrent country , more killings , another chase , a car blown up , some talking ( god knows about what ) , more chases , several boats blown up . This was pretty much the first half of the movie , all i could gather was that i had seen an actress which resembles the ravishing French beauty 'Audrey Tautou' of the Da vinci fame, yes she was also in the NFS carbon thingy.
Second half more or less acted like a bed time story for me , until there was actually a bed scene which waked me up a bit. This time there was this new girl , i don't know her name but she was pretty hot too.Action continued , senseless parties and aimless chasing ,baseless arguments ,enough material to send me or anyone for that matter into a semi-concious state. I felt i was watching the "Matrix Revolutions" without watching the "The Matrix" . All in all , i do recognise who the real villain was , i do recognise the two actresses but both had familiar faces , rsembling Audrey , but apart fromt this God and the makers only know, what the movie was all about.
I hope somebody who has or will watch the movie , will want to help me pinpoint what exactly i missed.
"A Must Watch"
IMDB : 7.1
In memory of those , who were mercilessly murdered during the Mumbai siege.
As the majority of the country , I also followed the complete Mumbai Saga. Everyone knows what happened, everyone knows why it happened and i am dead sure many of us will agree , such things will continue to happen. We are all blaming someone or the other , and trust me there is no end to this blame game.
Today i was watching same ol' Times Now ( only sensible channel in my opinion ) , the operation was already over , and they were interviewing all those involved including politicians and NSG commandos. I couldn't help but notice Mr. Deshmukh ( CM Maharashtra ) and one of his ministers addressing the press and giving their speech in Marathi. I was shocked , i mean this is supposed to be a national tragedy , the whole country is watching and you are giving interviews in Marathi which majority can't even understand.
What should one infer from this ? What is he trying to convey by intentionally doing this ? Why doesnt anyone ask him to speak in the national language , so everyone can understand him ?
These were some of the questions that came to my mind , especially after hearing things about united India , India is one and so on. And above all noone is noticing ( don't tell me that he doesnt know Hindi ) .
Another point i noted was the communication skills of our so called NSG commandos . Undoubtedly , I respect them from the core of my heart and salute their bravery, but still what i saw and heard was completely diffrent from what i had imagined. I was expecting them to be educated people but when i saw them answering questions , the way they were responding was a clear indication of the kind of education they had received. I mean, they are commandos for god's sake , one expects them to be diffrent from normal policemen or normal armymen. I still dont understand how the authuroties teach them to use high tech equipment ,or handle pressure situations when they dont seem to have the requisite amount of education.
I am sorry but i couldnt help comparing them with the US commandos and all. Indian authorities may as well consider training monkeys to be commandos .
Once again , this is just the way i percieved things , no dirrespect watsoever meant to anyone or anyone's feelings.
Jai Hind
