Random Writing - Shit seen in the past few days

21.02.09 3.07 AM

I write for myself.

[Arriving somewhere but not here - porcupine Tree]

I just realize that I have forgotten whether, while appending the current song, I used to write the artist's name first or the song's title.

I saw a lot of stuff these past few days, and I am here to write about it. Why? I don't know dude. I just felt at sometime that it would be a waste if i did not carry forward something from all this superb-stuff-watching. And, apparently, you cant carry forward shit unless you write about it. So, here be me. Oh shoot! the coke bottle is almost empty.

Shit seen in the past few days -

Scrubs Seasons 1-8, except season 5. Why not S5? Well, for S1-7 it was all repeat viewing, and S5 just seemed too recently viewed. What to say, it was more or less consistently funny, often brilliant. Dr Cox's rants, Kelso's quips and JD's expressions. Killer stuff. Elliot with the 'fricks', Janitor with his tricks. (That was saaaad, man ... I know)

So, what to take forward. Maybe the ability to rant like Dr Cox. For one time be able to smash the perfect rant to an annoying colleague. To be able to emphatically say to someone sitting next to you, when an annoying collegaue arrives, "Say, (name) did you order any of the pain in the ass?" (the friend should dutifully shake his head at this time) "We didn't order any of the pain in the ass." You know, something like that. Nothing re-he-he-he-he-ally fancy. Maybe to be able to convincingly call a junior Nancy or Sally or Stephanie. And of course the answer to everything that comes up that you don't care about - "Hey, what has two thumbs and doesn't give a crap?" (Point to yourself with both thumbs, don't forget that. That's the all important part.)

[Khwaja mere khwaja - AR Rahman]

I saw 3 of the oscar nominations of this year.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Slow start, picked up progressively as Brad Pitt started to look better. (Duuuude... wth) People said this to me and even I felt it that somewhere it was too Forrest Gump-ish. The coincidences and the sailing thing; the traveling the world business and the deliberately down to earth narration. Have precious little to offer as a review, don't know how film critics gas about all this stuff. The philosophical track at the end was suitably mellow. Decent flick.

[Cindy - Tammany Hall]

The Reader - I was initially put off by the british accents and the colours and the pace. But soon came the seduction and I was hooked. Sure, the boy was underaged and maybe it was morally horrible on Hannah Scmitz' part, but still, a titillating watch. And what is with Hollywood and male frontal nudity this year? Saw 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' a few days ago, crap movie, in the end, but unapologetic nudity. Anyhow, 'The Reader' had its moments in the debates on the guilt of the guards at Auschwitz and the inner struggle of Michael, played poorly by Ralph Fiennes. No sympathies really for him, even after he sent countless tapes for Hannah to listen to. Overall, decent flick. No great climax, though.

[O Saya - AR Rahman]

Frost / Nixon - Ron Howard is a genius. He built up this political interview movie like a sports movie. Throughout. Did not break the sports movie character for a moment. It was a boxing match between the rookie Frost and the heavyweight Nixon. And when Frost was not able to pin Nixon when discussing Vietnam and Cambodia, which can be seen to be the home turf for the underdogs, the climax would come when he will then beat him at his own ground. Of course, Frost was a character full of flaws. He was lazy, unprepared, insincere and more a performer than a journalist, but Nixon gave him one shot by setting things rolling with a candid phone call and Frost took the ball past the whatever line in Rugby you take the ball past over.

[Man Mohana - AR Rahman]

Frost / Nixon, thus does become my choice for winning the Oscar this time around, and Ron Howard for director. I do fear that the stupid hype that will be created in India if Slumdog were to win the Oscar would be unbearable.