The Dark Knight Rises - & Ends , sadly

Whoa!!!! That is my expression after the movie in the Big Screen... Nolan does know how to deliver it man... Its sad that this the final part of the series. Honestly, I am not a huge comic book fan (The only books I have ever read in the comic series are Amar Chitra Katha and the Tinkle series..) but these three movies of Batman by Christopher Nolan, did keep me excited enough.... The action, the music, the knots.. I could never get enough of these I think. I dont mind extending them you know.. I would like it even with Joseph Gordon Levitt taking over... I seriously dont mind , if the quality of the movies is this good...I felt so sad of one thing though.. I did not know how to whistle.. if I had then I would have whistled so loudly on screen when Batman makes the entry... I had seen the other two on the TV, so this impact was lost on me.. I seriously wish that I had seen the other two also on the big screen... well, its too late now..and I so happy that I got this finally....The plot is very satisfactory and all loose ends tied up and well... nice screenplay.. and nice bike... ( I would really really love to ride a bike like that.. who wouldnt...I was flushing green on Ana Hathaway for a few mins there..) all is happy after all :)  , through for one second, I was worried almost at the end.. wasn't sure if that is how it would be, you know, before Morgan Freeman (aka Fox) discovers that the auto pilot thing has been fixed by...well you know who ;).. Some of them whoo-ed in the theater in that scene..

Nice way to end my Sunday.. will give me some energy to gear up for my next week which I am sure is going to be swamped with meetings and hectic schedules and delayed ETA's. I really had a shitty week, thanks to myself  (no one else to blame..) I was just losing it, you know.. I dont know why.. But I hope all is well now and wish that my next week goes well.


Also saw another movie today which definitely requires a mention here..."Naan E" (tamil) ... super masala movie with very very good graphics.... I really enjoyed that too :) It was very well taken. Dont go looking for logic and stuff... just relax and enjoy that movie over a popcorn..It is a very good entertainer :D... sad that Santanam was wasted.. I wonder why he got a role in here (just for 2 scenes).. And Sudeep was very very good as a Villain...But my favorite star : The Fly ... ஈ .. supero super..

Lyricial....

There are songs which I hear just because they have good lyrics .. combined with a good tune (need not be exceptional...but 'just good' is enough for me)...There is a very huge list even from yesteryears..but here are some of them which I have liked recently (not in any particular order)

English:
Jar of Hearts (Christina Perri)
Set Fire to the Rain (Adele) (This is one song I have memorized fully and would love to sing whenever I can, @ home obviously)
Stronger (Kelly Clarkson)
Price Tag (Jessie J)
Skyscraper (Demi Lovato) (Looks sort of easy to learn in guitar..but when I tried ..whoo.. it was very difficult to sync with the song)

Tamil:
Poarane Poarane (movie: Vaagai sooda vaa)
Poa nee poa  (movie : 3)
Asku lasku (movie: Nanban)

This is an infinite and increasing list.. but I wish I could keep adding to this list so that whenever I feel like I can go through them @ leisure...

Bangalorean breezy morning

After a week and a half of driving in the car to office, today I decided to use my two wheeler..And I am glad I did that..The weather has become much cooler , very bangalorean at this time of the year.. It hasn't rained as much as it used to , at least when compared to the previous year. The weather was cool, literally and slightly cloudy..with Sun peeking occasionally from between the clouds.. I have always preferred my activa over my alto. And today it was really a very pleasurable drive with the 8 am cool breeze blowing at me causing slight goose bumps in my skin , making me even more hyper (or is it high!!) that I tried to zip between a Van and a car and almost bumped on the car, well almost... Even though I liked it (very much), I knew then and there what I did was wrong..but it was so tempting..I blame it on the morning breeze...  And to add more effect to the ride I had my shades on, which gave me the dusky effect to the already cloudy and yet bright scene..Whatever it is .. I felt really good to drive to work in my two wheeler today...

Few movie reviews - 1 liners

மனம் கொத்தி பறவை - Breezy
இஷ்டம் - கஷ்டம் 
லீலை - Love able
கலகலப்பு - Comedy clips
சகுனி - Disappointment
Scent of a woman - Commanding
The Interpreter - Emotional
Gone with the Wind - Heartbreaking
Gangs of Wasseypur 1 - Humorously rude & raw
3 (Tamil) - Heavy, yet fresh
Cocktail (Hindi) - 50% Deepika, 35% Saif, 15% Diana - threesome troublesome

Freaky Friday

This Friday was the freakiest one... One of my friend had a baby boy recently, so he wanted to treat us. A dinner was proposed as it was friday and everyone wanted to just do 'TGIF' thing. They wanted to include a movie 'Gangs of Wasseypur-part 1'. Out of 7 people only 3 of us joined the movie.

A few words about the movie.. Very violent, but very humorous. I never expected this combination and it worked out so well. My God, it was so awesome....but it is very gory too...definitely not for the weak hearted. But also remember to concentrate on what you see.. its not a linear movie..

The guy who was treating us informed us before hand that he intended to drink after a month of his kids birth. I have been with people who drink, but just a peg or two (except that punjabi wedding, where everyone seemed to hold their stand even after 10-12 pegs...). So I thought this would be like that.. Hardly did I know what I would be witnessing..

We all started with our starters, and came the first round of tequila shots. Then they decided to go for the 2nd one.. and then the 3rd. I was almost done with my starters and was already full.. I am not a dinner person.. so I was full with the starters itself.. there was still the main course and the desserts..and these guys (3 out of 7) still wanted to go for some more shots.. after the third.. their voice became a bit louder..One of them wanted to show that he was still level headed. He said that he was 'acting drunk'..... I hardly knew if he was joking or  was really high. My friend said that he was already high and that I was a fool not to notice it.. But he definitely was answering sane questions (even related to politics, economics..for a few mins.. we thought we were in some IIM interview panel :D) and the way he was trying to prove his sanity was getting more and more funny for us.. The guy who was treating us was getting sentimental after his 5th round.. but wanted to still go for more.. I decided that waiting for them to complete the starters will do me no good.. so myself and my friend went ahead with our main course...After 7th shot he was totally getting out of control.. he started getting slightly unstable and started talking about loving all of his family members... and I wonder what he spoke to his wife when her call came through !!!

Seems like his wife's pregnancy has left him shaken.. He suddenly had a huge regard for women after that incident.. I have seen that some guys do get shaken after their wife's pregnancy. But never did I expect them to forget it for a day with drinks :D..funny..very funny..

The only problem others had was to keep their voices down..We were trying to pull this guy's leg, who was swearing that he was still very much in control. We were having some fun out of it.. I have never laughed so much...Also I had to really scold the guy who was treating us to keep having some food in between..thankfully he was listening to me... I finished off my third round of desserts (only ice creams which did me no good later..) and these guys were almost at the end of their starters and went to desserts directly as they did not have enough strength to go and get anything else.. Out of us 7 only 2 of them were that drunk...And since there was another shot already available , I tasted some of it and I hated it.. I had tasted white wine and red wine earlier and did not like them...and now I know I dont like tequila shot too..it sucked..

After that it was already about the closing time and so we decided to call it a day and start back home and these two guys finally had to crash in one of our other friend's home as they were in no stage to drive.. The guy treating us was so drunk that he didnt realise that he had already paid the bill.. We had to explain him the process and convince him ..It was really a very freaky friday for me.

This is the first time I have ever seen anyone , whom I know well, so drunk that he cannot even stand. I never thought it would be so funny.. may be because I knew these people and they still managed to be slightly sane after 8 shots I guess. Suddenly I felt sorry for him too.. Because he wanted to forget everything for a day and he used drinks for that.. I never really understood why people would use drinks to forget anything.. how long will that last ? just for a night !! I know people (slightly aged) who would use it to get sleep, but to forget something!!.. how does a drink erase the memory.. Well whatever it is, I told them that I wouldn't part of anything like this again.. I just could not watch them do something so stupid..I am ok if they want to have fun with a few pegs..but to get drunk totally.. I dont want to be part of that..

But we all did have enough fun that day... freaky..but funny too.. except that we might not be allowed to enter that restaurant for some time again :D