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List of movies, old and new watched sometime in the past 2 years. Most of these movies I have watched more than once. Guess this is what I do when I have too much of idle time. I’m planning to start writing reviews on the games I play than the movies I watch. You could say that I have become even lazier, as a movie review will eat up a lot of my time considering that I watch about 4 -5 movies during the week and about 6-8 movies during the weekends. So the movie tally is about a 10 – 13 movies in about 7 days. In comparison, I would play about 2 – 3 games in a month. Hmm, I think reviewing games will be much more time consuming though the quantity is less; I’ll need to cover a lot of aspects for a game review. I think it’s going to be a tough ask on me. As of now I own 24 PS3 games which will be augmented by another 6 games. The below mentioned games will be in my possession by March 20 th or so: 1. Timeshift 2. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit 3. IL-2 Sturmo...

Movie Reviews: The order of this list does not have any meaning. The only reason Sivi is Top of the list is because it's one of my nick names :) Sivi New Faces, an interesting story line and some extra-ordinary sound effects. I went in to this movie instead of Marudamalai for the sole reason that this movie had my nick name as it's title. Only after some time did I realize that this movie is a Thriller. Apart from all the cat calls and the general movie histrionics that can be expected from a crowd that comes to a theatre like Sai Shanthi, this was a decent movie flick (Probably thanks to the only girl in the theater, who was also really good looking, who happened to sit right in front of me :D ). One can watch it once in the theatre just for the histrionics of the movie going crowd. There were certain scenes which were really scary, though one would expect such a shocking scene, thanks to the background music, you still can’t be well prepared for it though. All round bad actin...

The Prestige Starring: Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Christian Bale (Batman) and Michael Caine. Disclaimer: Spoiler may be included in this review. Read on only if, you don’t mind getting a hint to the ending. When I saw the trailer of this movie, I understood what the plot was. And when I saw who the actors were, I realized this is a movie of Batman Versus Wolverine, because both the lead actors have played those parts and are well known for them as well (at least to me). Christopher Nolan the guy who directed Batman Begins is at the helm of this movie. Guess, that’s the reason for Bale to be cast in this movie. Not that I don’t like Bale, I thoroughly enjoyed watching him play the part of The Dark Knight in Batman Begins. Everything takes place somewhere around the 1800’s. The movie starts off with Hugh Jackman being drowned and Bale being accused for his death. It made me wonder how in hell does the lead get killed in the first frame. Then I realized that like some movies, the events ha...

Nacho Libre Starring: Jack Black Watched this movie because it had Jack Black in it. Though it was not that great, it was an okay movie. Probably when you are bored and don’t know what to do with the time, you could watch this. I don’t think this warrants anything more than these few lines. Grandma’s Boy. Though this movie had no big Superstar cast in it. This was also an Okay movie. The only thing that interested me in this movie was that it was about Video Games. It’s about a Videogame Tester who’s 35, when all the other testers are teens or pre-teens. No plot, no storyline, just another comedy flick, which does tickle your rib at times. The leading lady was good looking. And the Games that come in this movie, I haven’t played any of them. I never knew how the time flew in this movie. It was a short movie, however it was average. Failure to Launch Starring: Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker Another Comedy movie or should I say Romantic Comedy movie. This one is another al...

Happy Feet... I watched this only today, well yesterday since it's over 12am now, and had to write a review about it today itself. Though I don't like to watch Computer Generated or Animated motion pictures that much, this was one good movie I liked. It's all about the Penguins. There is this one outcast penguin, who was dropped when he was an egg can't sing. It seems singing is the way the Penguins get hold of their mates and Mambo as the Hero is named, cant sing. However he can tap dance, hence the name Happy Feet. Dancing is abhorred by all the Village Heads, the wise elders of the Penguin Community. Therefore he is shunned by everyone. How he proves that dancing is not the root of all evil and some good can come out of it as well. The movie is full time pass and I really enjoyed it. It's an animated movie so watch it like that. Don't take too many things out of the movie. Just go there, sit, relax and enjoy it, thats all. Don't think too much about it. T...

Blood Diamond Starring: DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and the guy from Gladiator. Amazing Movie. One movie I would really recommend to all of my friends. Though I am not a great fan of DiCaprio, this movie changes all that. After Departed, DiCaprio has given another solid performance. He’s simply outstanding in this movie. The movie is about the Diamond Trade. How it affects the African country where the Diamond is mined. It shows how the lives of the people are affected, in a Diamond rich, under developed country, which is in turmoil. Sierra Leone is the place and this was kind off how it happened during the 70’s. The film depicts how people were forced to be slaves to mine the diamonds and how the diamonds got the name Blood Diamond. The Blood of the people are shed to satisfy the Western world’s glitterati. One of the best movies I have seen in 2006. Departed was also a great movie for DiCaprio. He’s, I think, at his peak in these kind off roles. Apart from Connelly, DiCaprio will cap...

A post has been long due, however was unable to sit down and pen my thoughts. As always the easiest thing for me to do is to write a couple of reviews, so here goes. The following list of movies dates back from Diwali to till date: Vallavan: Another movie by Simbu which we watched because of the rave reviews got. Meaning not that the movie was good, however that the movie was one of the most vulgar movies ever made in Tamil Cinema. Though I tend to agree with that mostly, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, thanks to Nayanthara. I really disliked the scenes were Simbu tries to imitate Kamal. All in all I would suggest if you can watch this in Sun TV for 2007 tamil New Year, don’t do it. Cause, there’s only so much our brains can take. Casino Royale: I feel bad having to follow up my Vallavan review with Casino Royale. This is not a Bond movie though the main character is called James Bond. The reason this cannot be a Bond movies are: In a Normal Bond Movie: • You don’t get to see Bond ris...

Starring: Ajith Kumar, Ajith Kumar, Ajith Kumar and Asin Why one should see this movie: You go to the Theatre, you don't get tickets for any other movie and still you don't know what to do with your afternoon or evenings. WHY I SAW THIS MOVIE: FATE ...nothing other than fate. Fate that I had a friend, who had to see some movie on Diwali every year. Coming to the crux of the matter now….Movie is not that great, that being said it should be a good one for Ajith Fans. If you want to watch this movie, kindly do so when you have Ajith Fans around you. The movie in itself seldom entertains you, however the Fans do so throughout. I went in late for the movie, probably would have missed about 10 minutes of the movie. I was on time for the intro song. About 1/3rd of the Theater was dancing to the song. Not that it was a great song music wise and choreography wise. This is a trend in Tamil movies nowadays, having a Song for Intro of the Hero. This is prevalent in Rajni, Kamal to Vijay a...