Friday, August 7, 2009

The "Dark" Knight !!!

As an introductory note I wish to clarify that this is not a movie review. Moreover reviewing the "Dark knight" one year after its release would be a rank mischief.

I decided to pen down a post after a while now coz I wanted to share a very worthy description given to a very creative actor.

In this year's oscar a new style was adopted in which the winners of the past gave a brief description about the actor and the kind of work he did in the movie and how deserving his/her act was in order to get a nomination.

We loved many such descriptions, and one of them stood out. It reminded us all how the very talented Heath Ledger transformed an otherwise dull stereotyped comic book villain into an incredible, heart wrenching piece of movie character. His unique exploration and signature style had created the most dreaded, unforgettable villain who would scare each one of us any day. It was an enthralling master piece that is etched in our memories forever. It also reminded as to how big a loss his death would be for the motion picture industry.

I would like to quote here those words which are well deserved and clearly explain how he attained immortality.

"In a year of striking film images perhaps the most unforgettable was that of a man whose face smeared in clown make-up gleefully sticking his head out of a speeding car, relishing the night wind, and reveling in the chaos he has unleashed on the streets of Gotham city , menacing, mercurial, droll and diabolical. Heath Ledger as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight' kept us all on edge, anxious to see what act of appalling mischief he might commit next. With this bravura performance as well as with a wide range of other roles to which he put his unique signature, Heath Ledger has left us an original and enduring legacy"

Just adding the link to the video in case you want to hear it with the emotional quotient. The time of this decoration starts from 3:50 of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrt2xoy5UHo

Here's a medley of great scenes by Ledger in the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSQv_Ynomoo

Thank you!

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Time(less) 100

I was going through the one and only "Time" magazine's World's most influential people.

I wasn't totally impressed because it was so American centric. Moreover some of the so called "influential" people were so commercially influenced themselves.

Otherwise I liked the concept of influential people. We have to make the distinction between the "powerful" and the "influential".

These are people who have some way or the other influenced the ideologies or dreams or the day to day turn of events of people all over the world significantly by their voluntary measures.

Thats where the distinction of power comes in. We can understand that when we look at Obama at the 18th place of the 100.

The pride factor comes with AR Rahman being in the 59th place. I liked the write-up given by Padma Lakshmi of his music and his influence, but whats the link other than being an American NRI.

Its inspiring to know that Rahman found a place in the so called "Music" empire which is so often dominated by the pop singers of the mid-west or the teen stars who just did their first albums.

But When I think if all this happened only after "Slumdog", boy! that sounds insane. Yet, Better late than too-late.

Rahman made all of us Rahmaniacs proud with his scintillating music long back, But its heartening to know the World recognizes great talent though its late.

I wish there are more people from our country in this 100, hopefully We'll get there in the upcoming editions.


http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1894410_1893836_1894435,00.html




Thanks !!!

Quotable Quotes ( May 1,2009)

Here are a couple of quotes that I came across somewhere which I thought is worth sharing.

1. It isn't our abilities that make who we are but Its our choices !

2. John F kennedy: Life isn't fair all the time.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Susan..the sensation

Hi.. Blogging after a really long time! But its exciting to do that from the "Silicon valley".

The other day I was watching the Susan Boyle youtube video of her performance in the "Britain's got talent" show and was wondering whats in there that a 100 million(still counting) people have watched it.

When I watched it closely with some attention I liked it. I'm sorry for sounding like a cliche here.

Not that I wanted to tell I am an expert of English music! But I liked it because of the enormously inspiring attitude displayed by Susan which looked deeply natural.

Because being natural in a reality show isn't all that easy!

When she came out on stage people yelled, they made faces, the judges were bored to see her, the organizers were very anxious... Then she started singing.. What followed after that is history. And the events that unfolded in the following days made history.

What made me sit up and take notice of this incident is that people judge people based on their appearance or their dress or their age, which is ridiculous, its like fooling yourself.

The amazing thing to me is that Susan doesnt seem to be bothered one bit by all the hoopla instead she was doing what she came there for. Indeed she sang very well. And thus a superstar was born.

Later the judges of the show even apologised to her for their inference about her.
Even the unsatisfiable Simon cowell seemed to happy!

I am still in awe of her character because she continues to live her normal life and doesnt want to change anything in her life.. despite becoming an intenational rock star in just days.

Its a pleasure to share the video with you all [ Susan Boyle on Larry king's show ]

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