Crashed out! Posted on March 6, 2006March 7, 2006 So Brokeback Mountain (BM) got crashed out at the Oscars! I was pretty surprised since I was expecting BM to win after all the hype and hoopla leading up to the event. And it did win several of the other awards, including Best Director for Ang Lee. Then, suddenly, I hear it’s not BM at all. But another movie called Crash. Where did it come from? I remember once having nearly seen the movie at a friend’s place but we never got around to it (now I wish we had!). According to news reports, this shock decision might have been due to the fact that BM made some of the Academy fuddy duddies a little uncomfortable with the whole gay love theme and Crash was their safe harbour. Since I haven’t watched any of the movies, I can’t really tell whether it was a deserving win for Crash. But I’m really eager to watch all the movies now! I have 4 must-watch movies this week : Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha and Pride & Prejudice! A couple of back-to-back sessions should do it! Has anyone watched any of these movies? Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Entertainment Films
Seen a puppet show lately? Posted on December 7, 2004 Have been meaning to write about a slightly different form of entertainment I enjoyed a few days ago. A puppet show at the Alliance called Fox Story with Vaish for company. Later, we realized that behind all the entertaining music, dialogues and songs were just 3 guys (where we thought… Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
At the movies Posted on February 2, 2004 If you haven’t watched Maqbool, then you definitely should. Convinced a friend of mine who’d already seen it to watch it again on Saturday night. And I didn’t need much convincing, so that’s more proof! Reasons to watch it: Brilliant performances, led by Pankaj Kapur. His mannerisms, voice and speech… Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
Food Fest! Posted on July 28, 2006July 28, 2006 So we Bangalore Metbloggers have been in a foodie mood lately, all fuelled by my desire to get some posts going out of the gang! Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Print (Opens in new window) Print Read More
I actually did see both Crash and Brokeback Mountain. I thought Crash was a much more well crafted and gripping film than Brokeback was. It deals with prejudices that all of us carry and is beautifully nuanced. It doesnt have one main story and has plenty of sub plots that intersect along with some really comic moments. It ensemble cast was awesome. Brokeback Mountain is a painful story of forbidden and sometimes rejected love, something all of us have experienced, only in this case it brings out the frustrations and sadness that gay people are forced to live with. On the whole I thought the story was a little weak though. I would have liked to see it win simply to make a statment, but having seen both I think Crash was more gripping. But Heath Ledger was great.I havent seen Capote but I do wish Heath Ledger had won the Best Actor nomination! Reply
Remember that movie we were supposed to watch after that play at Alliance a long time ago? That was Crash. It’s a brilliant movie. I thought it deserved all the awards it got! Reply
eapee: am looking forward to watching both of them even more now 🙂 watching crash tonight and brokeback is going to be released this friday so hopefully will catch it then… vaish: yes, i remember!! i think we looked at the stars instead that day. haha. am looking forward to watch it now 🙂 perry: yes! most of them… Reply
Watched most of the Oscar nominated movies – (for direction, movie, best actor, supporting actor, actress, supporting actress) – and I have to say that this year’s Oscar is one of the beset Oscars in recent years. It was such a powerful selection. The movie that made the strongest impression on me is “Good Night and Good Luck” – stellar performance by David Strathairn. Who would thought that George Clooney has such directorial talents. Reply