Reality Continues to Ruin my Life

Damn!!!

2006-11-10T15:21:00.000+03:00

ok...this has got to be the coolest phone that i've seen in a while now...

it'll probably cost an arm and a leg when (and if it ever) comes out...but i am so gonna buy it..

Check it out

Damn it's Cold

2006-11-08T22:17:00.000+03:00

ok..so i get up to go to work ..as usual running late...
as soon i get out of the door...i get hit by the wind..and i mean it...WIND...COLD WIND...

i'm like..what the hell happened to the weather in Kuwait ...overnight...i think it's about 20C right now...and I LOVE it...
I have always loved the cold weather...and it also gives me the chance to wear some of the new stuff i got from Zara...

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DON

2006-11-07T20:29:00.000+03:00

Ok...first off...let me say it's just not fair to compare the new version of Don to the original. You just can't ..that was a different time, different era.

So..let's take an objective view at Farhan Akhtar's Don...

Honestly and objectively...I didn't like it.

Ever since Dil To Pagal Hai, people's expectations of Farhan Akhtar have been sky high.
Yet, he hasn't managed to get re-create that sort of magic. Even Lakshay wasn't his best work.
But with Don, he seems lost, caught between trying to stay true to the original and making it 'new'. As a result, the movie seems to lack direction. A better script would've helped too. Some scenes don't make sense (will give examples later on).

The movie starts off well, the action sequence is entertaining and choreographed real well.
In fact, throughout the movie, all action sequences, the fights involving both Shah Rukh as well as Priyanka Chopra are excellent.

But as the movie goes on...it seems to lose it's appeal. The audience is confused to what is going on as the story just seems to be going ahead without much purpose.

And hence the mistakes/illogical parts of the story.

When Jasjit's (Arjun Rampal) family is kidnapped, how does a computer technician suddenly manage to scale tall buildings, not to mention know how to break into high security offices??
When confronting DeSilva (Boman Irani) in his room , how in his right sense would let a police officer leave and expect him not only to come back , but to come back without enough backup to blow his head off??? I mean..the fact that he says "i'll wait for you here.." Sheesh!!
No where in the movie does anyone explain how Boman Irani manages his double identity.

The movie is filled with these little bits which, because they are so illogical, are very annoying.
The songs are seriously worthless...the movie would've been better off without them.

The song ...'Khaike Paan Banaras Wala'...a classic in the original movie seems like it was forced to be put in the movie. The sequence leading up to the song seems
But I have to admit, I loved the ending..it was a twist which i never saw coming. This from someone who guessed the entire story of 'Bluffmaster' by the intermission.

Ok..so let's get to the characters...

First off..the main character...Don..in this case Shah Rukh Khan...just doesn't manage to give you the impression that he's the world's best villain... he just does not have that commanding presence...he was actually better in Baazigar...
Even as Vijay...he fails. He did a better job as the 'off the street' character in 'Shakti'.
And whoever dressed him for the movie needs to take a good hard look at his/her creation because it was just ridiculous.

Priyanka Chopra does a decent job..she looks good..delivers her dialogs on cue and kicks some serious ass...

Boman Irani..he gets better with every role. The man is as versatile as he is creative. He can do any role asked of him. My respect for the man as an actor continues to grow.

The rest don't actually have much of a role ...so...let's just say that they are adequate.

Overall...let's say it's worth a watch...but i wouldn't get my hopes too high.

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Leave Me Alone

2006-11-05T23:32:00.000+03:00

Yaani...why do u keep trying to change me...
I'm an atheist...let me be..

i don't interfere in your life...
i don't impose my beliefs on you..so why do keep trying to impose yours on me??

do i tell you how illogical yr beliefs are???
do i tell you how religion is probably the basis of every major conflict in this world??
do i tell you that your beliefs are based on some old story referred to as "mythology"...that they are based on writings of a man born in our recent history...or the story made up by a powerful religious group that wanted to keep people too busy "praying" to actually pay attention to their own lives?

See...i don't tell you all that...so...leave me alone...
I will not pray..i will not sit in some prayer function..i will not enter a place of worship...i will not bow down to some fictional character...

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Seriously

2006-11-04T23:04:00.000+03:00

.. u need to stand up for yourself..
u need to tell them how u feel...
u need to stop taking us for granted...
what u fear i have no clue..
it's not like they can stop what's going to happen..

but if u continue down this road...yr life will be hell..

V

Rest Stop

2006-11-04T23:02:00.000+03:00

One of my friends recommended this movie to me...so i watched it..
and i have to say...it's probably the most mind numbing experience of my life...

Basically they tried making something like "Hostel" but failed miserably...
Movie is both technically flawed and immensely boring...

So anyway..later found out that the movie was recommended as a prank...since he watched it..he wanted someone else to go thru the torture...

So that's 1 and a half hrs of my life that i'll never get back...

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Oh Well..Whatever..Never Mind

2006-11-04T23:01:00.000+03:00

This is my life and there's no sense in fighting it...

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