http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/ Thalaiva Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:10:01 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/11.html Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:05:34 GMT A little about this years oscar entries . 1. Brokeback Mountain.. This fellow is sure going to walk away with a few awards. What a movie!!! . One of a kind, i believe no other movie has come as close to this movie . Most movies that talk about homosexuals dont seem to probe into the characters. This movie describes a love so pure amongst them that it is hard not to see them together. I will not be surprised if they walk away with the bulk of the awards.It is truly an American love story. 2. Good night and good luck...One of those movies which are based around just a few characters and... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=11 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/10.html Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:27:26 GMT The Island, the movie!!! I would like to call it science fiction, but the movie has so many elements of todays world that i couldnt do that. Evan McGregor serves his part well as a curious, intelligent clone and also as the Scottish bloke , Scarlett Johanssen though is very very dissapointing. The movie's extremely long actions sequels make it fizzle out in the end and fails to sustain the viewers interest for more that an hour. An Hour I say cuz the script unravels slowly and sustains interest in that period. But the idea of investing such large amounts of money just for organ culture is a... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=10 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/9.html Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:10:34 GMT Ahhhh.....what is it about a vacation that refreshes one? The idea of a vacation is synonomous with that of 'refreshing'...as though it were a cuppa coffee!!! Most vacations leave us with a yearning of getting back with new sources of inspirations ( sources..and not source) ...but some are not ment to...sadly, but true. Some of them just leave you with ...damn!!! this is going to be just too hard ( getting back that is) Wonder if it was ment to be that way. http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=9 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/8.html Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:17:09 GMT I have always rated David Lynch as one of the most original of directors and a master at noir. But I now place him second to Darren Arnofosky. The movie has the simplest of themes with absolutely no plot...deals with something all of us know about. Imagine making a movie out of the one liner "smoking is injurious to health". Blow it a hundred times...voila...you get Requiem for a dream. A movie all about drug addiction , drugs being generic...from prescription to abuse, its got em all. What is so great....and i say great about the movie is the soundtrack, the use of powerful camera... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=8 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/7.html Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:00:09 GMT This is what happens when one goes through a bad...i mean really bad phase of movies..Silence...I guess that is what Chandramookhi does to all Thalaiva fans. Not to forget though, I did manage to see a South Korean movie -'Oldboy'. Vengence is the name of the game, a game being played since the dawn of time- is the thread running through the story. Amidst all the gory scenes, the director does manage to come up with some excellently composed scenes. The use of obtuse angles has also been done really well. You cant not have a real bad tummy after you realise the plot...something worth... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=7 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/6.html Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:50:03 GMT Dusk neared.It was like any other day he had lived, going about his life as if it were a chore.The day was to be different, he was heading to the town, it was to be his initiation into an oriental way.He had gathered along with a few other townfolk in a small ill lit hall. He had hoped this stint would be for the bettrement of his life, an eastward ho they said, was always for the better. With a few strokes on the blackboard began the lines like an untrodden path waiting to be tread. Amongst the laughter and the quizzical looks at the new sounds and sights being thrown, there entered... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=6 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/5.html Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:40:45 GMT Maniratnam, one if India's premier film directors had carved a niche for himself. Not only are his stories original and refreshing they are also visually appealing. In a country which produces more number of films than any other county in the world , the bulk of them purely commercial, Mani sir (as he is commonly known) has managed to make movies that have the elements of a good commercial movie and also that have a good sense of film technique. Now the question that arises is what is a commercial movie, according to Indian standards? Well ...in short a movie that is predominantly a musical... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=5 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/4.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:05:56 GMT What is Ram Gopal Verma up to these days? Apart from the fact that he is obsessed with the mob rather the underworld, he seem to be justifying for it. He started capturing this love/obesession of his very early on with Satya...a very refreshing movie, back them. Then after what seemed as a long haitus it was followed by Company, undoubtdely his best underworld flick. The film is one of his best as it manages to cover the entire life of a mobster, in true bollywood ishtyle..packed with a song too (a catchy one might i add) , but then u may ask....most of the mob movies depict the rise and... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=4 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/3.html Tue, 02 Aug 2005 20:40:01 GMT Megha Dhake Tara (Bengali)- A cloud capped Sky. A movie by one of India's lesser known Bengali directors , overshadowded in the brilliance of fellow director Satyajit Ray. Overshadowed I say because of the fact that only upon searching on google as a lesser known director does his name appear. A true experimentalist- with the characters, filming and music. The movie is about a poor family in Bengal , Father an aging educationalist- who finds solace from his medeocer life in Wordsworth and Keaet's , A mother who admits to 'rotting of the brain' in such circumstances, the eldest daughter... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=3 http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Mon, 01 Aug 2005 17:05:42 GMT There is a popular story saying that wherever you go,you will find atleast one *Rajinikanth* fan. Here is an interesting new story.... *Rajinikanth* was bragging to Jayalalitha one day, "You know, I noweveryone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone,and I know them."Tired of his boasting, Jayalalitha called his bluff, "OK,*Rajini* howabout Tom Cruise?" "Sure, yes, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it" *Rajini* said. So *Rajini* and Jayalalitha fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and sure enough, Tom Cruise shouts "Thalaiva! Great to see... (more) http://thalaiva.blogdrive.com/comments?id=2