1. You don't have to remember where the Men's Room are when visiting a Shopping Mall/Multiplex on its inauguration day.
- "I have gone through the Blue Prints of this structure while designing the interiors of most of its Major Shops. The Men's room on this floor are to the right of the sky lit dome, while on the floor below us, they are way over the far corner."
2. You don't have to hire a guide when visiting a historical Monuments in the city.
-"The reason why the roof of this building does not have any support structures is because it was built on a base of triangular arches placed one on top of the other, thus equally distributing the load."
3. You don't have to worry about getting lost in the most gruesome labyrinthine corridors of the monument which is famous for its mazes.
-"These corridors follow a definite pattern of randomness, and you can easily get to the most safe spot, i.e the roof by only taking the left turns and ascending every stair, while avoiding the right turns.
4. You can always find your way along the congested and packed streets of India's Holy city of temples.
-"I remember this street ends near the temple famous for its special 'prasad' because the satellite image on Google maps depicted this as prominent one. Besides, I did my summer project on the temple architecture of this city, and have already been here 100 times. I can take you around this place with my eyes closed."
5. You are always bound to find a computer with high end graphics card and latest processor, only to realise it was/is/will be never used to play the the latest release of the NFS franchise or major FPS titles.
-"I need it to render the elevation designs of my Autocad Project. But I do play Free Cell on this, or NFS II for that matter."
6. You always get to hear the most interesting stories about the place he visited last month while preparing his report on some unheard yet intriguing topic.
-"The haveli was so big that the sunlight didn't reach some the of corners...and the stairs were all mushy and gooey with bat droppings, and I was walking around bare foot...and then the old stone staircase fell off as soon as I stepped off the last step, and..."
7. You don't have to remember the metric conversion rates for measurement
-"one meter equals 3.28 feet, or 39.37 inches"
8. You can always rely on the exact dimension measurements of the floor area of a shop/parking lot, or even a silent generator at the back of the building.
-"this parking lot is no bigger than 10000 sq feet, and this silent generator is 3x10 feet...there also comes one from a different company which is 1/3 smaller than this but produces equal power."
9. You are always bound to come across a scrap piece of metal which you tend to bend as per your will, later to realise that it was the most important part of one of his projects
-"That was the support beam of my abstract design, and now you have ruined it...I will have to modify my clay finishing to hide your expert burst of creativity. But on second thought, I think I can use this as it is..."
... and the best one is
10. You can expect the most unexpected item from the footpath stalls as your birthday gift, with a note attached
-"I wanted to add in a few of my ideas to this, but didn't get the time...but anyways, its still your birthday gift"
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Inglourious Basterds
First Day Last Show...this has sort of become a regular for many of the movies that are eagerly awaited. Two reasons, Friday is working, and second, the mood for a late night show is more into it.
Inglourious Basterds
Now the one thing that I like the most about this city is that the movie lovers here not only just come to theaters to enjoy, but to actually analyze and get involved with their favourite director or actor. The reason can be better explained by the fact that a large fraction of the crowd belong the the IT industry and have spent their Engineering years watching some of the very best flicks over the college LAN. And also, the basic fact remains that general public here is educated, and the rickshaw-wallah crowd demanding a Mithun movie (no offence Mr Chakroborty) is never seen.
Never ever have I heard or seen an applause being offered over the beginning credits, just because the screen says "A Quentin Tarantino Film". And never ever have I actually seen the male counterpart withdrawing the hand from around the female shoulder and sit upright to pay more attention to the screen.
The film is about a group of French outlaws in the Nazi era who take up on themselves to hunt down the Hitler's SS army personals and well, kill them brutally. Brad Pitt has a completely different yet perfect accent for his role, although his being a more known name does not get him more screen time, and rightly so. Well supported by Christoph Waltz and others through out, the over all "Inglourious Basterds " thing comes down to a Nazi war movie where the British, French and in a way every one is plotting to bring down the Third Reich.
The film is mostly in German and you constantly have to shift your eyes from the actors faces to the bottom of the screen to read the subtitles, which are in trademark classic yellow colour. The French, German and occasional Latin make you want to re-graduate from the Oxford or Cambridge to differentiate the language and have a better ear for the accent. But for a Hollywood fan (like me), Mr Tarantino does a more than a better job. Nice background score which attracts your attention but never overpowers, some pretty gruesome violence scenes which makes the entire theater utter the "eeeh" and "ooohh", and perfectly balanced flavour of "humour" which makes you bang your fist and throw back you head in a roar of laughter, this film stands apart. Don't go expecting this to be an Action movie, you will be disappointed. But if you appreciate Tarantino's work, this one will be a 'paisa wasool'. The movie is broken down into parts like the chapters of a book, where each one can be enjoyed separately but must be taken in together and in sequence to get the entire flavour. Although the only weakness in the overall compilation is the story, and somewhat the climax, but you won't mind it at the end, because the entire presentation well overpowers the loose links.
Like I mentioned, the movie got an applause, also at the end. And the female love bird, disappointment, even after 8 attempts to squeeze some cupid juice by cuddling in different postures and pulling the arm around every now and then. Sorry Girl, the things at screen were more interesting than you at the side.
Warning : Do not take your girl with you if she is a ShahRukh Khan fan and does not understands the entire project called cinema.
A must watch for Quentin Tarantino fan - Inglourious Basterds : My rating 8/10.
Inglourious Basterds
Now the one thing that I like the most about this city is that the movie lovers here not only just come to theaters to enjoy, but to actually analyze and get involved with their favourite director or actor. The reason can be better explained by the fact that a large fraction of the crowd belong the the IT industry and have spent their Engineering years watching some of the very best flicks over the college LAN. And also, the basic fact remains that general public here is educated, and the rickshaw-wallah crowd demanding a Mithun movie (no offence Mr Chakroborty) is never seen.
Never ever have I heard or seen an applause being offered over the beginning credits, just because the screen says "A Quentin Tarantino Film". And never ever have I actually seen the male counterpart withdrawing the hand from around the female shoulder and sit upright to pay more attention to the screen.
The film is about a group of French outlaws in the Nazi era who take up on themselves to hunt down the Hitler's SS army personals and well, kill them brutally. Brad Pitt has a completely different yet perfect accent for his role, although his being a more known name does not get him more screen time, and rightly so. Well supported by Christoph Waltz and others through out, the over all "Inglourious Basterds " thing comes down to a Nazi war movie where the British, French and in a way every one is plotting to bring down the Third Reich.
The film is mostly in German and you constantly have to shift your eyes from the actors faces to the bottom of the screen to read the subtitles, which are in trademark classic yellow colour. The French, German and occasional Latin make you want to re-graduate from the Oxford or Cambridge to differentiate the language and have a better ear for the accent. But for a Hollywood fan (like me), Mr Tarantino does a more than a better job. Nice background score which attracts your attention but never overpowers, some pretty gruesome violence scenes which makes the entire theater utter the "eeeh" and "ooohh", and perfectly balanced flavour of "humour" which makes you bang your fist and throw back you head in a roar of laughter, this film stands apart. Don't go expecting this to be an Action movie, you will be disappointed. But if you appreciate Tarantino's work, this one will be a 'paisa wasool'. The movie is broken down into parts like the chapters of a book, where each one can be enjoyed separately but must be taken in together and in sequence to get the entire flavour. Although the only weakness in the overall compilation is the story, and somewhat the climax, but you won't mind it at the end, because the entire presentation well overpowers the loose links.
Like I mentioned, the movie got an applause, also at the end. And the female love bird, disappointment, even after 8 attempts to squeeze some cupid juice by cuddling in different postures and pulling the arm around every now and then. Sorry Girl, the things at screen were more interesting than you at the side.
Warning : Do not take your girl with you if she is a ShahRukh Khan fan and does not understands the entire project called cinema.
A must watch for Quentin Tarantino fan - Inglourious Basterds : My rating 8/10.
Thought Provoking
There are a few things that pop into your mind for no reason at all. You are sitting in office, staring at the mail for two hours, the subject line of which you do not remember, acting as if you are in deep thought and working on some complicated logic, and suddenly it pops in your head, what was the name of that movie starring your favourite actress in blue sari. And you spend the next half an hour searching IMDB in the background tab, for that one name that keeps doing rounds in your head.
There's no limit to the thoughts that enter you useless mind, especially if you are sitting in a perfectly maintained climatic conditions, on an ergonomically designed revolving chair, in front of machine which has seen too much upgradation in recent years.And to top it all, you actually get paid to do it, or rather not do any thing. IT industry can be a real killer at times, but it also has its share of luxury when it comes to "vegging" out the whole day and return home exhausted.
Here's a few that popped into mine...
1. I definitely, absolutely, really need to wash my clothes this weekend.
2. I desperately need a hair cut. If only I can skip the evening tea at the chai-wala today, and get a ride to the saloon, and before that I get the time to change to casuals because formals stand out in a barber's shop.
3. If I save 70% of my salary every month, I will just have enough in next six months to buy that new mobile phone from Sony.
4. Damn that girl in the next cubicle is hot. If only I could exchange my seat with that stupid nerd, I would get a better view.
5. My boss doesn't know how to handle the team. If only he could follow my 3 golden rules, every one will be happy.
6. Why doesn't this guy use his own head. I am not here for social service. Now I would have to postpone my Tea break just to explain him this logic.
7. I am way too underpaid for the kind of work I am doing here.
8. Gosh, if only I would have read the design document carefully, I would have avoided so much rework.
9. I desperately need a girlfriend. Hello....Mr Almighty, are you listening?
10. I think I should start going to Gym, from today..no wait, I haven't brought my Gym gear today. OK, definitely from next week.
There's no limit to the thoughts that enter you useless mind, especially if you are sitting in a perfectly maintained climatic conditions, on an ergonomically designed revolving chair, in front of machine which has seen too much upgradation in recent years.And to top it all, you actually get paid to do it, or rather not do any thing. IT industry can be a real killer at times, but it also has its share of luxury when it comes to "vegging" out the whole day and return home exhausted.
Here's a few that popped into mine...
1. I definitely, absolutely, really need to wash my clothes this weekend.
2. I desperately need a hair cut. If only I can skip the evening tea at the chai-wala today, and get a ride to the saloon, and before that I get the time to change to casuals because formals stand out in a barber's shop.
3. If I save 70% of my salary every month, I will just have enough in next six months to buy that new mobile phone from Sony.
4. Damn that girl in the next cubicle is hot. If only I could exchange my seat with that stupid nerd, I would get a better view.
5. My boss doesn't know how to handle the team. If only he could follow my 3 golden rules, every one will be happy.
6. Why doesn't this guy use his own head. I am not here for social service. Now I would have to postpone my Tea break just to explain him this logic.
7. I am way too underpaid for the kind of work I am doing here.
8. Gosh, if only I would have read the design document carefully, I would have avoided so much rework.
9. I desperately need a girlfriend. Hello....Mr Almighty, are you listening?
10. I think I should start going to Gym, from today..no wait, I haven't brought my Gym gear today. OK, definitely from next week.
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