Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia

As i was browsing the newspaper on Thursday i was telling my friend karthik i was going to see War inc movie which was to be screened at 9 in HBO, little did i think what a disastrous movie that one can turn out to be. Well i dint watch it on HBO as i missed the movie as i was watching IPL. I should have taken this as a sign but i dint i went ahead and  downloaded the movie. Though my previous experience with the movie rachel is getting married had thought me otherwise.

Well after watching the wreatched movie which was not even a pleasent treat for the eyes, let me just stop by saying that i dint like the movie. I then decided to watch another movie which was being screened in Sony Pix. Sleepless in seattle. Oh my god, this was a great movie and drew me into the screen and had me glued to it all through the end.

After watching two movies back to back have i given it up and moved on with my life... no..one of these days i need to move me A and do something usefull other  than watching football and movie and eating. I will soon....

Well it has been three parah's and i havent got to tell what i wanted to. I watched the movie Julie and Julia, yes this is the movie that got released recently and had meryl strep nominated for the umpteenth time. I had no expectations for this movie and it sure did fascinate me. The direction and screenplay were imaculate. Though i felt meryl strep was over doing her role i never can comment on something that she does as she is truly a master at acting. The story is about two ladies living in different times but sharing the same passion, cooking.

In 1949, julia child moves to france with her wealthy husband  and finds her passion in cooking after trying out various other hobbies. Her passion is to cook and to teach it to people. In the year 2002, julie is a middle class woman who turns 30 and has finally found her passion in cooking and has set herself a goal. Now the whole story is about how she goes about fulfilloing this goal. Will she fulfill it? Well thats the story.. It was a normal movie, except for the screen play and and the direction there was nothing very exceptional. It was watchable and definately dint have me regret for watching it.

That said i have finally reached bangalore.. Will probably be in office when i publish this post.. Till then good bye....

AN EDUCATION

Waiting for the train I was bored so thought I will see a movie in my mobile. I was browsing for various movies that I have stored and I chose one which I expected to be a romantic one and also slow so that it will put me to sleep early. The movie I chose was “An Education”. It is a story of a young girl in England in 1960 who is blossoming into a beautiful and independent woman. The story shows how restricted the girls are and how they have to live for the “Pathi Seva” and how 1960 the girls parents are. Well the story is not just about the girl it was about the coming of age and how she gets attracted to the man who is more than twice her age. Now I was thinking good that the movie has finally got some romance and more dialogues are to ensure and I will definitely sleep. The TTR had already checked my tickets and I was already on the berth. As the story ensues I sort of find a purpose in the movie, the guy though being twice the girls age has ensnared her in his interesting lifestyles and also made possible to bring the young girls dreams like going to France. He deflowers her and then in the end the radical couple end the movie in a not so graceful manner which let me wondering where the plot was lost. Not only the plot was lost to a totally lost cause but also dint make any sense in the director making such a movie.

The direction and the screenplay were perfect and the cinematography was also immaculate the only sad note is that the story dint have a cause and dint get to say anything that is really useful. Well the girl has become more sensible in the end of the movie but I always thought that the story lacked a finishing and this case the movie lacked a strong story in the last quarter. Well to add to my dismay Chennai super kings had lost to Punjab kings in a bowl out. How bad can a day turn out? Now that the movie has got me thinking I was rolling in my berth trying to sleep which now seemed most elusive and left me cursing for not choosing reservoir dogs movie...Man that one puts me to sleep every single time....

The only education I got after seeing the movie, is to never watch a movie thinking that it is going to make me feel good. The education was really a bad one. Well, at least I saw a movie that was made look good and feel good...I would have been delighted if the movie has strong story...An Education....what education??

Midfield Maestros

There have been great players to have played the beautiful game but that does not stop me from writing an article on one of the most impressive midfield paring in the world. It is Carrick and fletcher of Manchester united.

Little did people realise the importance of paul scholes when he was at the peak. he was the unsung hero of the glorious united side, relentlessly he protected his strikers and also kept the opposition midfield in check. Recently i learnt a term called blind side, this is a rugby term which is used for a defender to protect the star player. Well scholes did exactly that and a great deal more than that. It may be seen as a very negative kind of football where a player solely takes care of breaking up the play. However, it is efficient and gets the job done, in football nothing matters more does it. Once the ronadlo era came he hogged all the limelight available and unavailable. Even when ronaldo was at the peak there were two players in the midfield protecting the entire Man United squad from being threatened of possession. These two midfielder did not make the scoring charts often but you could find them when the team was deadlocked and goalless. Yes i am still talking about the dirty men of united, the successors of paul scholes. No wonder united are able to keep up the silverware haul. I would disagree to many managers who claim that these two midfielder just break up the play and tackle with malicious intent. If reviewed most of the tackles made by Carrick and fletcher would be significantly brilliant given the choice they have to make in the split second. Many reviwers had placidly written saying United were over reliant on cristiano ronaldo and they were going to suffer, as long as people like carrick, fletcher, viera and scholes are on a team all players are safe on a football field.

It is no surprise that the two of them end up sent off for most of the matches. As some video footages show they make the challenge by the book and are composed and serene for most of the match time. As i mentioned earlier, everyone have thier bad days and so do they. Unlike their tutor scholes who randomly lunges at the opponents and i sent off for careless tackles these guys are sent off most of the time due to an error in judgementby the refree or due to the pressure of the players and the situation. The other very positive point for united is that these two midfielders are pretty loyal to united and may be a red devil for a long while...maybe even for the rest of their carrier.

Midfield generals are very hard to come by, they are usually expected to be tall and quite built up to take some damage themselves. The best examples being makalele, Patrick Vieira and gilberto Silva. Well it is a surprise that being smaller in stature that Carrick and fletcher can do the same. The other important point to note about the duo is that they are extremely versatile. When vidic,Ferdinand, brown and Neville were injured these two pitched into a defender role. It was a good sight to behold. Though they lost the game against Fulham, these two guys did give a lot of challenges to all forwards. It would be a sight to behold when the two would play the forward role one day. glory to united till the two maintain top form.