Indian Readers discussion

Many a time I have found that movies are extensions of books. And many bookworms are movie lovers too. I am not an avid movie buff - I dont have the patience to sit through 2 or 3 hours, but I manage to watch movies now and then in bits and pieces ( hugely aided by Tatasky Plus). I thought if any of us found any movie interesting or 'moving' or just plain entertaining we could share with others. This came to my mind when I wanted to know more about Rakta... and Gothika.

Currently I am watching 'fracture' which came in HBO about a couple of months ago, a very crisp crime mystery with taut courtroom scenes - it is the battle of wits between the old murderer ( a rich and successful man who has supposedly murdered his infidel young trophy wife) and a young but cocky attorney who looks as if he is in his teens. I am savoring the movie at present, though I dont know how I will feel about it once I finish watching.

i just watched american beauty.
Its all about dysfunctional families and how ,the image some people project or try to show the world ,is not really what or who they really are.
there was no good guy or bad guy in this movie... everybody portrayed a different shade of grey!

Anybody geared up for HP deathly hallows-I. I got advanced booking tkts for IMAX 3 15 show on Sat'day. i n my wife are so excited that we are trying to avoid watching trailers also on the TV!

so far I havent read Harry Potter or watched the movies though I have the complete book set and all the earlier movies. I am eagerly waiting for my son to grow up a bit so that both of us can read and watch together.

finally saw Promos of Rakht Charitra on tv! for once i think Vivek Oberoi kinda looks nice :)

have seen harry potter-7 Ist part........nd have read it too its an amazing movie with amazing location nd cinematography....a must watch...waiting 4 2nd part in july....

Smitha, Am sure u'd be hooked to it along with ur son ofcourse!

Hazel, I feel Vivek Oberoi always looks good in such tough guy roles!

Isha, Seen it already? how did u find it? am waiting for tmrw afternoon!

Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane was the last movie I saw adapted from a book. The book is a must read and so is the movie, a must watch!!!

The Usual Suspects - Kevin Spacey at his best. One of the most tightly scripted and crafted movies I've seen in a long, long time.

just back from watching HP-7 part one. It's an ok movie, mainly because it's ended very abruptly. Even the plot has nothing..i mean there is no purpose that was achieved at the end...in all HP movies, there is a very tight script where we were eagerly waiting for smthng from the start to the end. I think they didn't divide the seventh book at the right place to still give it a 'complete movie' feel! This worsens the waiting period for the next part which will only be released in july 2011, sigh!

They should have released the second part within a few months of releasing the first.

I saw Dear John today. i knew it was based on a Nicholas Sparks book of the same title, but avoided watching it for a while thinking it'll have a sad ending n not the "happily ever after" I'm usually fond of. I was wrong of course, but still it wasn't a great watch.
Channing Tatum was good at the character he portrayed and a little twist in the story was nice. only thing is it didnt interest me enough for me to want to read the book now

I saw social network today!
loved it!

finally completed 'Fracture' and loved it. I enjoy Anthony Hopkins movies; the new actor (or isn't he?) Ryan Gosling was impressive as a young attorney. I would recommend it for all 'court room drama' fans

Anthony Hopkins as an actor starts haunting you after you watch the Hannibal Lecter series! I couldn't see him in any other role after that :-(

Talking of court room dramas, the first ones that come to my mind are "Kramer vs Kramer" and "My Cousin Vinny"! Apart from that i have "A few good men" and "12 angry men" still waiting to be watched! Will add "Fracture" to the list

You can add "Anatomy of a Murder" to that list as well.

The Castle - a great Aussie movie. Not a courtroom drama so much as a courtroom farce. It includes one of my favourite lines from a movie.

'my cousin Vinnie' was hilarious. I just loved Vinnie and his girl friend

ya...never imagined that it wud b the grl friend who wud solve the case at the end. The way she talks abt the tyre prints and the cars was totally unexpected!

Yes man was in store for me to watch today since i had nothing better to do.
nice movie about this guy Carl Allen (jim carrey) who leads a really boring life until he makes a covenant with him self at a seminar, to say yes to every opportunity that befalls him....
Finally saw Jim carrey in a role that didnt make him look like a mental hospital break out. The only other movie that i thought he was good in was Bruce Almighty.

I just tortured myself with "i love you man"
Any of you all who actually like the movie plz dont read ahead!

This is not a movie most girls will enjoy,
I actually liked Paul Rudd before seeing this movie. Here he has just acted so so gay! All through the movie i thought the climax was going to be him ending his engagement and moving in with "sidney". All the humour was based on awkward moments and didnt really strike a chord with me.
Highlight of the movie: some of the songs that i kinda liked, but other than that a lot of it actually grossed me out especially the projectile vomit scene:(
in short:- ugh!

Am having a better time with "The Ugly Truth" on HBO. Loving it so far..looks like just a li'l different version of Will Smith's Hitch. But am liking this one more. I never liked Gerard Butler esp after what he did to "P.S. I Love You". But i gotta accept it...he is one of those few inconspicuous actors, who might not strike you as smart, but he does act!! Well, am sure the ladies have a lot more interesting opinion abt him :-) I personally feel he looked better in 300 where the beard covered his crooked mouth!

And i loved Katherine Heigl just for that one moment: At the end of the movie, in the hot air balloon she twitches her eyes just for a fraction of a second showing her love and anger together in what will be one of the most apt expressions for a woman.

The charm is IN the crooked mouth!! :)
ugly truth is a fun movie! Katherene Heigl was really gud in it :)
is bride wars done on HBO? it was on a while back. wanted to see it but couldnt :(

yeah, that's done. I can't bear the crooked mouth rolling away incomprehensible dialogues! Well, enough abt that crooked thing, but the movie is good! It's a fun watch! switched over to Bond on *movies

'Meet the parents' - really funny moments with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro. I dont know who the female lead is. Yesterday for a change both of us (husband and me) watched it together. Usually both of us become free at different times and our tastes drastically differ - he into action movies and news channels and my interest being humor/mystery/crime and reality/foodie channels.

the eye!
ok this is seriously a movie for ppl like me who have a very low resistance to scary films... It bordered on being scary and kept me entertained enough for me to know what happens in the end.
Im not going to say its a great watch but nice enough:)

I will surely watch out for this movie if at all it comes on TV (its ages since I watched a movie in the theatre)

Eat, Pray and Love. Julia Roberts rocks, shez not pretty to look at any more! But she continues to blow us away with her acting skills. Didn't know it's an adaptation until i saw the credits at the end of the movie!

I have the ebook of Eat, Pray, Love. It has many good reviews. I have plans of watching + reading the book

my review abt the film would be Eat Pray Love - Drink Sleep and F*rt!.....sums it up.....i just couldn't relate to the role,sometimes though.....the book must have been better!.....a fun review - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBF7E...

*** planet 51***
This animated movie is like E.T in reverse! Gautham u might enjoy this one :)

@Aditya you saw HP 7 part 1 :'(((
I am literally dying to watch that movie but my sister hates Daniel so we can't go
The Ugly Truth wow...nice movie.Infact a very nice movie.If I start my compliment session, I am surely the moderator will have to delete my post because it'll be too long & too boring :P
I guess I have already written something about The Knowing so I better not repeat myself...
Has anybody seen V for Vendetta??
@Hazel hey I found The Social Network similar to Guru, a hindi movie starring Abhishek and Aishwarya..did you find it similar too??

wow!!I managed an exceptionally long post without even describing my favorite movie properly!!

V for Vendetta is a good movie!
Don't ask me to talk about it, please! (too difficult for me but trust me, very good movie)

In this last period I look only horror movies because of my son, he is "in trip" with such movies. I am so scared but mamma makes also this for his puppy.

How sweet! My mom doesn't let me watch movies. Me and my bro would watch movies on the PC at night while my parents were asleep :)

Hazel wrote: "*** planet 51***
This animated movie is like E.T in reverse! Gautham u might enjoy this one :)"
thanks, Hazel. Will surely pass on this message to Gautham. Nowadays he has deserted goodreads for other pursuits (playing incessant computer games, watching kids channels,reading GK books and playing with his gang of friends)

Really? Why?

Curiosity: also in english the title is V for Vendetta? Because "vendetta" is an italian word, ti means vengeance.

vendetta is used in English too.
I have read thriller series starting with A for Alibi by Sue Grafton, have reached till R is for Ricochet. I wonder whether it is a movie version of Sue Grafton novels. will check it out on the net later on

@Dely I know but thanks for enlightening others :)
@Akansha ditto except that my sister watches movies on my pc and I watch them on her laptop..

Gud for u! My dad's lappy was off limits! But my dear Pc....ah how i miss it and those movies too....enjoy lyf while u cn, college sucks!

@ meenakshi..... ummm i dunno how u found social network n guru similar... except that they both made it BIG!!

@Dely:

Mario Puzo introduced many Italian words into common place English,with Godfather & other novels.. :)

@Akansha poor little fellow..
@Hazel its like both of them are accused of something but they come out clean with their witty answers..btw did u like Guru??

Ohk.. from that angle n to some extent... they both didnt make it big by being sqeaky clean.. so yeah in that way both movies are similar :)

see I told you..I was not the only one who thought that way..

Hey Guys! Have you watched SAW? Awesome Na?
and INCEPTION?
both of them are great thrillers! especially Inception! the concepts of both of them are fantabulous coupled with mint action and great plot!

Man, Inception is like my favourite movie ever. The storyline was AMAZING!! And the fact that LDC was super hot didn't hurt too!

you should watch SEVEN! Its great stuff

Now that's new. Havnt watchd dat one. Whom does the cast include?

**** THE BLIND SIDE****
wow! oh wow! i loved the movie!
its about a "white" family that opens their home to a coloured boy and change his life forever.
Not sure but i think its based on a real life story!!!