Monday, March 03, 2008

Sweeney Todd and others

Sweeney Todd: The demon barber of fleet street is one sweet barber. The only complaint that i have is against the censor board for cutting all the scenes in which he uses "His friends" who complete his "arm" to slit his beloved customers.
This movie was the first musical that i saw, and i can say that it is one of the best movies that i have ever seen. sadly my blood thirst was not fully quenched.
"There is a hole in the world like a big black pit" was simply too good.
should download movie and watch again.. uncut version.
Other than this i also saw one useless movie called "Jumper" totally useless.. people were comparing it to The Bourne series with special extra effects etc.. etc.. but its no way near those movies.
Jodha-Akbar, was a good movie. Many said its too boring and drags on and on and on.. but it didn't seem so bad, maybe because i watched it over a time period of six hours. The director has honestly tried to get the splendour of Troy and such other movies, but it doesn't really look real.
Akbar is tall and handsome but not really built like Achilles.
There are many more movies to watch and no time, i wish i had a laptop so that i could watch all the one's i have missed, one everyday.
I also happened to read some books recently. Latest was "Emma". It was a nice book. What could be expected from an author like Jane Austen. This book was different from the others, i think a little better.
I generally have this opinion about Ernest Hemingway that his books are not really as good as everyone who has read his work make it out to be. All this is based on the idea that short stories are not really that good to read as normal stories, maybe i don't understand the hidden meanings or whatever, and i have already commented on "A farewell to Arms".
But i read a short story recently, one of his best stories, "The old man and the sea". It was a good book. Maybe i should read more of his books... anyway that book is worth every rupee that i paid for it.
I also happened to read some books by PG Wodehouse. He is also a good author. The stories are really very witty. Need to find one particular book which i have been trying to get from a long long time.....
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2 comments:

Jumpa said...

Didnt read this post beacuase I havent watched the movie yet and I want to. Tell me its not the story of the movie and ill read it.

rakesh said...

Its not the story. one first few lines are concerned with the movie..