The Dark Knight Rises (really ?)

After being bombarded with "This is the best movie ever" messages on my FB feed, I watched The dark knight rises at the cinema, with huge expectations as I could still feel the joker's whisper and glare from the previous edition of the trilogy. It was such a masterpiece by Nolan. (I had to watch it a second time because I barely heard a word because of the terribly bad sound at a sick cinema in hitec city, Hyderabad)

However, this movie was a massive disappointment and I really do not understand what everyone loves about it ! Movies must either be intellectually, emotionally or visually appealing. This has none, is just another action flick, definitely not bad, but far from the previous Batman movie.

Because people asked me why I did not like the movie and also because they wouldn't tell me why they go GAGA over it (except because its cool to), I decided to put a list down with the problems I have with the movie.

Plot, screenplay and characters

The movie was far from a thriller with scenes and outcomes being very predictable almost always. Characterization was loose with Bane not being even a wee-bit scary ( he is dubbed as a 'physically superior adversary') That's it ? That's all one needs to be better than Batman who is a bit of a cripple already in the movie ?

Lazarus Pit

How many of the movies' lovers know what the lazarus pit actually is ? The movie hovers between reality and fantasy and doesn't really answer any question. The scenes inside the pit are such a drag !

Action and CG

The action sequences are really, really bad ! Batman vs Bane is so funny, its a glorified brawl. Bat mobile and other gadgets seem so incredibly obsolete.

The music is a real plus and so is the presence of Anne Hathaway. There are lots of interesting bits within the movie which makes it a decent entertainer, no more. 

P.S. Social Media has made PR jerks even more powerful

Harry Potter - poor man's version of the LOTR, no wait, poor child's version

Well, finally I watched Harry Potter. Probably one of the last people my age to watch it. I watched them all together from first to last part. I had downloaded each one of them soon as they were available but was never inclined to watch them and well, not even slightly disappointed that I did not watch them earlier.

Right from the beginning what struck me was the movies resemblance to The Lord of the Rings, something that only grew as the movie / Mr.Potter apparently claim to become more mature. I thought let me first make a list of stuff that they're similar in.

1) Terribly Obvious - The Dark Lord, who was destroyed and then lost form and is regaining strength. My god, a blatant copy. Even things like you don't say his name is copied !! Duh...

2) Voldermort's power is in different objects which must be destroyed to kill him. Just because you change one ring to many objects doesn't make it a new story, does it ?

3) Three main characters fighting Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli - Harry, Ron and Hermione
Yeah, but Harry shuffles between the roles of Frodo and Aragorn though every now and then.

4) The mark on Harry ! Mark on Frodo after the Weathertop incident, he can feel him everytime he is close, exact copy

5) Dementors and later Death whatever are nothing other than Ringwraiths or Nazgul. They even make the same screech.

6) Dobby / Kreacher (they called them elves though)= Smeagol

7) When they first wear that locket, they act weird, which is exactly what the ringbearer feels. Sick copy again.

8) The extremely silly attempt to show Harry's struggle to find the Horcruxes and destroy them comparing it with Frodo's journey to mount doom. Its a sick drag in Deathly Hallows part 1

9) Siege of Hogwarts school (castle) - trying to mimic the one at Minas Tirith. What a sick joke it is. Wizards firing away instead of Trebuchets !! I almost vomitted and of course Trolls versus armored knights, huh

I can just go on and on. All Ms. Rowling has done seems to be take LOTR, add unicorns, fairies and other child friendly characters, some silly fairy tales and make millions out of it.

Most of all there are few things that is extremely annoying.

Firstly, There is little character detail unlike LOTR, they are all very shallow, just too many random people.

Second, you really don't really associate with their plight, there is really no sense of danger or urgency. Nowhere do you ever feel that the world is going to end.

LOTR does marvellously well here, throughout you feel there is no hope, that all is over and at that very instant, there is a miracle, timing is immaculate. In Harry Potter, neither do you feel desperate nor are there miracles  (they just randomly keep happening, Harry is more like superman, invincible and for no apparent reason)

What annoyed me most of all is the naiveity of the villain. He just sucks, a weird morph between Darth Wader and the villain from The Mummy, you are not least bit scared of him. He is a sore loser and never seems to stand a chance against boy-wonder Harry. I don't have a clue why all the wizards are afraid of him, he committed a couple murders ?? OMG, that is world domination material ? You believe that ? Just sick !!

I really can't believe Adults can actually like Harry Potter, if you do, please read and watch The Lord of the Rings and you will actually realize how much this sucks.

I am happy am done with the ordeal of sitting through all of Harry Potter.

P.S. Please mail me if you want my copy of HD Rips of the entire series, I won't need them.

India's (Phoney) war on terror

Yet again, around 20 people killed and a few hundreds injured in bombay.

The Home Minister of the country in his first address after the incident, comes out and says, "Not an Intelligence failure".

Huh ? What do you mean Sir ? You mean to say the intelligence personnel were actually successful ?

He further explains "no intelligence input to state or central agencies" !
Well do you folks sit and expect Intelligence to be served on a platter ??
It is gathered Mr.Chidambaram, thats why its Intelligence and not news.
You have miserably failed and so have all the intelligence wings. Get that straight, please!

and also that they had kept the city safe for 31 months, commendable indeed eh ?

Very very sick, complacent and imbecile comments by someone who is responsible for over a billion people's security. This feeling is shared by not just many sick politicians, but fellow citizens. That terrorism is acceptable, that not much can be done. NO, it is not acceptable, there is no compromise.

We are not Pakistan to accept this, we are not Somalia, Uganda or Columbia ! We are India ! the 4th Largest Economy in the world, an emerging Super Power. The world acknowledges this fact, why don't we, why do we act like we are a powerless puppet state where tribal leaders are the true rulers.

Yes they got WTC, they bombed London Underground, but what happened since then ? You make them pay, you make them bleed, so that they know they can't take it for granted. You go out to your countrymen and say "No matter where you are, we'll come and get you" and then go do it ! Barack Obama's speech after killing Osama bin Laden

That is what we want, not an excuse.

Terrorists are human too and they definitely fear death and punishment. At least the ones who are on top definitely do, that's why they send teenage retards to go out as schoolboys as suicide bombers and not themselves. But, with India, they don't need to fear at all, because all Mr. Chidambaram will do is warn them, and then warn them again.
When they strike, he will wimp out saying, "It is not my fault, we didnt get intelligence". Does he mean we didnt get the usual stuff western powers grind and toil to obtain and then pass on ?


It is indeed shameful that we never 'ACT'. Some people will shed tears, some others will walk with candles, most others would think, that's Bombay, my city is safe. Media will ride the wave and make money, why doesn't anybody (people who are heard)  have the courage to ask Mr. P. Chidambaram what does he mean he has not failed and that things have been fine for 31 months.

We just keep letting our brothers down, we have no resolve, we have no courage. What use are the 126 Multi role Combat Aircraft and the Aircraft Carriers ? How would they save us from this threat ? We need to change our focus, make the effort, make the investments, find the perpetrators and PUNISH them.

Today, am ashamed to be Indian.