Movies by Weekend

Deconstructing Harry, Match Point, Husbands and Wives, Love and Death, Anything Else are some of the Woody Allen movies I got to saw lately.
Almost all the movies from the above list were typical Woody Allen style movie except for 'Match Point'.
'Match Point' is a truly classy movie and I really liked the part when the protagonists talk about 'lucky' part. I think this luck part really helps for those who help themselves. One would really have to appreciate the important part that 'luck' plays in our day-to-day lives. For example, take the latest cricket matches in which India played against West-Indies, Kumble bowled some awesome spells, but still went wicketless against such a lowly ranked team like West Indies. Same holds good true in football as well and one has to just see the football matches played in Germany to appreciate the fact 'luck' plays a crucial role in a team winning/losing.

'Cindrella Man':
Truly awesome movie. One would really have to shed a tear or two while watching this movie. The movie was similar to another feel-good movie 'SeaBiscuit'. Both movies shot under the backdrop of 'The Great Depression'.

'The Da Vinci Code':
Decent watch. Thought I had seen movies of similar style earlier as well, last one I remember was 'National Treasure'. But this movie is a decent thriller and at times racy, so always keeps one absorbed to the screen.

'The Piano':
Not sure whether I really enjoyed watching this movie. The plot seemed to be a bit barren.

'Mission Impossible 3':
Nice thriller. This movie did not have the boring romances that one got to see in 'MI 2' and had out-and-out action thriller sequences.

'Mean Streets':
The last 10 minutes was lost when the cd failed, but thought this movie was fantastic mostly. The NY mafia story was interesting particularly the part which dealt with Irish-Catholic part. That reminded me of the movie 'The Boondock Saints'.

Freeze Camera

While watching the Eastern Conference finals match between Pistons and Miami Heats, got to saw some brilliance from Wade and Shaq. Added to that, saw one exciting technology called 'Freeze camera'. What 'Freeze camera' does is, freeze a given frame for a second or two when the camera tries to close-in on the other images of the same frame, which we would not really consider a careful-look during the old-school method of action-replays.

One wishes this this technology is introduced during the FIFA 2006 world cup and of course it would be great if cricket also adopts this technique.

Movies by Weekend

BMW movies:

Got introduced to a novel way of movie-making through this set of BMW movies(it is freely downloadable), which lasts just 5 minutes. The best thing about it is that, one will get the feeling of seeing an intense climax while watching this movie without any pretentious plot build-up etc., that one gets to see in most other regular movies. The directors have all done this film in a stylish fashion. The lead actor for all BMW films was Clive Owen. Clive Owen looks real cool, guess he would have been a perfect replacement for Pierce Brosnan for James Bond.

Ambush, Chosen, The Follow, Star(best of the pick - directed by Guy Ritchie which featured Madonna), Powder Keg, Hostage, Ticker, Beat the Devil.

Bridget Jones Diary - Edge of Reason:

I have not seen the earlier Bridget Jones Diary movie, but still this movie was really appealing. This romantic comedy with its feel-good content is a nice entertainer.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex:

Ordinary movie. But the movie had its fair share of humour - typical Woody Allen style.

2001 - A Space Odyssey:

Felt this movie was a longish one and those long shots of infinite space induces sleep for sure. Could not really understand the ending of this movie.

Rope:

This one was a pretty ordinary Hitchcock movie.

Rear Window:

This was a real-stunner of a Hitchcock movie. It had a really superb plot and the way this concept was picturised was pure genius. Hitchcock movies have got to be the 'mother of all thrillers' for sure.