Saiprasad's Journal

When I was walking into the theater to watch ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, I knew for sure I wouldn’t like the film. First, I have a problem watching overhyped movies. I generally end up disappointed as my expectations go up in conjunction with the hype. And Slumdog was one gigantic overhyped movie with all the reviews, praises, [...]

Oscars nights have their own charm. Oscar speeches – even more so. I believe the recipients are given 45 seconds for their speech. That’s it. Forty-five seconds. To recollect Andy Warhol’s famous saying, every celebrity has only fifteen minutes of fame. And I guess those forty-five seconds form the cream of the fifteen minutes package.
I [...]

Sand is overrated. It’s just tiny, little rocks.
- Joel Barish, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
One of the most adorable movies ever made. And as time went by, surpassed Vanilla Sky to become my all-time favorite.

This happened almost six weeks ago. Thought writing about it back then but somehow it skipped my mind. Anyway, here it is.
I decided to catch up a movie at the PVR Cinemas at the Metropolitan Mall in Gurgaon. So my friend and I bought the tickets and headed for the entrance as it was [...]

I’ve always liked M Night Shyamalan movies. Loved ‘The Sixth Sense‘, ‘Unbreakable‘ and ‘The Signs‘ the first time that I saw them. Some of them (‘The Village‘) took time to sink in, but I liked them all eventually.

Having said that, ‘Lady In The Water‘ has been a huge disappointment. Enough said.

I saw ‘Million Dollar Baby‘ yesterday. For some reason I still don’t know – the movie managed to disturb me quiet a bit.
I loved the movie, by the way.